Maddison Weatherall

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Maddison Weatherall
Personal information
Born (2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 24)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop, Lock
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019– St George Illawarra 121004
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020 Māori All Stars 10000
Source: [1]
As of 29 November 2020

Maddison Weatherall (born 10 September 2001) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the St George Illawarra in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

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Background

Born in Auckland, Weatherall was raised in Wollongong and played her junior rugby league for the Western Suburbs Red Devils. [2]

Playing career

In 2018, Weatherall played for the Illawarra Steelers in the Tarsha Gale Cup. [3] Later that year, she joined the St George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership squad as a development player. [4]

2019

In 2019, Weatherall once again played for the Steelers' Tarsha Gale Cup team, captaining the side in their Grand Final win over the Newcastle Knights. [5] On 18 June, she was promoted to the Dragons 22-woman squad. [6]

On 21 June, she captained the New South Wales under-18 team in their 24–4 win over Queensland in the inaugural Under-18 State of Origin game. [7]

In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Weatherall made her debut for the Dragons in a 4–14 loss to the Brisbane Broncos. [8] On 6 October, she came off the bench in the Dragons' 6–30 Grand Final loss to the Broncos. [9]

2020

In 2020, Weatherall joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NRL Women's Premiership team. On 22 February, she came off the bench for the Māori All Stars in their 4–10 loss to the Indigenous All Stars. [10]

Weatherall played just one NRLW game for the Dragons in 2020, starting at lock in their Round 3 loss to the New Zealand Warriors. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Maddison Weatherall – Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. ↑ Bungard, Matt (1 October 2019). "Teen star Weatherall hoping to complete impressive trifecta". The Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. ↑ New South Wales Rugby League (6 February 2018). "TEAMS: NSWRL Tarsha Gale Cup – 2018 Round 1". League Unlimited. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Walter, Brad (19 August 2019). "Apps hails Hireme's role in Dragons landing big-name stars". National Rugby League . Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Gibbs, Tom (6 January 2020). "20 stars for 2020 | Maddison Weatherall". New South Wales Rugby League . Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Dragons re-sign four juniors to Women's Premiership ranks". St. George Illawarra Dragons . 18 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "NSWRL announces NSW Under-18s Women's team". New South Wales Rugby League . 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "NRLW late mail: Round 1 v Broncos". St. George Illawarra Dragons . 15 September 2019. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "NRLW late mail: Grand final v Broncos". St. George Illawarra Dragons . 6 October 2019. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Two Bulldogs named in Women's All Stars teams". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs . 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "NRLW late mail: Round 3 v Warriors". St. George Illawarra Dragons . 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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