Melanie Howard

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Melanie Howard
Personal information
Born (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 30)
Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position Halfback, Five-eighth
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2018 St George Illawarra 30000
2019– Sydney Roosters 42008
Total72008
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2018 Prime Minister's XIII 10000
2020 New South Wales 10102
Source: RLP
As of 12 December 2020

Melanie Howard (born 10 May 1993) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Central Coast Roosters in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

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Primarily a halfback, she is a New South Wales and Prime Minister's XIII representative.

Background

Born in Gosford, New South Wales, Howard played her junior rugby for the Northern Lakes Warriors. [1]

Playing career

In June 2018, Howard represented NSW Country at the inaugural Women's National Championships. [2]

On 31 July 2018, she signed with the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. [3]

In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Dragons in a 4–30 loss to the Brisbane Broncos. [4] On 6 October 2018, she represented the Prime Minister's XIII in their 40–4 win over Papua New Guinea. [5]

In May 2019, she represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships. [6] On 26 June 2019, she joined the Sydney Roosters NRLW team. [7]

On 25 October 2020, Howard started at five-eighth in the Roosters' 10–20 NRLW Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos. [8] On 13 November 2020, she made her State of Origin debut for New South Wales in their 18–24 loss to Queensland. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Merewether's Mel Howard scores shot with St George Illawarra". Newcastle Herald. 8 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Dragons finalise Women's Premiership squad with three signings". St George Illawarra Dragons. 31 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Late mail: Women's Premiership Round 1". St George Illawarra Dragons. 9 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "13 Dragons named in Prime Minister's XIII squads". St George Illawarra Dragons. 26 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Harden & Smith added to Roosters 2019 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 26 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Hall returns for NRLW Grand Final". Brisbane Broncos. 20 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "Howard feeling the pressure". Sydney Morning Herald. 11 November 2020.
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