Nakia Davis-Welsh

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Nakia Davis-Welsh
Personal information
Born (1996-05-22) 22 May 1996 (age 28)
Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Height156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight63 kg (9 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Fullback, Five-eighth
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2023– Parramatta Eels 11004
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2013–17 Indigenous All Stars 5
2016–17 New South Wales 20000
2017 Australia 430012
As of 2 November 2023

Nakia Davis-Welsh (born 22 May 1996) is an Australian rugby league player. Primarily a fullback, she is an Australian international and New South Wales representative, and currently plays for Parramatta Eels in the NRLW.

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Background

Born in Kempsey, New South Wales, Davis-Welsh is the daughter of former Balmain Tigers five-eighth Paul Davis and the cousin of Australian and Queensland representative Greg Inglis. [1] She attended Hunter Sports High and only began playing organised rugby league in 2012. [2]

Playing career

In 2013, Davis-Welsh, aged 16 at the time, represented the Indigenous All Stars in the annual women's All Stars match. [3]

In 2016, she made her debut for New South Wales in the annual Women's Interstate Challenge against Queensland. [4]

In 2017, she played at fullback in the Redfern All Blacks' NSW Women's Premiership Grand Final win over North Newcastle. She finished as the top try scorer in the competition.

In October 2017, she was named in Australia's 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup squad. [5] [6] She made her international debut in Australia's opening round win over the Cook Islands. On 2 December, she started at fullback in the Jillaroos 23-16 final win over the New Zealand. She played four games in the tournament, scoring three tries. [7]

In June 2018, Davis-Welsh was announced as one of fifteen marquee signings by the Sydney Roosters women's team which participated in the inaugural NRL Women's Premiership in September 2018. [8] She did not play a match during the season, as it was revealed in October 2018 that she had fallen pregnant. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Davis-Welsh Targeting World Cup Glory". 26 October 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. ↑ KEEBLE, BRETT (15 November 2012). "Nakia's rep call-up eases pain" . Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Klein, Thom (20 November 2012). "Nakia Davis-Welsh maintains football legacy" . Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "NSW Women's Interstate Team Announced". 18 July 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Jillaroos named". 8 October 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Parkinson, Andrew (8 August 2017). "Jillaroos Ruan Sims, Maddie Studdon and Kezie Apps mark 100 days until women's rugby league World Cup". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Jillaroos' Bremner out of World Cup semi - NRL.com". Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Roosters announce NRLW marquee signings". Sydney Roosters. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  9. ↑ Stanton, Tanisha (18 October 2018). "The real reason Davis-Welsh didn't play in NRLW". NRL.com. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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