Queensland Reds Women

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Queensland Reds
Full nameQueensland Reds Women
Unions
Nickname(s)Reds
Founded2017;7 years ago (2017)
Location Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Region Queensland
Ground(s)
Chairman Jeff Miller
CEODavid Hanham
Coach(es)Grant Anderson
Captain(s) Cecilia Smith
Top scorer Lori Cramer (92)
Most tries Ivania Wong (14)
League(s) Super Rugby Women's
2024 6th
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Team kit
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First match
Flag of Queensland.svg Reds 0–18 Waratahs Flag of New South Wales.svg
(Brisbane, Queensland; 10 March 2018)
Largest win
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(Box Hill, Victoria; 24 February 2019)
Largest defeat
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(Sydney, New South Wales; 9 April 2022)
Official website
reds.rugby/teams/reds-womens
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The Queensland Reds Women are an Australian women's rugby union team based in Brisbane, Queensland that compete in the annual Super Rugby Women's competition. A female rugby union competition, is considered to be the female equivalent of the Super Rugby, however only holds Australian teams (until 2022). New Zealand holds a similar competition, the Super Rugby Aupiki.

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Founded in 2017, [1] prior to the first Super W season, the team has played in every edition, and has been one of the most competitive in the competition.

Grant Anderson was named as Head Coach for the 2024 Super Rugby Women's season, and Cecilia Smith has been named as captain for the side. [2] [3]

Current squad

On 20 February, the squad for the 2024 Super Rugby Women's season was announced. [4] Prop, Bree-Anna Cheatham, has been ruled out for the season due to a knee injury. [4]

Reds Super W squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Deni Ross
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aleena Greenhalgh
  • Flag of Fiji.svg Doreen Narokete

Loose forwards

  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jemma Bemrose
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Carola Kreis
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lucy Thorpe
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Haidee Head
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grace Baker
  • Flag of New Zealand.svg April Ngatupuna

Scrum-halves

  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sarah Dougherty
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Natalie Wright

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Caitlin Urwin
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dianne Waight

Fullbacks

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped, WTS denotes a player in the wider training squad and ST indicated short-term cover.

Season standings

Season Queensland Reds seasons Top try scorerTop point scorerRef.
PosFinalsPWLDFAPDBPPtsNameTriesNamePoints
2018 2nd Runners-up 532014769+78214Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea 6Flag of New Zealand.svg Lavinia Gould 35 [5]
2019 2nd Runners-up 642020836+172315Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alana Elisaia 7Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lori Cramer 54 [6]
2020 2nd Runners-up [a] 431021833+185315Flag of Australia (converted).svg Courtney Hodder 5Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lori Cramer 38 [7]
2021 2nd Runners-up 4220109109+0210Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kauna Lopa 3Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lucy Lockhart 24 [8]
2022 3rd Semi-final 5320125131−6214Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ivania Wong 5Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ivania Wong 25 [9]
2023 2nd Runners-up 540116777+90320Flag of Australia (converted).svg 6 players3Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cecilia Smith 69
2024 6th510485136−5104Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tiarna Molloy 4Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lori Cramer 23

Notes

  1. There was no final or finals series in the 2020 season due to the impacts of COVID-19. The leaders on the season standings before the finals were to be played (New South Wales Waratahs) were declared the winners.

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