Queensland Reds Women

Queensland Reds

Full name	Queensland Reds Women
Unions	Rugby Australia (RA) Queensland Rugby Union (QRU)
Nickname(s)	Reds
Founded	2017;8 years ago (2017)
Location	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Region	Queensland
Ground(s)	Lang Park (Capacity: 52,500) Ballymore Stadium (Capacity: 21,000)
Chairman	Jeff Miller
CEO	David Hanham
Coach(es)	Andrew Fraser
Top scorer	Lori Cramer (92)
Most tries	Ivania Wong (14)
League(s)	Super Rugby Women's
2025	Runner-up
Team kit 2nd kit
First match
Reds 0–18 Waratahs (Brisbane, Queensland; 10 March 2018)
Largest win
Rebels 0–112 Reds (Box Hill, Victoria; 24 February 2019)
Largest defeat
Waratahs 46–0 Reds (Sydney, New South Wales; 9 April 2022)
Official website
reds.rugby/teams/reds-womens
Current season

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.

History

Founded in 2017, prior to the first Super Rugby Women's season, the team has played in every edition, and has been one of the most competitive in the competition. ^[1] They have been in five grand finals since the inaugural season, but missed the semi-finals in 2024. ^[2]

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. ^{[3] [4]}

On 29 August 2024, Andrew Fraser was named as the sides new Head Coach. ^[2]

Current squad

On 13 January 2025, the squad for the 2025 Super Rugby Women's season was announced. ^{[5] [6]}

Reds Super W squad
Props Bree-Anna Browne Sky-Yvette Faimalie Charli Jacoby Eva Karpeni Jiowana Sauto Hookers Tiarna Molloy Zophronia Setu Cristo Taufua Locks Tiarah Minns Deni Ross Vineta Teutau	Loose Forwards Jemma Bemrose (cc) Dillyn Blackburn Zoe Hanna Carola Kreis Isabella Nasser Sarah Riordan Maraea Tupai Scrum-halves Sarah Dougherty Layne Morgan Natalie Wright Fly-halves Carys Dallinger Faythe Manera	Centres Michelle Curry Briana Dascombe Ariana Hira Teagan Levi Shalom Sauaso Melanie Wilks Outside Backs Charlotte Caslick Lori Cramer Piper Flynn Kahli Henwood Maddison Levi Renae Nona Caitlin Urwin Ivania Wong (cc)
(cc) Denotes team co-captains, 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 scorer		Top point scorer		Ref.
	Pos	Finals	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	BP	Pts	Name	Tries	Name	Points
2018	2nd	Runners-up	5	3	2	0	147	69	+78	2	14	Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea	6	Lavinia Gould	35	[7]
2019	2nd	Runners-up	6	4	2	0	208	36	+172	3	15	Alana Elisaia	7	Lori Cramer	54	[8]
2020	2nd	Runners-up [a]	4	3	1	0	218	33	+185	3	15	Courtney Hodder	5	Lori Cramer	38	[9]
2021	2nd	Runners-up	4	2	2	0	109	109	+0	2	10	Kauna Lopa	3	Lucy Lockhart	24	[10]
2022	3rd	Semi-final	5	3	2	0	125	131	−6	2	14	Ivania Wong	5	Ivania Wong	25	[11]
2023	2nd	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	167	77	+90	3	20	6 players	3	Cecilia Smith	69
2024	6th	—	5	1	0	4	85	136	−51	0	4	Tiarna Molloy	4	Lori Cramer	23
2025	2nd	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	109	87	+22	1	13

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.

References

1. Barnsley, Warren (14 December 2017). "Rugby Australia non-payment for Super W players slammed". Fox Sports Australia . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 22 September 2022.
2. "Andrew Fraser named Queensland Reds Women's Head Coach". reds.rugby. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
3. "Cecilia Smith named Queensland Reds Super W captain". reds.rugby. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
4. "Grant Anderson named Queensland Reds Super Rugby Women's coach". reds.rugby. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
5. Williamson, Nathan (29 January 2025). "Super Rugby Women's squads confirmed for 2025 season". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
6. "Queensland Reds confirm 2025 Super Rugby Women's squad". reds.rugby. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
7. "Super W – 2018". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018.
8. "2019 Super W Statistics". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019.
9. "2020 Super W – Player Stats". rugby.com.au . Archived from the original on 23 March 2020.
10. "Super W – 2021". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021.
11. "2022 Super W Season". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022.