Full name | Queensland Reds Women | ||
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Unions |
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Nickname(s) | Reds | ||
Founded | 2017 | ||
Location | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||
Region | Queensland | ||
Ground(s) |
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Chairman | Jeff Miller | ||
CEO | David 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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First match | |||
![]() ![]() (Brisbane, Queensland; 10 March 2018) | |||
Largest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Box Hill, Victoria; 24 February 2019) | |||
Largest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Sydney, New South Wales; 9 April 2022) | |||
Official website | |||
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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.
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]
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 | ||
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Props
Hookers
Locks | Loose forwards
Scrum-halves Fly-halves | Centres
Wings Fullbacks
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(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped, WTS denotes a player in the wider training squad and ST indicated short-term cover. |
Season | Queensland Reds seasons | Top try scorer | Top point scorer | Ref. | ||||||||||||
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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 | ![]() | 6 | ![]() | 35 | [5] |
2019 | 2nd | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 208 | 36 | +172 | 3 | 15 | ![]() | 7 | ![]() | 54 | [6] |
2020 | 2nd | Runners-up [a] | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 218 | 33 | +185 | 3 | 15 | ![]() | 5 | ![]() | 38 | [7] |
2021 | 2nd | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 109 | +0 | 2 | 10 | ![]() | 3 | ![]() | 24 | [8] |
2022 | 3rd | Semi-final | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 131 | −6 | 2 | 14 | ![]() | 5 | ![]() | 25 | [9] |
2023 | 2nd | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 167 | 77 | +90 | 3 | 20 | ![]() | 3 | ![]() | 69 | |
2024 | 6th | — | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 136 | −51 | 0 | 4 | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | 23 |
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