Samantha Economos

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Samanatha Economos
Born (1994-02-28) 28 February 1994 (age 30)
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Rugby league career
Personal information
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight79 kg (12 st 6 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020 New Zealand Warriors 30000
2021–22 Sydney Roosters 30000
Total60000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 Prime Minister's XIII 10000
Source: RLP
As of 31 October 2022
Field hockey career
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015- Australia (indoor) 10 (1)
Last updated on: 10 February 2023

Samantha Economos (born 27 February 1994) is an Australian rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

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She is a Prime Minister's XIII representative.

Background

Born in Bowral, New South Wales, Economos played field hockey before taking up rugby league. [1] [2]

Playing career

In 2017, Economos played rugby league for the Goulburn Workers Bulldogs. [3] In 2018, she joined the Goulburn Stockmen. [4]

In 2019, Economos joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. [5] On 11 October 2019, she represented the Prime Minister's XIII in their win over Fiji. [6] [7]

2020

On 18 September, Economos joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership squad. [8] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 14–28 loss to the Brisbane Broncos. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Samantha Economos". Hockey Australia.
  2. ↑ "2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championships with Samantha Economos". Now UC. 29 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "CRRL 2017 Annual Report" (PDF). CRRL.
  4. ↑ "Stockmen women leave Roos scoreless". Goulburn Post. 20 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Bulldogs' Sassie Economos named in Canberra Chill squad". Canberra Times. 4 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Samantha Economos named in Women's Prime Minister's XIII". Canterbury Bulldogd. 30 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Sacrifices pay off as Economos swaps hockey for rugby league". NRL. 10 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Donald announces Warriors NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 18 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Putting spotlight on Warriors' NRLW rookies". NZ Warriors. 30 September 2020.
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