Samantha Treherne

Samantha Treherne

Treherne in a 2018 match against New Zealand.
Full name	Samantha May Treherne [1]
Date of birth	(1993-05-12) 12 May 1993 (age 31) [2]
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
School	Footscray High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback, Wing Current team Western Force Youth career –2017 Footscray Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2017 Sunnybank () Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2018–2019 Queensland Reds 7 (22) 2024 Melbourne Rebels 3 (0) 2025– Western Force 1 (5) Correct as of 1 March 2025 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2017–2019 Australia 14 (23) National sevens team Years Team Comps 2019–2020 Australia

Samantha May Treherne (born 12 May 1993) is an Australian rugby union player. She currently plays for the Western Force in the Australian Super Rugby Women's competition as a fullback. Treherne has been deployed as a winger and has also played rugby sevens on the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. In 2018, Treherne was described as "arguably the most versatile [women's] rugby player in Australia" by Rugby.com.au . ^[3]

Early life and career

Treherne was born in the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria: Melbourne. ^[1] Treherne's family resided in the cities western suburbs, specifically Maidstone. ^[4] Her parents met at the Footscray Rugby Club which was a regular destination for her as a child where her father became the president of the club. ^[5] In 2017 Treherne moved from Melbourne to Brisbane, Queensland to link-up with then-Australia women's rugby team assistant Moana Virtue at Sunnybank. ^[5]

Super Rugby

In the inaugural Super Rugby W season (2018), Treherne started in all four regular season games at fullback for the Queensland Reds, ^[6] and played in the Grand Final defeat to the New South Wales Waratahs. ^[7] Treherne played in two of Queensland's matches in the following season (2019), having signed to play rugby sevens with the Australia women's sevens team in January. ^{[8] [9]}

Treherne to domestic rugby union for the 2024 Super Rugby Women's season with the Melbourne Rebels. She played two games at fullback and one game on the wing. The Melbourne Rebels finished fifth of six teams, failing to make the finals series. The team was axed from the competition later in the year. ^[10]

Treherne transferred to the Perth-based Western Force ahead of the 2025 season, and was the only internationally capped outside back in the team when the season kicked off in February 2025. ^[11] In the first round of the season Treherne was named on the bench for the Western Force. Subbed on in the 35th minute of the game for winger Brooklyn Teki-Joyce, Treherne scored a try in the 79th minute of the match. The Western Force drew with the ACT Brumbies 29–29. ^[12]

International career

Treherne made her international debut for Australia on 9 June 2017 against England in the International Women's Rugby Series at the Jerry Collins Stadium in Porirua, New Zealand. Australia lost 10–53. ^[13] Treherne played in the following two pre-Women's Rugby World Cup (WRWC) matches for 2017, including one in the 2017 Laurie O'Reilly Cup against New Zealand. Treherne started at fullback in every match at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup for Australia. Although Treherne had been a goalkicker at numerous points in the tournament, all points she scored in the 2017 WRWC were in Australia's Pool stage match against Japan, scoring two tries and two conversions in a 29–15 victory. ^[14] Ultimately Australia finished sixth in the tournament. For the rest of 2018–2019, Treherne played in the 2018 and 2019 Laurie O'Reilly Cup fixtures, and the 2019 Japan tour of Australia.

International tries

Try	Opponent	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result		Ref.
1	Japan	Dublin (Republic of Ireland)	Billings Park UCD	2017 Women's Rugby World Cup	17 August 2017	Win	29–15	[14]
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3	Japan	Newcastle, New South Wales (Australia)	Newcastle No. 2 Sports Ground	2019 Japan tour of Australia	13 July 2019	Win	34–5	[15]

References

1. "Samantha May Treherne – Classic Wallabies". classicwallabies.com.au. Rugby Australia. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024.
2. "Samantha Treherne – Western Force". westernforce.rugby. Archived from the original on 2 March 2025.
3. Payten, Iain (12 October 2018). "Colorado call-up for Australia's most versatile rugby star". Rugby.com.au.
4. Byrne, Bridie (27 October 2015). "Rugby player from Maidstone on the verge of being selected for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland". Herald Sun . News Corp Australia. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017.
5. Scanlon, Jill (16 April 2018). "Super W: State swap pays off for Treherne". Rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018.
6. Tucker, Jim (17 April 2018). "Queensland eager to take down NSW in Super W grand final". The Courier-Mail . News Corp Australia.
7. "Waratahs win inaugural Super W grand final in golden point thriller". Guardian Australia . Guardian Media Group. 20 April 2018.
8. Bollen, Fiona (17 January 2019). "Samantha Treherne inks fulltime sevens contract with Rugby Australia". The Daily Telegraph . News Corp Australia.
9. "Pathway complete; Samantha Treherne joins the Aussie Women's Sevens family". australia.rugby. Rugby Australia. 18 January 2019.
10. "RA remains 'deeply committed to rugby in Victoria' despite axing Melbourne Rebels Women's team". The Roar . 2 October 2024. Archived from the original on 2 October 2024.
11. Somerford, Ben (29 January 2025). "Two additions as Force completes squad for 2025 Super W season". westernforce.rugby.
12. Taylor, Nick (1 March 2025). "Force snatch draw with Brumbies in thrilling Super W opener". Rugby.com.au.
13. "International Women's Rugby Series: England Women 53–10 Australia". BBC Sport . BBC. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023.
14. rugbybworldcup.com. "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017 – Australia v Japan". rwcwomens.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017.
15. "Buildcorp Wallaroos defeat Japan in opening Test match in Newcastle". australia.rugby. Rugby Australia. 13 July 2019.