Sarah Field (rugby league)

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Sarah Field
Personal information
Born (1999-02-23) 23 February 1999 (age 25)
Belmont, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position Five-eighth
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020 South Sydney Rabbitohs 6
2021 North Queensland Gold Stars 7
Total130000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2017–22 Indigenous All Stars 2

Sarah Field (born 23 February 1999) is an Australian rugby league player who plays as a five-eighth. [1] [2] [3]

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Biography

Field has represented the Indigenous All Stars in two annual All Stars matches in 2017 and 2022. [4] [5]

In 2020, Field played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. [6] From 2021, Field has played for the North Queensland Gold Stars in the QRL Women's Premiership. [4]

Field was born in Belmont, New South Wales. [1] However, she came to notice while living in Emu Park on Queensland's Capricorn Coast when she commenced playing for the Emu Park Emus in the Rockhampton and Gladstone rugby league competitions.

Field received the Women's Player of the Year Award at the annual Rockhampton rugby league presentation dinner in 2016. [7] She was named best and fairest of the Gladstone District Rugby League Competition in 2016 and 2017, and was part of the winning Emus team in the 2017 grand final against the Tannum Seagals at Marley Brown Oval. [8] [9]

In 2018, Field represented the First Nation Gems in the 2018 Festival of Indigenous Rugby League, kicking three goals in their 18-0 win against the New Zealand Māori Ferns at Redfern Oval. [10] Later that same year, Field was named Player of the Carnival following Emu Park's 18-8 win against the Flora Sandilands Memorial team in the four-day Murri Rugby League Carnival in Townsville. [11]

Field was also named Player of the Carnival after a 13-6 win in a grand final against Rockhampton Brothers at Browne Park in the Rockhampton nines competition in 2019. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Harvey Norman Women's All Stars: Sarah Field". NRL.com. National Rugby League . Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Player: Sarah Field". North Queensland Cowboys . National Rugby League. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Player: Sarah Field". South Sydney Rabbitohs . National Rugby League. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  4. 1 2 Campton, Nick (9 February 2022). "Rugby league utility Sarah Field's sacrifice to chase dream with Rabbitohs leads to Indigenous All Stars recall". ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Emerton, Liam (16 February 2022). "A Field of dreams" . Central Queensland Today . Star News Group . Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  6. ↑ McKay, Pam (16 March 2020). "CQ league star realises childhood dream" . The Morning Bulletin . News Corp Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  7. ↑ McKay, Pam (14 September 2016). "Rocky Brothers' fullback scores league's major accolade". The Morning Bulletin. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Gladstone Rugby League round-up". Queensland Rugby League . National Rugby League. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  9. ↑ McKay, Pam; Harris, Matt (31 July 2017). "CHAMPION EFFORT: Emu Park wins league grand final". The Morning Bulletin. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  10. ↑ Stanton, Tanisha (10 February 2018). "Inglis impressed as Gems beat Maori Ferns". NRL.com. National Rugby League. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  11. ↑ McKay, Pam (13 October 2018). "'It's massive': Emu Park women crowned Murri champions". The Morning Bulletin. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  12. ↑ McKay, Pam (11 March 2019). "'Massive effort': Emu Park women make it five straight" . The Morning Bulletin. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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