Stephanie Ball

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Stephanie Ball
Personal information
Born (2000-11-16) 16 November 2000 (age 24)
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight77 kg (12 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020– New Zealand Warriors 10000
As of 30 November 2020

Stephanie Ball (born 16 November 2000) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership and Mounties RLFC in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

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Background

Born in Wollongong, Ball played junior rugby league for the Berkeley Eagles before joining the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. [1]

Playing career

In 2018, Ball played for the Bulldogs' Tarsha Gale Cup team. [2] In 2019, she moved up to the club's NSWRL Women's Premiership team. [3]

2020

On 18 September, Ball was announced as a member of the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership squad. [4] In Round 2 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her NRLW debut, coming off the bench in the Warriors' 12–22 loss to the Sydney Roosters. [5]

On 18 October, she won the club's Rookie of the Year award. [6]

Achievements and accolades

Individual

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References

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