Stephanie Mooka

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Stephanie Mooka
Personal information
Born (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 (age 32)
Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 St George Illawarra 10000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 Queensland 10000
2020 Indigenous All Stars 11004
Source: RLP
As of 7 November 2020

Stephanie Mooka (born 5 March 1991) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the North Queensland Gold Stars in the QRL Women's Premiership.

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Primarily a centre, she is Queensland and Indigenous All Stars representative and previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Background

Born on Thursday Island, Mooka began playing rugby league for the Edmonton Lightning. After her local women's competition folded in 2011, Mooka took up rugby union and Australian rules football. [1] [2]

Playing career

In May 2019, Mooka represented Queensland Country at the Women's National Championships. [3] On 21 June 2019, she made her debut for Queensland, starting at centre in a 4–14 loss to New South Wales. [4]

On 2 July 2019, Mooka signed with the St George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team. [5] In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Mooka made her debut for the Dragons in a 4–14 loss to the Brisbane Broncos. [6]

On 22 February 2020, Mooka started at centre and scored a try for the Indigenous All Stars in their 10–4 win over the Māori All Stars. [7] On 27 February 2020, Mooka was named in the inaugural North Queensland Gold Stars squad for the QRL Women's Premiership. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Six-year wait worth it for Cairns product Stephanie Mooka". NRL. 12 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Debutant Mooka's heartbreak motivating Maroons success". QRL. 19 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Harvey Norman Queensland Maroons 2019 squad". QRL. 6 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Finalised Dragons 2019 Women's Premiership signing tracker". St George Illawarra Dragons. 2 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "NRLW late mail: Round 1 v Broncos". St George Illawarra Dragons. 15 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "NRL All Stars: Indigenous women beat Maori All Stars". Wide World of Sports. 22 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Gold Stars 2020 squad list". NQ Cowboys. 27 February 2020.
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