Tarryn Aiken

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Tarryn Aiken
Personal information
Born (1999-07-14) 14 July 1999 (age 25)
Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight61 kg (9 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position Five-eighth, Halfback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019–22 Brisbane Broncos 1961026
2023– Sydney Roosters 1670028
Total35131054
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 Australia 9s 20000
2020–21 Queensland 840016
2022– Australia 651022
Source: RLP
As of 14 November 2022

Tarryn Aiken (born 14 July 1999) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership.

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She is an Australian 9s and Queensland representative, despite being born and raised in New South Wales. [1]

Background

Born in Gosford, New South Wales, Aiken played junior rugby league for the Wyong Roos before moving to the Tweed Heads, New South Wales. [1]

Playing career

2019

As an Australian touch football representative, Aiken joined the Tweed Heads Seagulls in 2019 and later that year she represented South East Queensland at the NRL Women's National Championship. [2] In June 2019, Aiken signed with the Brisbane Broncos NRL Women's Premiership side. [3]

In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's Premiership, Aiken made her debut for the Broncos in a 14–4 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons. On 6 October 2019, she came off the bench in the Broncos' 30–6 Grand Final win over the Dragons. [4]

In October 2019, she represented Australia at the World Cup 9s tournament. [5] On 2 December 2019, she was named in the Queensland Performance Program squad in preparation for the 2020 State of Origin game. [6]

2020

On 25 October 2020, Aiken started at halfback in the Broncos' 20–10 NRLW Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters. [7]

On 13 November, Aiken made her State of Origin debut for Queensland, starting at five-eighth and scoring a try in their 24–18 win over New South Wales. Following the game, she was awarded the Nellie Doherty Medal for Player of the Match. [8] On 27 November, she won the Broncos' Players' Player Award for the 2020 season. [9]

2022

In late September, Aiken was named in the Dream Team announced by the Rugby League Players Association. The team was selected by the players, who each cast one vote for each position. [10]

2024

In December 2024, Aiken was named as the winner of the women's IRL Golden Boot Award. [11]

Achievements and accolades

Individual

Team

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tiana Penitani & Tarryn Aiken Preview 2023 NRLW Season". youtube.com. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "SEQ Region Women's representative teams named". QRL. 9 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Aiken snapped up by Broncos WNRL team". Tweed Seagulls. 12 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Aiken ready to light it up in green and gold". Tweed Daily News. 17 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Tantrum and Facebook post behind rookie Jillaroo's rapid rise". NRL. 15 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Future in focus in Female Performance senior squad". QRL. 2 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Aiken says Broncos won't go changing a winning routine". NRL. 22 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Queensland Maroons beat New South Wales Blues 24-18". ABC. 13 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Hall Honoured Among Champions At Broncos NRLW Awards". Brisbane Broncos. 27 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Roosters dominate 2022 Players' NRLW Dream Team". NRL. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Tarryn Aiken Wins 2024 Golden Boot". Sydney Roosters. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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