Teagan Berry

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Teagan Berry
Personal information
Born (2002-05-20) 20 May 2002 (age 22)
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position Fullback, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020– St George Illawarra 322910118
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2023 Prime Minister’s XIII 11004
Source: [1]
As of 31 October 2022

Teagan Berry (born 20 May 2002) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership and for the Illawarra Steelers in the Harvey Norman Women's Premiership.

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Background

Raised in Oak Flats, New South Wales, Teagan attended Oak Flats Primary and High school. Teagan has a twin sister Olivia and an older brother Jackson. Berry began playing rugby league in 2018 for the Shellharbour Stingrays. [2]

Playing career

In 2019, Berry joined the Illawarra Steelers Tarsha Gale Cup side, scoring two tries in their 24–12 Grand Final win over the Newcastle Knights. [3] On 21 June 2019, she started on the wing for New South Wales under-18, scoring two tries in a 24–4 win over Queensland. [4]

2020

In 2020, Berry began the season playing for the Steelers in the Tarsha Gale Cup. [5] On 24 September, Berry joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team. [6]

In Round 3 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Dragons, scoring a try and kicking a goal in a 10–22 loss to the New Zealand Warriors. [7] [8]

2021

Berry was a part of the Dragons side that made the delayed 2021 NRLW Grand Final, in the 16-4 defeat to the Sydney Roosters.

2023

Berry was selected in the extended NSW squad for Game 1 of Women's State of Origin.

Teagan Berry was named as the new fullback for the Dragons in 2023, following the departure of 2021 Dally M Winner and Olympic Gold Medallist Emma Tonegato.

Currently, Berry is the outright leading Tryscorer of all time in NRLW history with 21 tries in just 23 games.

In Round 6 of the 2023 season, Berry became the third NRLW player to score four tries in a match.

Berry was named at fullback for the Australian Prime Minister's XIII team to play Papua New Guinea in the annual fixture in Port Moresby in September.

Berry won the 2023 RLPA Players Champion Award as voted by her peers

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References

  1. ↑ "Teagan Berry". St. George Illawarra Dragons . Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Dragons schoolgirl Teagan Berry one of fastest in NRL or NRLW" . The Daily Telegraph . 16 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Honeysett, Stuart (4 May 2019). "Illawarra win the Tarsha Gale Cup". New South Wales Rugby League . Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Cupido, Andre (21 June 2019). "NSW Under 18s make history with commanding win". New South Wales Rugby League . Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "NSWRL U18 Harvey Norman Tarsha Gale Cup - 2020 Round 1". League Unlimited. 4 February 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Dragons confirm 2020 NRL Women's Premiership squad". St. George Illawarra Dragons . 24 September 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  7. ↑ Tannous, Edward (16 October 2020). "Teagan's Berry swift progression to NRLW". St. George Illawarra Dragons . Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "NRLW late mail: Round 3 v Warriors". St. George Illawarra Dragons . 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
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