Simone Smith (born 8 April 1993) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership. Born in Kempsey, New South Wales and raised in Port Macquarie, Smith is of Indigenous Australian descent.
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| Born | 8 April 1993 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (11 st 9 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Primarily a halfback, she is an Australian and Indigenous All Stars representative.
Playing career
editIn 2016, while playing for the Port City Breakers, Smith represented the Indigenous All Stars.[1] In February 2017, she again represented the Indigenous All Stars.[2]
On 5 May 2017, Smith made her Test debut for Australia, starting at halfback in a 16–4 win over New Zealand.[3] A knee injury later in the year, which later her forced her to undergo a reconstruction, saw her miss the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.[4][5]
In May 2019, Smith represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships.[6] On 26 June 2019, she signed with the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team.[7]
On 10 August 2019, she came off the bench and scored a try in CRL Newcastle's NSWRL Women's Premiership Grand Final win over Mounties RLFC.[8] In Round 2 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Smith made her debut for the Roosters in their 0–20 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[9]
On 22 February 2020, Smith made her third appearance for the Indigenous All Stars, starting at five-eighth in a 10–4 win over the Maori All Stars.[10] On 18 September 2020, Smith joined the New Zealand Warriors NRLW team.[11] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors, scoring a try in a 14–28 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Simone Smith named in Indigenous women's squad of 25 for All Stars match in Newcastle". Port News. 11 November 2016.
- ^ "Rugby League: Women's All Stars teams named". The Daily Telegraph. 17 January 2017.
- ^ "Jillaroos halfback Simone Smith travels hours to play 13-a-side rugby league". Fox Sports. 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Smith confident injury won't ruin World Cup dream". Port News. 16 August 2017.
- ^ "Simone Smith back to send friendly reminder to Blues and Jillaroos". NRL. 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Harden & Smith added to Roosters 2019 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 26 June 2019.
- ^ "The Grand Final win two years in the making". NSWRL. 10 August 2019.
- ^ "NRLW Late Mail - Round 2". Sydney Roosters. 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Clever halves key to outwitting Maoris team built to outlast". NRL. 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Donald announces Warriors NRLW squad". NRL. 18 September 2020.
- ^ "New-look Warriors side for season opener". NZ Warriors. 29 September 2020.