Grace Hamilton (rugby)
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Born | Orange, New South Wales, Australia | 4 April 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (12 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 9 December 2020 |
Grace Hamilton (born 4 April 1992) is an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer who captains the Australia Wallaroos and the NSW Waratahs in the Super W.
In 2020, she played rugby league for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership.
Background
Hamilton was born in Orange, New South Wales and raised in Panuara.[1] She began playing rugby union as a university exchange student in the United States.[2]
Playing career
Rugby union
In 2014, Hamilton played for the ACT Brumbies and the University of Sydney.[3][4] In 2016, Hamilton made her Test debut for Australia on their tour of New Zealand.[5]
In 2017, Hamilton represented Australia at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland, where Australia finished in sixth place.[6][7]
In 2018, Hamilton was a member of the NSW Waratahs inaugural Super W-winning squad, starting in their final win over the Queensland Reds.[8] She was later a member of the Waratahs' victorious 2019 and 2020 Super W sides.[9]
Hamilton was named in Australia's squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series in New Zealand.[10][11] She later made the Wallaroos squad for a two-test series against the Black Ferns at the Laurie O'Reilly Cup.[12][13]
Rugby league
On 23 September 2020, due to the cancellation of a number of rugby union Tests due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hamilton switched to rugby league, joining the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team.[14][15]
In Round 2 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Roosters in a 22–12 win over the New Zealand Warriors.[16] On 25 October 2020, she came off the bench in the Roosters' 10–20 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[17]
References
- ^ "Grace Hamilton crowned Wallaroos Player of the Year". Cowra Guardian. 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Meet the latest code-hopper to ignite the NRLW". NRL. 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Grace Hamilton". Minerva.
- ^ "Grace Hamilton". Coleman Greig.
- ^ "A blazing Grace". Central Western Daily. 20 October 2016.
- ^ "First Test win extra special for Hamilton". Rugby.com.au. 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Seven NSW Women named in Wallaroos Squad for 2017 World Cup Campaign". Rugby NSW. 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Super W rivals hoping for no repeat of last year's incredible final". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Hewson praises Waratahs' character after downing Queensland for another Super W title". Rugby.com.au. 7 April 2019.
- ^ Williamson, Nathan (19 May 2022). "Wallaroos announce squad for Pacific Four". wallaroos.rugby. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ Woods, Melissa (19 May 2022). "Nine new Wallaroos for Pacific Four rugby". 7NEWS. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Wallaroos name 32-player squad". ESPN.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Maya Stewart, Emily Robinson, and Asatasi Lafai named in Wallaroos squad to face Black Ferns". nsw.rugby. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Roosters announce 2020 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Meet the latest code-hopper to ignite the NRLW". Sydney Roosters. 9 October 2020.
- ^ "NRLW Late Mail – Game Two". Sydney Roosters. 9 October 2020.
- ^ "NRLW Late Mail – Grand Final". Sydney Roosters. 25 October 2020.
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