Tahlulah Tillett

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Tahlulah Tillett
Personal information
Born (1998-08-30) 30 August 1998 (age 25)
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (11 st 9 lb)
Playing information
PositionHalfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021 Newcastle Knights 4 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017–22 Indigenous All Stars 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 9 August 2022

Tahlulah Tillett (born 30 August 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. Her positions are halfback and five-eighth. She previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Background

Tillett was born in Cairns, Queensland and is of Torres Strait Islander descent.[2] She played touch football in her junior years,[3] representing Queensland and Australia,[4] as well as junior rugby league for the Cairns Kangaroos.[2]

Playing career

Early years

In 2017, Tillett represented the North Queensland Marlins women's team[2] and Indigenous All Stars women's team.[5] In 2018, she was named in the Australian women's national elite training squad for the upcoming NRLW competition.[6] Three weeks later she played for the Wests Panthers, before rupturing the ACL in her right knee during her first game.[3] In January 2020, she was a part of the Queensland Female Performance Program squad.[2] In 2021, she played for the North Queensland Gold Stars in the BHP Premiership.[7] In December 2021, she signed with the Newcastle Knights to be a part of their inaugural NRLW squad.[8]

2022

In February, Tillett played for the Indigenous All Stars against the Māori All Stars.[9] In round 1 of the delayed 2021 NRL Women's season, she made her NRLW debut for the Knights against the Parramatta Eels.[10] She played in 4 matches for the Knights, before parting ways with the club at the end of the season.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Tahlulah Tillett - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ^ a b c d "Tahlulah's time to shine". Queensland Rugby League. 29 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Tillett taking injury in her stride as Ponga reaches out". National Rugby League. 20 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Faces of the Straits". www.facebook.com.
  5. ^ "NRL Women's Indigenous All Star team announced". NITV. 17 January 2017.
  6. ^ "TropicNow picks our top 20 under-40 Next Gen of Cairns". www.tropicnow.com.au.
  7. ^ "Gold Stars 2021 Player of the Year contenders". North Queensland Cowboys. 8 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Knights finalise NRLW squad with signings of Queensland-based players". Newcastle Knights. 3 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Maori v Indigenous All Stars: Both sides 1-18 with no late changes". National Rugby League. 12 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Late mail: 1-17 confirmed for opening NRLW game". Newcastle Knights. 27 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.

External links

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