Botille Vette-Welsh
Botille Vette-Welsh (born 13 September 1996) is a New Zealand-born Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership and Wests Tigers in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.
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Born | Kaitaia, New Zealand | 13 September 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (10 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 29 November 2020 Source: RLP |
She previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons and has represented Australia and New South Wales.
Playing career
Before switching to rugby league, Vette-Welsh played rugby sevens for Macquarie University.[1] In 2017, Vette-Welsh represented the NSW City side while playing for Cronulla-Caringbah.[2]
2018
In 2018, Vette-Welsh played for Cabramatta in the NSWRL Women's Premiership and represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships.[3]
In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's Premiership, Vette-Welsh made her debut for the Sydney Roosters, starting at fullback in their 10–4 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[4]
2019
On 15 February, Vette-Welsh started at fullback for the Māori All Stars in their 8–4 win over the Indigenous All Stars.[5] On 18 March, she joined the Wests Tigers NSWRL Women's Premiership team.[6]
In May, she represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships.[7]
On 14 June, she joined the St George Illawarra Dragons NRLW team.[8] On 21 June, she made her State of Origin debut for New South Wales.[9]
In October, she represented Australia at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.[10] On 25 October, she made her Test debut for Australia in a 8–28 win over New Zealand.[11]
2020
On 22 February, Vette-Welsh started at fullback for the Māori All Stars in their 4–10 loss to the Indigenous All Stars.[12]
On 22 September, Vette-Welsh re-joined the Roosters NRLW team.[13] On 25 October, she started at fullback in the Roosters' 10–20 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[14]
On 13 November, she started at fullback and scored a try for New South Wales in their 18–24 State of Origin loss to Queensland.[15]
References
- "We're for Sydney". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- "UPDATED TEAMS - Women's Country And City Origin". 10 May 2017.
- "We're for Sydney". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- "Roosters v Warriors: NRLW Round 1 preview". 8 September 2018.
- "Indigenous and Maori womens teams named". Sydney Roosters. 17 January 2019.
- "Wests Tigers unveil Harvey Norman NSW Women's Premiership team". Wests Tigers. 18 March 2019.
- "NSW Country chase back-to-back with teams announced for National Championships - NSWRL". New South Wales Rugby League. 22 May 2019.
- "Dragons announce first 2019 Women's Premiership signings". St George Illawarra Dragons. 14 June 2019.
- "Vette-Welsh named for Origin debut". West Tigers. 9 June 2019.
- "When to watch the Red V at the World Cup Nines". St George Illawarra Dragons. 14 October 2019.
- "Jillaroos bounce back from Nines defeat to thump Kiwi Ferns". NRL. 25 October 2019.
- "Bo knows she has the best of both worlds". NRL. 20 February 2020.
- "Roosters announce 2020 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 23 September 2020.
- "Charlotte Caslick's Triumphant Debut". Sydney Roosters. 3 October 2020.
- "NSW Women's Origin Team Announcement". Sydney Roosters. 10 November 2020.