Brianna Clark

Brianna Clark (born 25 May 1995) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a second-rower for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Wests Panthers in the QRL Women's Premiership.

Brianna Clark
Personal information
Born (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020– New Zealand Warriors 2 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
As of 7 December 2020
Source: RLP

She is a Prime Minister's XIII representative.

Background

Born in Brisbane, Clark was raised in Sarina, Queensland and attended Sarina State High School.[1] Clark played soccer growing up, moving to the United States to play for Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa.[2][3]

Playing career

In 2017, Clark began playing rugby league for the Mackay Magpies.[4] In 2019, Clark joined the Wests Panthers in South East Queensland Women's Division 1, starting at lock in their Grand Final win over the Burleigh Bears.[5]

In May 2019, she represented Queensland Country at the Women's National Championships.[6] On 11 October 2019, she represented the Prime Minister's XIII in their win over Fiji in Suva.[7]

2020

Clark began the 2020 season playing for Wests in the QRL Women's Premiership.[8] On 19 September, Clark joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team.[9] In Round 2 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, Clark made her debut for the Warriors in a 14–28 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[10]

On 26 October, Clark was named in the Queensland squad for the 2020 Women's State of Origin but did not play in their 24–18 win over New South Wales.[11]

References
  1. "Young Marlins rapid rise". Gympie Times. 17 May 2018.
  2. "Brianna Clark". Indian Hills CC.
  3. "Development programs a big step in Clark's rise to top". QRL. 7 December 2020.
  4. "Magpies' sporting best honoured". Daily Mercury. 1 November 2017.
  5. "Panthers roar to claim maiden SEQW premiership". QRL. 3 August 2019.
  6. "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  7. "Australian Men's and Women's Prime Ministers XIII squads announced". Asia Pacific RL. 30 September 2019.
  8. "QRL Women's BHP Premiership - 2020 Round 1". League Unlimited. 10 March 2020.
  9. "Donald announces Warriors NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 18 September 2020.
  10. "New-look Warriors side for season opener". NZ Warriors. 29 September 2020.
  11. "Harvey Norman Queensland Maroons squad named". QRL. 26 October 2020.
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