Danika Priim

Danika Priim (born 11 September 1984) is a rugby league player from Leeds. She has previously played for Stanningley and Bradford Bulls Women but now plays for her home town team, Leeds Rhinos Women in the Women's Super League. Priim plays a prop forward. Priim has played at international level for since 2015.

Danika Priim
Personal information
Born (1984-09-11) 11 September 1984[1]
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–2016 Stanningley
2017 Bradford Bulls Women
2018– Leeds Rhinos Women
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–2018 England
As of 12 November 2019

Born in Leeds, Priim studied PE and qualified as a teacher at Leeds Beckett University.[2] She played rugby union for the university and did not return to rugby league until 2015 when she joined Stanningley. While at Stanningley Priim was selected to play for England and made her debut in the 24-4 victory over France on 17 June 2015.[3][4]

In 2017 Priim moved to Bradford Bulls for the inaugural Women's Super League season and was a member of the squad that won both the league title and the Challenge Cup although she missed the Challenge Cup Final due to injury and was asked not to play in the Super League Grand Final to ensure she was fit to play for England in the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.[5] Selected by England for the 2017 World Cup Priim had to take several weeks unpaid leave from her teaching post as England reached the semi-finals.[6][7]

The following year Priim left Bradford to join the newly-formed Leeds Rhinos where she was appointed vice-captain.[3] In their first season Leeds made both the Grand Final and the Challenge Cup final but an anterior cruciate ligament injury meant Priim missed both big games.[5] An appearance in a major final finally came when she played in the Rhinos successful retention of the Challenge Cup against Castleford in July 2019.[8] The season ended with her second major final appearance as Leeds lifted the Super League trophy beating Castleford in the Grand Final.[9]

References
  1. "Danika Priim". Leeds Rhinos. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. "Sporting expert alumni to discuss sport sponsorship with students". Leeds Beckett University. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. "A Player in her Priim". Her Rugby League. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. "France 4 - 24 England". Rugby League European Federation. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  5. "Women's Super League Grand Final: Danika Priim hoping to make it third time lucky as Leeds Rhinos face Castleford Tigers". Yorkshire Post. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  6. "England Women's squad named for Rugby League World Cup". RFL. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  7. Bower, Aaron (15 November 2017). "England looking to blaze a trail at Women's Rugby League World Cup". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  8. "Women's Challenge Cup final: Castleford Tigers 10-16 Leeds Rhinos". BBC Sport. 27 July 2019.
  9. Heppenstall, Ross (11 October 2019). "Women's Super League Grand Final: Fran Goldthorp inspires Leeds Rhinos to victory against Castleford Tigers". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
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