Grace Hamilton (rugby)

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.

Grace Hamilton
Personal information
Born (1992-04-04) 4 April 1992
Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight77 kg (12 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020 Sydney Roosters 3 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
PositionFlanker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018– NSW Waratahs 14 8 0 0 40
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–19 Australia
As of 9 December 2020
Source: RLP

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]

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.[10][11]

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.[12] On 25 October 2020, she came off the bench in the Roosters' 10–20 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[13]

References
  1. "Grace Hamilton crowned Wallaroos Player of the Year". Cowra Guardian. 15 November 2019.
  2. "Meet the latest code-hopper to ignite the NRLW". NRL. 9 October 2020.
  3. "Grace Hamilton". Minerva.
  4. "Grace Hamilton". Coleman Greig.
  5. "A blazing Grace". Central Western Daily. 20 October 2016.
  6. "First Test win extra special for Hamilton". Rugby.com.au. 18 August 2017.
  7. "Seven NSW Women named in Wallaroos Squad for 2017 World Cup Campaign". Rugby NSW. 28 June 2017.
  8. "Super W rivals hoping for no repeat of last year's incredible final". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 April 2019.
  9. "Hewson praises Waratahs' character after downing Queensland for another Super W title". Rugby.com.au. 7 April 2019.
  10. "Roosters announce 2020 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 23 September 2020.
  11. "Meet the latest code-hopper to ignite the NRLW". Sydney Roosters. 9 October 2020.
  12. "NRLW Late Mail – Game Two". Sydney Roosters. 9 October 2020.
  13. "NRLW Late Mail – Grand Final". Sydney Roosters. 25 October 2020.
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