Keeley Davis (rugby league)

Keeley Davis (born 5 July 2000) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Keeley Davis
Personal information
Born (2000-07-05) 5 July 2000
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Playing information
PositionHooker, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018– St George Illawarra 10 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018–19 Australia 2 0 0 0 0
2018 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
2019 Australia 9s 3 1 0 0 5
As of 7 December 2020
Source: RLP

She primarily plays as a hooker and has represented Australia.

Background

Davis was born in Wollongong and played her junior rugby league for the Corrimal Cougars before joining the Illawarra Steelers in the Tarsha Gale Cup.[1]

Playing career

2018

In June, Davis represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships.[2] On 26 July, she signed with the St George Illawarra Dragons for the inaugural NRL Women's Premiership season.[3]

In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Dragons as an 18-year old in their 4–30 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[4]

On 6 October, she represented the Prime Minister's XIII in their win over Papua New Guinea.[5] On 13 October, she made her Test debut for Australia in their 26–24 win over New Zealand.[6]

2019

In May, she again represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships.[7] On 6 October, she started at five-eighth in the Dragons' Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[8] Later that month, she represented Australia at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s and in a 28–8 win over New Zealand.[9]

2020

In February, she was a member of the Dragons' 2020 NRL Nines-winning team.[10] At the Dragons' end of season awards, she won the club's Coach's Award.[11]

On 10 November, she was named to make her Women's State of Origin debut at hooker for New South Wales but was ruled out on gameday due to injury.[12][13]

Achievements and accolades

Individual

References
  1. "RESULTS: 2018 Harvey Norman Tarsha Gale Cup Round 6". League Unlimited. 17 March 2018.
  2. "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
  3. "Dragons sign four local juniors to Women's Premiership ranks". St George Illawarra Dragons. 26 July 2018.
  4. "Dragons teenager Keeley Davis chasing 'unreal' NRLW win against Warriors". The Daily Telegraph. 13 September 2018.
  5. "13 Dragons named in Prime Minister's XIII squads". St George Illawarra Dragons. 26 September 2018.
  6. "The rapid rise of Jillaroo Keeley Davis". NRL. 13 October 2018.
  7. "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  8. "Keeley Davis grows in confidence ahead of NRLW grand final". Illawarra Mercury. 2 October 2019.
  9. "Davis likely to step into Breayley's vacated Jillaroos spot". NRL. 20 October 2019.
  10. "Nines lover Davis shines as Dragons bounce back". NRL. 15 February 2020.
  11. "Bent wins big as Dragons round out 2020 awards". St George Illawarra Dragons. 17 October 2020.
  12. "NSW Women's Orign team announced". NSWRL. 10 November 2020.
  13. "Fast-finishing NSW fall short". NSWRL. 13 November 2020.
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