Kirra Dibb

Kirra Dibb (born 23 July 1997) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership and the North Sydney Bears in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Kirra Dibb
Personal information
Born (1997-07-23) 23 July 1997
North Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight77 kg (12 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionFive-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Sydney Roosters 3 0 4 0 8
2020– New Zealand Warriors 3 1 4 0 12
Total 6 1 8 0 20
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 New South Wales 1 0 1 0 2
2019 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 1 0 2
2019 Australia 9s 3 0 7 0 14
2019 Australia 1 0 0 0 0
As of 7 December 2002
Source: RLP

Primarily a five-eighth, she is an Australian and New South Wales representative.

Background

Dibb was born in North Gosford and is a Kincumber Colts junior. She stopped playing rugby league as a 10-year old as there were no girl's competitions to compete in, instead playing touch football and Oztag.[1]

Playing career

2019

In 2019, Dibb returned to rugby league, joining the North Sydney Bears in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[2] In May, she represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships.[3]

On 21 June, she made her debut for New South Wales, starting at five-eighth in their 14–4 win over Queensland.[4] In July, she joined the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership side.[5] In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut in a 12–16 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.

In October, Dibb represented three Australian sides – the Prime Minister's XIII in their win over the Fiji Prime Minister's XIII, the Australia 9s team at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s and the Australian Jillaroos in their 28–8 win over New Zealand.[6][7][8]

2020

In September, she joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership side for the 2020 NRL Women's season, playing three games for the club.[9]

References

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