Millie Boyle

Millie Boyle (born 19 May 1998) is an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer who plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Millie Boyle
Personal information
Born (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998
Cobargo, New South Wales, Australia
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight83 kg (13 st 1 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Brisbane Broncos 8 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019–20 New South Wales 2 0 0 0 0
2019 Australia 1 0 0 0 0
2019 Australia 9s 3 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
PositionFlanker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Queensland Reds 6 1 0 0 5
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–19 Australia
As of 1 December 2020
Source: RLP

A prop in league and a flanker in union, Boyle is a dual-code international, having played for both the Australian Jillaroos and Australian Wallaroos.

Background

Born in Cobargo, New South Wales, Boyle's father, David, and here uncle, Jason Croker, were professional rugby league players for the Canberra Raiders. Her brother, Morgan, and her cousin, Lachlan Croker, play for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.[1] Until the age of 12, she played rugby league with boys.[2]

Playing career

Rugby union

When Boyle was at school, the only form of rugby available was rugby union, so she began playing that type of rugby football instead. In high school, she played for the Brumbies schoolgirls team.[3] When Bond University Rugby Club offered her a playing position in the University rugby sevens league, she moved from her native Canberra to the Gold Coast.[2]

In the National Women's Rugby Championship, Boyle played for the Australian Capital Territory, making her debut in 2016.[3] At the age of 19, she was called up to the Australia women's national rugby union team, known as the Wallaroos, for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. Boyle was the youngest player to be selected.[2] She had impressed while playing for the team in the Four Nations tournament, which the Walleroos officials stated was the reason for her selection at the World Cup.[4]

In 2019, she played for the Queensland Reds Super Rugby team.[5]

Rugby league

In 2019, Boyle returned to rugby league, joining the Burleigh Bears in the South East Queensland women's division.[6] In May 2019, she represented South East Queensland at the NRL Women's National Championships.[7] On 21 June 2019, she made her debut for New South Wales in their 14–4 win over Queensland.[8] In July 2019, she signed with the Brisbane Broncos NRL Women's Premiership team.[9]

In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Boyle made her debut for the Broncos in their 14–4 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons. On 6 October 2019, she started at prop in the Broncos' 30–6 Grand Final win over the Dragons.[10]

In October 2019, she represented Australia at the World Cup 9s tournament.[11] On 25 October 2019, she made her Test debut for Australia in their 28–8 win over New Zealand.[12]

On 25 October 2020, she started at prop in the Broncos' 20–10 Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.[13]

Achievements and accolades

Individual

Team

References
  1. "Millie's on the Boyle after some persuasion from 'Big Brother'". NRL. 12 June 2019.
  2. O'Brien, Connor (20 July 2017). "Millie Boyle, sister of NRL rising star Morgan, to represent Australia Wallaroos at World Cup". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. Dutton, Chris (24 June 2016). "Millie Boyle breaks free of family Raiders tradition to take rugby union chance". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  4. McMaster, Jacob (28 June 2017). "Cobargo's Millie Boyle named in Wallaroos World Cup roster". Bega District News. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. "Boyle ruled out for season in Super W shock for Reds". Rugby.com.au. 14 December 2019.
  6. "Millie Boyle impresses in her Burleigh debut as Bears put Toowoomba to the sword". Burleigh Bears. 15 April 2019.
  7. "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  8. "Women's Origins - Millie Boyle". NSWRL. 28 July 2020.
  9. "Broncos sign Blues star Millie Boyle to bolster forward pack ahead of NRLW 2019". The Courier Mail. 22 July 2019.
  10. "Aiken ready to light it up in green and gold". Tweed Daily News. 17 October 2019.
  11. "Tantrum and Facebook post behind rookie Jillaroo's rapid rise". NRL. 15 October 2019.
  12. "Jillaroos seek Test revenge after Nines upset". NRL. 20 October 2019.
  13. "Broncos v Roosters: Brigginshaw at lock, Vette-Welsh to start". NRL. 25 October 2020.
  14. "Boyle masterclass as Broncos sink Dragons". Maitland Mercury. 7 October 2019.
  15. "NRLW Presentation Ball award winners". Brisbane Broncos. 11 October 2019.
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