Raecene McGregor
Raecene McGregor (born 23 October 1997) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Wests Tigers in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.
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Born | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia | 23 October 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (11 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Five-eighth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014 Nanjing | Team competition |
Primarily a five-eighth, she is a New Zealand international and has won two NRLW premierships with the Broncos.
Background
McGregor was born in Sydney to New Zealand parents and attended Bass Hill High School.[1] She represented Australia in rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, winning a gold medal. She also represented New South Wales and Australia in soccer and touch rugby.[2][3] She played for the Macquarie University Rays during the University Sevens competition.[4]
Playing career
In 2016, McGregor played in the NSWRL Women's Premiership for the Greenacre Tigers.[5] In 2017, she represented New Zealand at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.[6][7] On 2 December 2017, she started at five-eighth in New Zealand's final loss to Australia, scoring a try.[8]
In June 2018, McGregor joined the St George Illawarra Dragons ahead of the inaugural NRL Women's Premiership.[9] In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Dragons in their 4–30 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.
In 2019, she joined the Brisbane Broncos.[10] On 6 October 2019, she started at five-eighth and scored a try in the Broncos' 30–6 Grand Final win over the Dragons.[11] Later that month, she was a member of New Zealand's 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s-winning squad.[12]
On 8 January 2020, she signed with the Wests Tigers for the 2020 NSWRL Women's Premiership season.[13] On 22 February, McGregor represented the Māori All Stars in their 4–10 loss to the Indigenous All Stars.[14]
On 25 October 2020, McGregor won her second NRLW premiership with the Broncos, starting at five-eighth in their 20–10 Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.[15]
References
- "Women in Focus: Raecene McGregor". Wests Tigers. 21 February 2020.
- "Raecene McGregor". www.rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- Chen, Torin (29 May 2014). "Tiana Penitani and Raecene McGregor selected in Australian Youth Olympic rugby 7s teams". Daily Telegraph.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- Mitchell, Brittany (14 November 2017). "Aussie 'miracle child' lining up for Kiwis at Women's RLWC". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- "Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League Grand Finals". NSWRL. 6 September 2016.
- "Kiwi Ferns name World Cup squad". Rugby League World Cup. 12 October 2017. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- "Kiwi Ferns name squad for Rugby League World Cup". Newshub. 13 October 2017. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- "Australia women beat New Zealand". BBC. 2 December 2017.
- "Marquee quartet further boosts Dragons' Women's Premiership squad". Dragons.com.au. 13 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- "Broncos Launch 2019 NRLW Campaign". Brisbane Broncos. 12 August 2019.
- "McGregor helps Broncos to the title". Fairfield Champion. 8 October 2019.
- "From friends to enemies: Kiwi Ferns brace for 'awkward' challenge". NRL. 24 October 2019.
- "Wests Tigers sign international women's duo". Wests Tigers. 8 January 2020.
- "Fifita to play in All Stars clash". Brisbane Broncos. 28 January 2020.
- "NRL & NRLW grand final squad announcements". NRL. 25 October 2020.