Rikeya Horne

Rikeya Horne (born 14 September 1999) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Rikeya Horne
Personal information
Born (1999-09-14) 14 September 1999
Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight67 kg (10 st 8 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Fullback, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018– St George Illawarra 7 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
As of 18 October 2020
Source: RLP

Primarily a winger, she is a Prime Minister's XIII representative.

Background

Born in Shellharbour, New South Wales, Horne played her junior rugby league for the Corrimal Cougars.[1]

Playing career

On 27 August 2016, Horne played for the St George Illawarra Dragons in an exhibition nines game against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.[2] In 2017, Horne played for the Illawarra Steelers in the Tarsha Gale Cup, scoring six tries.[3]

2018

In February, Horne was a member of Australia's 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship gold medal-winning side.[4] In June 2018, she represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships.[5] On 13 June, she signed with the Dragons' NRL Women's Premiership team.[6]

In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, Horne made her debut for the Dragons in their 4–30 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[7] On 6 October, Horne started at fullback for the Prime Minister's XIII in their win over Papua New Guinea.[8]

2019

In May, Horne represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships.[9] On 6 October, Horne started on the wing in the Dragons' 6–30 Grand Final loss to the Broncos.[10]

2020

In 2020, Horne joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRL Women's Premiership team.[11] She played just one game for the Dragons in the 2020 NRL Women's season, starting at centre in their 10–22 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[12]

References
  1. "Shock Jillaroos call-up a bolt from the blue for Corrimal star". Illawarra Mercury. 20 February 2018.
  2. "Women's NRL Nines v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks". St George Illawarra Dragons. 27 August 2016.
  3. "NSWRL Junior Reps – Round 9 results". 18th Man. 9 April 2017.
  4. "Australian Jillaroos win gold at Commonwealth Championships as newcomer Rikeya Horne stars". The Courier Mail. 25 February 2018.
  5. "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
  6. "Marquee quartet further boosts Dragons' Women's Premiership squad". St George Illawarra Dragons. 13 June 2018.
  7. "NRL Women's Premiership team: Round 1 v Broncos". St George Illawarra Dragons. 4 September 2018.
  8. "Horne steps up to fullback for PM's XIII". St George Illawarra Dragons. 26 September 2018.
  9. "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  10. "Dragons player ratings - 2019 NRL NRLW grand final". NRL. 6 October 2019.
  11. "Bulldogs women's side named to face Magpies". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. 22 July 2020.
  12. "NRLW late mail: Round 3 v Warriors". St George Illawarra Dragons. 17 October 2020.
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