Rona Peters

Rona Peters (born 21 May 1988) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for the Souths Logan Magpies in the QRL Women's Premiership.

Rona Peters
Personal information
Born (1988-05-21) 21 May 1988
Auckland, New Zealand
Height156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight81 kg (12 st 11 lb)
Playing information
PositionLock, Prop, Halfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018–19 Brisbane Broncos 8 3 0 0 12
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003–15 New Zealand
2016–19 Queensland 4 0 0 0 0
2019 Māori All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
As of 10 November 2020
Source: RLP

A New Zealand and Queensland representative, Peters started her career as a half before moving into the forwards. She previously played for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership, winning two Grand Finals with the club.

Background

Born in Auckland, Peters played her junior rugby league for the Papakura Sea Eagles. Her sisters, Hilda and Kahurangi, are also New Zealand Test representatives.[1]

Playing career

In 2003, Peters began playing for the Manurewa Marlins senior team as a 15-year old and was selected in the Auckland representative team.[2] Later that year, she represented New Zealand at the 2003 Women's Rugby League World Cup.[3]

In 2013, she represented New Zealand at the 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup, starting at halfback in their 12–22 Final loss to Australia.[4] On 9 November 2014, Peters played alongside her sisters, Hilda and Kahurangi, in New Zealand's 12–8 win over Australia.[5]

In 2015, Peters moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland and joined the Burleigh Bears.[6] On 3 May 2015, Peters played her final Test for New Zealand, starting at halfback in a 14–22 loss to Australia at Suncorp Stadium.[7]

On 23 July 2016, she made her debut for Queensland in a 4–8 loss to New South Wales at Cbus Super Stadium.[8] In June 2018, she represented South East Queensland at the Women's National Championships.[9]

On 28 June 2018, Peters joined the Brisbane Broncos NRL Women's Premiership team.[10] In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Broncos in a 30–4 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons. On 30 September 2018, she started at lock in the Broncos 34–12 Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.

On 18 April 2019, Peters was ruled ineligible from Women's State of Origin, as new rules introduced removed the residency rule, under which Peters qualified for Queensland.[11] This was later overturned and she was given special dispensation, as she had retired from international rugby league in 2015, before she first represented Queensland.[12]

On 6 October 2019, she won her second NRLW Grand Final with the Broncos, starting at lock in their 30–6 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons.[13]

In 2020, Peters joined the Souths Logan Magpies in the QRL Women's Premiership.[14] In October 2020, she made herself unavailable for the 2020 NRL Women's season due to COVID-19 restrictions.[15]

References
  1. "Mariu-Peters family bragging rights on line in Warriors-Broncos clash". NRL. 19 September 2018.
  2. "Rona Peters". NRL.
  3. "Peters: Most exciting part of the year". The Women's Game. 19 June 2018.
  4. "End of era for Kiwi Ferns". NZ Warriors. 15 July 2013.
  5. "New Zealand's answer to the Burgess clan". NRL. 7 November 2014.
  6. "Rule change slams door on Kiwi Ferns' short-lived Origin stint". NRL. 23 May 2019.
  7. "Anzac Test - Five Vodafone Warriors". NZ Warriors. 26 April 2015.
  8. "Queensland Women's 2016 team". QRL. 10 June 2016.
  9. "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
  10. "Kiwi Stars Join Broncos NRLW Squad". Brisbane Broncos. 28 June 2018.
  11. "New eligibility rules for Women's State of Origin". QRL. 18 April 2019.
  12. "Four debutantes named for Maroons women's Origin". NRL. 6 June 2019.
  13. "Where the NRLW grand final will be won and lost". NRL. 3 October 2019.
  14. "Holcim Cup Round 1 preview". QRL. 31 July 2020.
  15. "Lenarduzzi hoping Broncos bashers come back for more". NRL. 2 October 2020.
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