Samantha Economos

Samantha Economos (born 27 February 1994) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Samanatha Economos
Personal information
Born (1994-02-28) 28 February 1994
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight79 kg (12 st 6 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020– New Zealand Warriors 3 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
As of 8 December 2020
Source: RLP

She is a Prime Minister's XIII representative.

Background

Born in Bowral, New South Wales, Economos played field hockey before taking up rugby league.[1][2]

Playing career

In 2017, Economos played rugby league for the Goulburn Workers Bulldogs.[3] In 2018, she joined the Goulburn Stockmen.[4]

In 2019, Economos joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[5] On 11 October 2019, she represented the Prime Minister's XIII in their win over Fiji.[6][7]

2020

On 18 September, Economos joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership squad.[8] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 14–28 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[9]

References
  1. "Samantha Economos". Hockey Australia.
  2. "2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championships with Samantha Economos". Now UC. 29 April 2018.
  3. "CRRL 2017 Annual Report" (PDF). CRRL.
  4. "Stockmen women leave Roos scoreless". Goulburn Post. 20 May 2018.
  5. "Bulldogs' Sassie Economos named in Canberra Chill squad". Canberra Times. 4 September 2019.
  6. "Samantha Economos named in Women's Prime Minister's XIII". Canterbury Bulldogd. 30 September 2019.
  7. "Sacrifices pay off as Economos swaps hockey for rugby league". NRL. 10 October 2019.
  8. "Donald announces Warriors NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 18 September 2020.
  9. "Putting spotlight on Warriors' NRLW rookies". NZ Warriors. 30 September 2020.
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