Teagan Berry
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| Born | 20 May 2002 Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (10 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teagan Berry (born 20 May 2002) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership and for the Illawarra Steelers in the Harvey Norman Women's Premiership.
Background[edit]
Raised in Oak Flats, New South Wales, Teagan attended Oak Flats Primary and High school. Teagan has a twin sister Olivia and an older brother Jackson. Berry began playing rugby league in 2018 for the Shellharbour Stingrays.[2]
Playing career[edit]
In 2019, Berry joined the Illawarra Steelers Tarsha Gale Cup side, scoring two tries in their 24–12 Grand Final win over the Newcastle Knights.[3] On 21 June 2019, she started on the wing for New South Wales under-18, scoring two tries in a 24–4 win over Queensland.[4]
2020[edit]
In 2020, Berry began the season playing for the Steelers in the Tarsha Gale Cup.[5] On 24 September, Berry joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team.[6]
In Round 3 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Dragons, scoring a try and kicking a goal in a 10–22 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[7][8]
2021[edit]
Berry was a part of the Dragons side that made the delayed 2021 NRLW Grand Final, in the 16-4 defeat to the Sydney Roosters.
2023[edit]
Berry was selected in the extended NSW squad for Game 1 of Women's State of Origin.
Teagan Berry was named as the new fullback for the Dragons in 2023, following the departure of 2021 Dally M Winner and Olympic Gold Medallist Emma Tonegato.
Currently, Berry is the outright leading Tryscorer of all time in NRLW history with 21 tries in just 23 games.
In Round 6 of the 2023 season, Berry became the third NRLW player to score four tries in a match.
Berry was named at fullback for the Australian Prime Minister's XIII team to play Papua New Guinea in the annual fixture in Port Moresby in September.
References[edit]
- ^ "Teagan Berry". St. George Illawarra Dragons. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Dragons schoolgirl Teagan Berry one of fastest in NRL or NRLW". The Daily Telegraph. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Honeysett, Stuart (4 May 2019). "Illawarra win the Tarsha Gale Cup". New South Wales Rugby League. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Cupido, Andre (21 June 2019). "NSW Under 18s make history with commanding win". New South Wales Rugby League. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "NSWRL U18 Harvey Norman Tarsha Gale Cup - 2020 Round 1". League Unlimited. 4 February 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Dragons confirm 2020 NRL Women's Premiership squad". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 24 September 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Tannous, Edward (16 October 2020). "Teagan's Berry swift progression to NRLW". St. George Illawarra Dragons. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "NRLW late mail: Round 3 v Warriors". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.