Rebecca Young (rugby)
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| Born | 27 December 1981 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Inside centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 30 November 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebecca Young (née Anderson; born 27 December 1981) is an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer who played for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership.
Primarily a prop, she is an Australian, New South Wales, Indigenous All Stars and Prime Minister's XIII representative. In rugby union, she represented Australia at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Background
[edit]Young was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and is of Indigenous Australian descent. She is married to former Newcastle Knights player Michael Young.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Rugby union
[edit]Young played rugby union for Merewether Carlton from 1999 to 2011 and represented the New South Wales Country team.[2]
In 2006, she represented Australia at the Women's World Cup in Canada.[3][4] She was named in the Wallaroos 22-player squad that toured New Zealand in October 2007.[4]
Rugby league
[edit]In 2011, Young began playing in the Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League and for the Indigenous All Stars in the inaugural women's All Stars match.[5] Later that year, she made her Test debut for Australia against Samoa and represented New South Wales in their 0–26 loss to Queensland.[6]
In 2013, Young was a member of Australia's 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup-winning squad, alongside her sister-in-laws Emma and Julie Young.[7][8]
In 2017, Young was a member of Australia's 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup-winning squad but did not play in the final.[9]
On 6 October 2018, she captained the Prime Minister's XIII in their 40–4 win over Papua New Guinea.[10]
On 1 July 2019, Young joined the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership squad.[11] In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Roosters in a 12–16 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rebecca Young a top level footballer dedicated to building pathways for females". The Daily Telegraph. 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Cleals fitting finale". Central Western Daily. 9 July 2007.
- ^ "Wallaroos World Cup rugby squad named". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 July 2006.
- ^ a b "Wallaroos name squad for tour of New Zealand". ESPN.com. 8 July 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Indigenous pride fuels Rebecca's All Star fire". Ladies Who League. 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Indigenous women's All Stars captain, Rebecca Young, talks footy and family". SBS. 10 February 2017.
- ^ "Jillaroos set for World Cup". NRL. 17 June 2013.
- ^ "Siblings to share stage at indigenous festival in Newcastle". Issuu. 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Jillaroos Team Revealed". NSWRL. 15 November 2017.
- ^ "Young chosen as inaugural PMs XIII captain". The Women's Game. 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Roosters announce 2019 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 1 July 2019.
- ^ "NRLW Late Mail - Round 1". Sydney Roosters. 14 September 2019.