Amber Pilley

Amber Pilley

Personal information
Born	(1997-12-08) 8 December 1997 (age 27) Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position	Centre
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 2015–19 Indigenous All Stars 3 0 0 0 0 2019 Queensland 1 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP As of 10 November 2020
Medals Women's rugby sevens Representing  Australia Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing Team competition

Amber Pilley (born 8 December 1997) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and Burleigh Bears in the QRL Women's Premiership. Primarily a centre, she was a Queensland representative.

Background

Born in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Pilley moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland with her family when she was two.[1] She played junior rugby league for the Nerang Roosters and is of Indigenous descent.

Playing career

In 2014, Pilley represented Australia in rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, winning a gold medal.[2] In 2015, she represented the Indigenous All Stars.[3] That year, she tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruling her out for 12 months.[4]

In 2017, Pilley joined the Burleigh Bears and represented the Indigenous All Stars.[2] In June 2018, she played for South East Queensland at the Women's National Championships.[5] In August 2018, she joined the Brisbane Broncos NRL Women's Premiership team.[6]

In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, Pilley made her debut for the Broncos in a 30–4 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons. On 30 September 2018, she started at centre in the Broncos' 34–12 Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.[7]

On 21 June 2019, Pilley made her debut for Queensland, starting at centre in their 4–14 loss to New South Wales.[8] On 6 October 2019, Pilley won her second NRLW Grand Final, starting at centre in a 30–6 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons.[9]

In 2020, Pilley missed the entire season after tearing her ACL, medial collateral ligament (MCL) and meniscus.[10]

References

1. "Pilley finds her cultural identity after years of searching". NRL. 12 February 2019.
2. "Amber Pilley learnt of selection in Indigenous squad from friend on Snapchat". Gold Coast Bulletin. 21 January 2017.
3. "Final All Stars teams announced". NRL. 9 February 2015.
4. "Harvey Norman Gold Coast Women of the Year finalists announced". Gold Coast Bulletin. 11 January 2019.
5. "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
6. "Broncos Name NRL Women's Captains". Brisbane Broncos. 29 August 2018.
7. "Pilley's Amazing Ride Culminates In Grand Final". Brisbane Broncos. 28 September 2018.
8. "Harvey Norman Queensland Maroons 2019 squad". QRL. 6 June 2019.
9. "NRLW grand final: Broncos player ratings". Brisbane Broncos. 6 October 2019.
10. "A newfound focus for recovering Pilley". QRL. 2 July 2020.

External links

• Burleigh Bears profile