Annette Brander

Annette Brander
Personal information
Born (1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 (age 31)
New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight78 kg (12 st 4 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Lock, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 St George Illawarra 3 0 0 0 0
2019– Brisbane Broncos 8 1 0 0 4
Total 11 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–20 Queensland 6 0 0 0 0
2014–19 Australia 11 0 0 0 0
2014–16 Women's All Stars 3 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP
As of 3 December 2020

Annette Brander (born 12 January 1993) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a second-rower for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Central Queensland Capras in the QRL Women's Premiership.

She is an Australian and Queensland representative.

Background

Born in New Lambton, New South Wales, Brander moved to Caboolture, Queensland with her family when she was two-years old.[1]

Playing career

In 2010, Brander began playing rugby league for the Caboolture under-18 side and the Sunshine Coast Sirens. In 2012, she joined Brisbane Women's Division 1 side, the Beerwah Bulldogs.[2] In 2014, she made her debut for Australia in their 12-8 loss to New Zealand in Wollongong.[3]

In October 2017, she was named in Australia's 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup squad, playing four games in the tournament.[4]

2018

In June 2018, she represented Queensland Country at the 2018 NRL Women's National Championships. In July 2018, Brander joined the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership.[5]

In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, Brander made her debut for the Dragons in their 4–30 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[6]

2019

In June 2019, she again represented Queensland Country at the NRL Women's National Championships.[7] Later that month, she signed with the Brisbane Broncos.[8]

On 6 October 2019, she started at second-row in the Broncos' 30–6 Grand Final win over the Dragons and won the Karyn Murphy Medal for Player of the Match.[9]

2020

On 25 October 2020, she came off the bench in the Broncos' 20–10 Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.[10]

2021

In 2021, Brander joined the Central Queensland Capras in the QRL Women's Premiership.[11]

Achievements and accolades

Individual

  • Karyn Murphy Medal: 2019
  • QRL Representative Player of the Year: 2019

Team

References

  1. ^ "Queenslanders join opposing teams in first national women's league comp". The Courier Mail. 25 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Local girls look to avenge maroons' Origin loss". Ruralweekly.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ "NEW LOOK JILLAROOS TEAM". Nrlcommunity.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Jillaroos named". Rugby League World Cup. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Dragons sign Queensland Origin trio for Women's Premiership". St George Illawarra Dragons. 30 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Brander Joins Broncos In Huge NRLW Signing". Brisbane Broncos. 13 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Last to first for Broncos premiership hero Annette Brander". The Courier Mail. 7 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Hall returns for NRLW Grand Final". Brisbane Broncos. 20 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Jillaroos and Maroons star Annette Brander joins CQ Capras". The Daily Telegraph. 18 March 2021.