Charlotte Scanlan

Charlotte Scanlan

Personal information
Born	(1988-07-30) 30 July 1988 (age 36) Wellington, New Zealand[1]
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	81 kg (12 st 11 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Lock, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2021 Newcastle Knights 5 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2013–22 New Zealand 9 1 0 0 4
Source: [2] As of 14 November 2022

Charlotte Scanlan (born 30 July 1988) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. Her positions are prop, lock and second-row. She previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Background

Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Scanlan is of Samoan descent.[1] She played her junior rugby league for the Richmond Roses.[3]

Playing career

Early years

From the years 2007 to 2009, Scanlan played rugby union with Kia Toa RFC and Manawatu.[4] In 2012, she played for the Richmond Roses and Akarana Falcons.[5] She was selected in the Kiwi Ferns squad later that year.[5] In 2013, she played for the Auckland NPC rugby union and rugby sevens sides.[6] She then represented the Kiwi Ferns at the 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup.[7] In 2014, she was selected for the New Zealand women's sevens team to play at the 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series,[8] and was selected again in 2015.[9] In 2016, she represented the Auckland Storm,[10] Auckland women's sevens team[11] and New Zealand women's sevens team again.[12] In 2017, she moved to Japan to play rugby union[13][1] and captained the Auckland women's sevens team.[14] In 2020, she returned to the Kiwis Ferns squad.[15] In December 2021, she signed with the Newcastle Knights to be a part of their inaugural NRLW squad.[16]

2022

In Round 1 of the delayed 2021 NRL Women's season, Scanlan made her NRLW debut for the Knights against the Parramatta Eels.[17] She played in 5 matches for the Knights, before parting ways with the club at the end of the season.[18]

In October, she was selected for the New Zealand squad at the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup in England.[19]

References

1. "LRB SPORTS NEW RECRUITS 2017 - CHARLOTTE SCANLAN". 28 March 2017.
2. "Charlotte Scanlan - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
3. "Get to know: Charlotte Scanlan". Newcastle Knights. 31 January 2022.
4. "Charlotte Arnopp-Scanlon | New Zealand Rugby History". www.rugbyhistory.co.nz.
5. "Category". Richmond Rovers Rugby League.
6. "ROLL OF HONOUR". Richmond Rovers Rugby League.
7. "FOWC 2013". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
8. "Hohepa ready for upcoming IRB Women's Sevens Worlds". Māori Television.
9. "New Zealand opt for experience in São Paulo - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby.
10. "Storm set to face Australian Wallaroos". www.aucklandrugby.co.nz.
11. "Women's Sevens cast net far and wide for squad". www.aucklandrugby.co.nz.
12. "Charlotte_Scanlan.jpg | Photosport New Zealand". www.photosport.nz.
13. "Luck of the draw gets Warriors woman home". Newsroom. 29 September 2021.
14. "Summer of sevens for captain Scanlan". www.aucklandrugby.co.nz.
15. League, Asia Pacific Rugby (23 October 2020). "Kiwi Ferns wider squad announced ahead of Fetu Samoa Test".
16. "NRLW 2022: Newcastle Knights, club confirms nine Kiwi Ferns for inaugural campaign - NRL". National Rugby League. 1 December 2021.
17. "Late mail: 1-17 confirmed for opening NRLW game". Newcastle Knights. 27 February 2022.
18. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
19. Priest, Craig (2 October 2022). "Kiwi Ferns name 24-strong World Cup squad". New Zealand Rugby League. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

External links

• Newcastle Knights profile