Hannah Southwell

Hannah Southwell
Personal information
Born (1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 (age 25)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight75 kg (11 st 11 lb; 165 lb)
Playing information
PositionLock, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 St George Illawarra 3 0 0 0 0
2019–21 Sydney Roosters 13 0 3 0 6
2022– Newcastle Knights 9 1 0 0 4
Total 25 1 3 0 10
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018–21 New South Wales 4 0 0 0 0
2018 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Australia 2 0 0 0 0
2019 Australia 9s 2 1 0 0 5
Source: RLP
As of 7 October 2023
Association football career
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Newcastle Jets 18 (0)
International career
2014 Australia U-17
2014–2016 Australia U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2015

Hannah Southwell (born 4 March 1999) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently captains the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership. Primarily a lock, she is an Australian and New South Wales representative.

She previously played for the Sydney Roosters in the NRLW and the Central Coast Roosters in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. Before switching to rugby league, she played soccer for the Newcastle Jets in the W-League and for the Australia rugby sevens team.

Background

Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Southwell played junior rugby league for the Kotara Bears. At age 13, she gave up rugby league as she wasn't allowed to play anymore due to her age.[1]

She is the older sister of Knights teammate Jesse Southwell.[2]

Soccer

Club

Southwell signed with Newcastle Jets in 2014.[3] On 20 September 2014, she made her debut in a match against Perth Glory, becoming the league's youngest goalkeeper at the age of 15.[4][5][6] She made six appearances for the team during the 2014–15 W-League season. Newcastle finished in fifth place during the regular season with a 5–5–2 record.[6] During the 2015–16 W-League season, Southwell made 12 appearances for Newcastle and helped the team finish in sixth place with a 3–5–4 record.[6]

International

Southwell represented Australia in the under-17 and under-20 national teams.[7][8] In January 2016, Southwell earned a call-up to training camp for the Australia women's national soccer team.[9]

Rugby union

In late 2016, Southwell made the decision to switch codes and play rugby sevens.[10] She made her first appearances for the Australian national team at the 2016 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship, Australia winning the Championship after defeating Fiji in the final.[11]

Rugby league

2018

In 2018, Southwell returned to rugby league, joining CRL Newcastle in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[12] In June, she represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships.[13]

On 22 June, she made her debut for New South Wales, coming off the bench in a 16–10 win over Queensland.[14] On 27 July, she signed with the St George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team.[15] In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut in the Dragons' 4–30 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[16]

On 6 October, she started at centre for the Prime Minister's XIII in their 40–4 win over Papua New Guinea.[17] On 13 October, she made her Test debut for Australia, starting at centre in a 26–24 win over New Zealand.[18]

2019

In May, Southwell represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships.[19] In July, she joined the Sydney Roosters NRLW side.[20] On 21 June, she started at lock for New South Wales in their 14–4 win over Queensland.[21]

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.[22] In October, she represented Australia at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.[23]

2020

In 2020, Southwell joined the Central Coast Roosters NSWRL Women's Premiership team. On 27 September, they defeated the North Sydney Bears 16–10 in the Grand Final.[24]

On 20 October, she started at lock in the Roosters' 10–20 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[25] After the game, she was named the RLPA Players' Champion.[26]

2022

Southwell was a member of the Sydney Roosters team that won the premiership in the postponed 2021 NRL Women's season, playing in all seven matches including the Grand Final victory on 10 April 2022.

In late May, Southwell was named in the 22-player extended squad for the New South Wales women's rugby league team, ahead of the women's State of Origin match on 24 June, 2022.[27][28]

She played in the Roosters' 2021 Grand Final win over the St. George Illawarra Dragons.[29]

On 1 June, the Newcastle Knights announced that local junior Southwell had signed to play for the club in the 2022 season, alongside younger sister Jesse.[30][31] She made her club debut for the Knights in round 1 of the 2022 NRLW season against the Brisbane Broncos.[32]

2023

In April, Southwell re-signed with the Knights on a contract until the end of 2027.[33]

References

  1. ^ "Women's Origins - Hannah Southwell". NSWRL. 19 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Gold Class: Commonwealth Games Winner Southwell Signs on for NRLW". Newcastle Knights. 8 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Newcastle Jets add four more". The Women's Game. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ^ Osland, Georgia (8 December 2014). "Newcastle Jets goalie makes W-League history". Newcastle Star. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  5. ^ Kerry, Craig (12 May 2014). "Selection sweep surprises Southwell". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Hannah Southwell". Soccer Way. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Mini Matildas head to AFC qualifiers". Football Federation Australia. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Westfield Young Matildas squad named". Football Federation Australia. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  9. ^ Parris, Michael (20 January 2016). "Hannah Southwell named for Matildas training camp". The Herald. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  10. ^ Kerry, Craig (24 October 2016). "Ex-Jets keeper quickly tackles new code". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  11. ^ Callinan, Josh (13 November 2016). "Oceania Sevens Championship success and praise for Australian debutante Hannah Southwell". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Hannah Southwell playing for Newcastle in the CRL". ABC. 20 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
  14. ^ "NSW Women's State of Origin". NSWRL. 12 June 2018.
  15. ^ "Dragons sign representative duo for Women's Premiership". St George Illawarra Dragons. 27 July 2018.
  16. ^ "Late mail: Women's Premiership (Round 1)". St George Illawarra Dragons. 9 September 2018.
  17. ^ "13 Dragons named in Prime Minister's XIII squads". St George Illawarra Dragons. 26 September 2018.
  18. ^ "Jillaroos: Hannah Southwell pleased for Test ahead of schedule". Newcastle Herald. 1 October 2018.
  19. ^ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  20. ^ "NRLW: Howard, Southwell confirm Roosters switch, Kelly inks new deal for 2019". Women's Chronicle. 21 June 2019.
  21. ^ "Harvey Norman NSW Women's Origin team announced". NSWRL. 8 June 2019.
  22. ^ "NRLW Late Mail - Round 1". Sydney Roosters. 14 September 2019.
  23. ^ "Knights at the Nines: Who to look out for this weekend". Newcastle Knights. 17 October 2019.
  24. ^ "'We're more of a family': Unity behind Roosters' surge". NRL. 12 October 2020.
  25. ^ "NRLW Grand Final Team Announcement". Sydney Roosters. 20 October 2020.
  26. ^ "Cleary crowned Players' Champion by his NRL peers". RLPA. 25 October 2020.
  27. ^ "Hilder names 22-player squad for NSW Sky Blues". NSWRL. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  28. ^ Newton, Alicia (27 May 2022). "Trio recalled as Hilder makes changes to NSW squad". NRL. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  29. ^ "2021 NRLW Team Lists: Grand Final". National Rugby League. 6 April 2022.
  30. ^ "Southwell: 'It's great to be home'". Knights. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  31. ^ "Premiership winner joins the Knights". Knights. Newcastle Knights. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  32. ^ "Late Mail: NRLW team confirmed for Broncos clash". Newcastle Knights. 21 August 2022.
  33. ^ "Home is where the heart is for Southwell sisters". Newcastle Knights. 19 April 2023.