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Jules Newman
Personal information
Born	23 February 1989 (age 35); Mosgiel, New Zealand
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	69 kg (10 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club
Representative
	Source: RLP As of 9 November 2020

Jules Newman (born 23 February 1989) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Primarily a centre, she is a New Zealand and New Zealand 9s representative.

Background

Born in Mosgiel, Newman was a long time North Harbour representative in rugby union, winning the Farah Palmer Cup Player of the Year in 2018.^[1]

In 2019, Newman switched to rugby league and began playing for the Mount Albert Lions in the Auckland Rugby League.^[2]

In June 2019, she was named in the New Zealand squad for their mid-season Test against Samoa but did not play.^[3] On 10 July 2019, she signed with the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team.^[4] In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 16–12 win over the Sydney Roosters.

In October 2019, she was a member of New Zealand's 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s-winning squad.^[5] On 25 October 2019, she made her Test debut for New Zealand, starting at centre in a 8–28 loss to Australia.^[6]