Maddison Weatherall

Maddison Weatherall

Personal information
Born	(2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 23) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Lock
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2019– St George Illawarra 12 1 0 0 4 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2020 Māori All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] As of 29 November 2020

Maddison Weatherall (born 10 September 2001) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the St George Illawarra in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Background

Born in Auckland, Weatherall was raised in Wollongong and played her junior rugby league for the Western Suburbs Red Devils.[2]

Playing career

In 2018, Weatherall played for the Illawarra Steelers in the Tarsha Gale Cup.[3] Later that year, she joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership squad as a development player.[4]

2019

In 2019, Weatherall once again played for the Steelers' Tarsha Gale Cup team, captaining the side in their Grand Final win over the Newcastle Knights.[5] On 18 June, she was promoted to the Dragons 22-woman squad.[6]

On 21 June, she captained the New South Wales under-18 team in their 24–4 win over Queensland in the inaugural Under-18 State of Origin game.[7]

In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Weatherall made her debut for the Dragons in a 4–14 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[8] On 6 October, she came off the bench in the Dragons' 6–30 Grand Final loss to the Broncos.[9]

2020

In 2020, Weatherall joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NRL Women's Premiership team. On 22 February, she came off the bench for the Māori All Stars in their 4–10 loss to the Indigenous All Stars.[10]

Weatherall played just one NRLW game for the Dragons in 2020, starting at lock in their Round 3 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[11]

References

1. "Maddison Weatherall – Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
2. Bungard, Matt (1 October 2019). "Teen star Weatherall hoping to complete impressive trifecta". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
3. New South Wales Rugby League (6 February 2018). "TEAMS: NSWRL Tarsha Gale Cup – 2018 Round 1". League Unlimited. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
4. Walter, Brad (19 August 2019). "Apps hails Hireme's role in Dragons landing big-name stars". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
5. Gibbs, Tom (6 January 2020). "20 stars for 2020 | Maddison Weatherall". New South Wales Rugby League. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
6. "Dragons re-sign four juniors to Women's Premiership ranks". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 18 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
7. "NSWRL announces NSW Under-18s Women's team". New South Wales Rugby League. 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
8. "NRLW late mail: Round 1 v Broncos". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 15 September 2019. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
9. "NRLW late mail: Grand final v Broncos". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 6 October 2019. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
10. "Two Bulldogs named in Women's All Stars teams". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
11. "NRLW late mail: Round 3 v Warriors". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

External links

• St George Illawarra Dragons profile