Stephanie Ball

Stephanie Ball
Personal information
Born (2000-11-16) 16 November 2000 (age 24)
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight77 kg (12 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020– New Zealand Warriors 1 0 0 0 0
As of 30 November 2020

Stephanie Ball (born 16 November 2000) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership and Mounties RLFC in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Background

Born in Wollongong, Ball played junior rugby league for the Berkeley Eagles before joining the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[1]

Playing career

In 2018, Ball played for the Bulldogs' Tarsha Gale Cup team.[2] In 2019, she moved up to the club's NSWRL Women's Premiership team.[3]

2020

On 18 September, Ball was announced as a member of the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership squad.[4] In Round 2 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her NRLW debut, coming off the bench in the Warriors' 12–22 loss to the Sydney Roosters.[5]

On 18 October, she won the club's Rookie of the Year award.[6]

Achievements and accolades

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Illawarra Academy of Sport launches new rugby programs". Illawarra Mercury. 24 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Tarsha Gale Cup: Panthers defeat Bulldogs at Belmore". Canterbury Bulldogs. 17 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Harvey Norman Women's, Junior Reps and CRL Teams". Canterbury Bulldogs. 28 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Donald announces Warriors NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 18 September 2020.
  5. ^ "LeagueUnlimited NRLW Teams – 2020 Round 2". League Unlimited. 10 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Pelite named Warriors' player of year". NZ Warriors. 18 October 2020.