Queensland Reds Women
- Rugby Australia (RA)
- Queensland Rugby Union (QRU)
- Lang Park
(Capacity: 52,500) - Ballymore Stadium
(Capacity: 21,000)
Team kit | 2nd kit |
(Brisbane, Queensland; 10 March 2018)
(Box Hill, Victoria; 24 February 2019)
(Sydney, New South Wales; 9 April 2022)
The Queensland Reds Women are an Australian women's rugby union team based in Brisbane, Queensland that compete in the annual Super Rugby Women's competition. A female rugby union competition, is considered to be the female equivalent of the Super Rugby, however only holds Australian teams (until 2022). New Zealand holds a similar competition, the Super Rugby Aupiki.
Founded in 2017,[1] prior to the first Super W season, the team has played in every edition, and has been one of the most competitive in the competition.
Grant Anderson was named as Head Coach for the 2024 Super Rugby Women's season, and Cecilia Smith has been named as captain for the side.[2][3]
Current squad
On 20 February, the squad for the 2024 Super Rugby Women's season was announced.[4] Prop, Bree-Anna Cheatham, has been ruled out for the season due to a knee injury.[4]
Reds Super W squad | ||
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Props
Hookers
Locks
| Loose forwards
Scrum-halves
Fly-halves | Centres
Wings
Fullbacks
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(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped, WTS denotes a player in the wider training squad and ST indicated short-term cover. |
Season standings
Season | Queensland Reds seasons | Top try scorer | Top point scorer | Ref. | ||||||||||||
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Pos | Finals | P | W | L | D | F | A | PD | BP | Pts | Name | Tries | Name | Points | ||
2018 | 2nd | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 147 | 69 | +78 | 2 | 14 | Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea | 6 | Lavinia Gould | 35 | [5] |
2019 | 2nd | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 208 | 36 | +172 | 3 | 15 | Alana Elisaia | 7 | Lori Cramer | 54 | [6] |
2020 | 2nd | Runners-up[a] | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 218 | 33 | +185 | 3 | 15 | Courtney Hodder | 5 | Lori Cramer | 38 | [7] |
2021 | 2nd | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 109 | +0 | 2 | 10 | Luana Lopa | 3 | Lucy Lockhart | 24 | [8] |
2022 | 3rd | Semi-final | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 131 | −6 | 2 | 14 | Ivania Wong | 5 | Ivania Wong | 25 | [9] |
2023 | 2nd | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 167 | 77 | +90 | 3 | 20 | Cecilia Smith | 69 | |||
2024 | 6th | — | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 136 | −51 | 0 | 4 |
Notes
- ^ There was no final or finals series in the 2020 season due to the impacts of COVID-19. The leaders on the season standings before the finals were to be played (New South Wales Waratahs) were declared the winners.
References
- ^ Barnsley, Warren (14 December 2017). "Rugby Australia non-payment for Super W players slammed". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Cecilia Smith named Queensland Reds Super W captain". reds.rugby. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Grant Anderson named Queensland Reds Super Rugby Women's coach". reds.rugby. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Queensland Reds 2024 Super Rugby Women's squad announced". reds.rugby. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Super W – 2018". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018.
- ^ "2019 Super W Statistics". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019.
- ^ "2020 Super W – Player Stats". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Super W – 2021". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021.
- ^ "2022 Super W Season". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022.
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