Georgia Roche

Georgia Roche (born 3 September 2000)[1] is an English professional rugby league footballer for Castleford Tigers Women in the Rugby Football League Women's Super League. She plays at either scrum-half or loose forward.

Georgia Roche
Personal information
Born (2000-09-03) 3 September 2000
England
Playing information
PositionScrum-half, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Featherstone Rovers Ladies
2018– Castleford Tigers
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 England 1 2 0 0 8
As of 27 October 2018

Roche played for amateur club Dewsbury Moor during which time she represented Yorkshire in the 2018 Women’s Rugby League Association County of Origin against Lancashire and scored Yorkshire's only points in a 10–4 defeat.[2][3]

In 2017 Roche joined Featherstone Rovers Ladies, for the inaugural season of the Women's Super League. At the end of the season Featherstone qualified for the Grand Final and Roche scored all of Featherstone's points (1 try, 1 goal) in a 36–6 defeat to Bradford Bulls Women.[4]

Over the winter Roche moved from Featherstone to Castleford and helped Castleford to the final of the 2018 RFL Women's Challenge Cup. In the final she scored one of Castleford's three tries in the 20–14 defeat to Leeds Rhinos Women.[5]

At the 2018 Man of Steel Awards on 8 October 2018 Roche was named as the inaugural winner of the Woman of Steel award.[6] In the same month Roche was one of the ten nominees for the 2018 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year and was also shortlisted for the first women's Golden Boot Award.[7][8] Roche made her international debut for England against France in Carcasonne on 27 October 2018, scoring two tries in England's 54–4 win.[9]

Following a 2019 domestic season in which Roche helped Castleford to the League Leaders Shield in the 2019 RFL Women's Super League she was selected to be part of the England squads for both the test series against the Papua New Guinea Orchids and the World 9s tournament in October and November 2019.[10]

References
  1. "Georgia Roche: the making of a Woman of Steel". Daily Telegraph. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. Powell, Jennie (30 January 2018). "The Red Rose takes the spoils at County of Origin 7". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. Smith, Peter (23 January 2018). "Women's RL: Thorny issue of roses rivalry up for grabs". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. "Bradford Bulls beat Featherstone Rovers to win Women's Super League Grand Final". BBC Sport. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. "Women's Challenge Cup: Leeds Rhinos women beat Castleford Tigers 20-14 to lift trophy". BBC Sport. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  6. "Castleford's Georgia Roche wins inaugural Woman of Steel". Sky Sports. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  7. "BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2018: Top 10 revealed". BBC Sport. 15 October 2018.
  8. "Elliott Whitehead and John Bateman short-listed for Golden Boot". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  9. "Report: France Women 4-54 England Women". RFL. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  10. "England Women's squad announced for 2019 tour". Total RL. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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