Jayme Fressard
Jayme Fressard (born 27 June 1997) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Central Coast Roosters in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.
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Born | Gosford, New South Wales, Australia | 27 June 1997|||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (9 st 6 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 8 December 2020 Source: RLP |
Background
Fressard was born in Gosford and attended Gorokan High School, where she played rugby sevens.[1] In 2015, she represented Australia in rugby sevens at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia.[2]
Playing career
In 2016, Fressard played for the Berkeley Vale Panthers and was named 18th player for New South Wales.[3] In 2017, she was again named in the New South Wales squad but did not play.[4]
In 2018, Fressard joined CRL Newcastle in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[5] In June 2018, she represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships.[6] On 21 June 2018, she joined the Brisbane Broncos NRL Women's Premiership team.[7] In July 2018, she ruptured her ACL and MCL, ruling her out for the 2018 NRL Women's season.[8]
In 2019, she broke her ankle, which saw her miss the 2019 NRL Women's season.[9]
2020
In 2020, Fressard joined the Central Coast Roosters in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[10]
On 23 September, Fressard re-signed with the Broncos' NRLW team.[11] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Broncos in a 28–14 win over the New Zealand Warriors.[12] On 25 October, she started at centre in the Broncos 20–10 NRLW Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.[13]
Achievements and accolades
Team
- 2020 NRLW Grand Final: Brisbane Broncos – Winners
References
- "Fairy tale end to NRLW debut for Jayme Fressard". Coast Community News. 9 November 2020.
- "Aussie Development sides for Central Coast Sevens named". Western Sydney Sevens. 20 October 2015.
- "'The female Josh Dugan': There's more to Jayme Fressard than tattoos". NRL. 5 July 2018.
- "2017 Pathways Squad - Women". NSWRL. 3 April 2017.
- "NSW Country name women's representative squad". NRL. 26 April 2018.
- "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
- "Four more NRLW signings". Brisbane Broncos. 21 June 2018.
- "Knee injury cuts short Fressard's Broncos dream". NRL. 7 July 2018.
- "Broncos debutant Jayme Fressard opens up on the dark days of recovering from injury". The Courier Mail. 13 February 2020.
- "Roosters launch Central Coast Roosters NSW Women's Premiership team". Sydney Roosters. 2 March 2020.
- "Aussie Sevens Star Among Latest NRLW Signings". Brisbane Broncos. 23 September 2020.
- "Four Debut As Broncos Open NRLW Season". Brisbane Broncos. 29 September 2020.
- "Hall returns for NRLW Grand Final". Brisbane Broncos. 20 October 2020.