Rebecca Young (rugby league)

Rebecca Young (née Anderson; born 27 December 1981) is an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer who played for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Rebecca Young

Personal information
Born	27 December 1981 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2019 Sydney Roosters 2 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2011–20 Indigenous All Stars 8 0 0 0 0 2011–18 New South Wales 7 0 0 0 0 2011–17 Australia 9 0 0 0 0 2018 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
Position	Inside centre
Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2006 Australia
As of 30 November 2020 Source: RLP

Primarily a prop, she is an Australian, New South Wales, Indigenous All Stars and Prime Minister's XIII representative. In rugby union, she represented Australia at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Background

Young was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and is of Indigenous Australian descent. She is married to former Newcastle Knights player Michael Young.[1]

Playing career

Rugby union

Young played rugby union for Merewether Carlton from 1999 to 2011 and represented the New South Wales Country team.[2]

In 2006, she represented Australia at the Women's World Cup in Canada.[3]

Rugby league

In 2011, Young began playing in the Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League and for the Indigenous All Stars in the inaugural women's All Stars match.[4] Later that year, she made her Test debut for Australia against Samoa and represented New South Wales in their 0–26 loss to Queensland.[5]

In 2013, Young was a member of Australia's 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup-winning squad, alongside her sister-in-laws Emma and Julie Young.[6][7]

In 2017, Young was a member of Australia's 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup-winning squad but did not play in the final.[8]

On 6 October 2018, she captained the Prime Minister's XIII in their 40–4 win over Papua New Guinea.[9]

On 1 July 2019, Young joined the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership squad.[10] In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Roosters in a 12–16 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[11]

References

1. "Rebecca Young a top level footballer dedicated to building pathways for females". The Daily Telegraph. 12 February 2017.
2. "Cleals fitting finale". Central Western Daily. 9 July 2007.
3. "Wallaroos World Cup rugby squad named". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 July 2006.
4. "Indigenous pride fuels Rebecca's All Star fire". Ladies Who League. 15 February 2019.
5. "Indigenous women's All Stars captain, Rebecca Young, talks footy and family". SBS. 10 February 2017.
6. "Jillaroos set for World Cup". NRL. 17 June 2013.
7. "Siblings to share stage at indigenous festival in Newcastle". Issuu. 1 February 2014.
8. "Jillaroos Team Revealed". NSWRL. 15 November 2017.
9. "Young chosen as inaugural PMs XIII captain". The Women's Game. 26 September 2018.
10. "Roosters announce 2019 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 1 July 2019.
11. "NRLW Late Mail - Round 1". Sydney Roosters. 14 September 2019.

External links

• NRL profile