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Kate Haren

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Kate Haren
Personal information
Born (1985-11-03) 3 November 1985 (age 38)
Innisfail, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
PositionLock, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 St George Illawarra 2 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–12 Queensland 2 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP
As of 18 October 2020

Kate Haren (born 3 November 1985) is an Australian former rugby league footballer from the 2000s and 2010s.

A lock or second-rower, she represented Queensland and played for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership

Playing career

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In 2008, Haren began playing rugby league for the Innisfail Leprechauns. Before playing rugby league, she was a national and state champion BMX rider.[1][2]

In 2009, she made her debut for Queensland in their win over New South Wales.[3] In 2012, she played her second game for Queensland before retiring at the end of that season.[4][5]

In 2017, Haren returned to rugby league, training with the Innisfail Leprechauns men's team during the week and travelling to Brisbane on weekends to play for the Wests Panthers.[6] On 23 July 2017, she was 18th player for Queensland.[7]

In June 2018, she represented Queensland Country at the inaugural Women's National Championships.[8] On 30 July 2018, she signed with the St George Illawarra Dragons for the inaugural season of the NRL Women's Premiership.[9]

In Round 2 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Dragons, coming off the bench in a 22–10 win over the New Zealand Warriors.[10]

On 3 August 2019, Haren stated at second-row in Wests Panthers' 20–8 SEQ Women's Division 1 Grand Final win over the Burleigh Bears, the Panthers first-ever women's premiership win. Haren announced her retirement following the game.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ "Kate Haren". NRL.
  2. ^ "FNQ Zone History" (PDF). SportsTG. 9 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Innisfail to Illawarra: chasing an NRL dream". QRL. 4 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Kate Haren's extraordinary journey to the Dragons and NRL women's premiership". The Daily Telegraph. 11 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Kate Haren inspirational road to the NRLW rivals journey of fellow Innisfail league product Billy Slater". The Courier Mail. 27 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Far North rugby league players Kate Haren, Heather Ballinger and Tahlulah Tillett earn NRL deals". Cairns Post. 13 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Queensland Women's team announced". NRL. 8 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Dragons sign Queensland Origin trio for Women's Premiership". St George Illawarra Dragons. 30 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Queensland trio celebrate first win with Dragons". QRL. 15 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Broncos To Star In Women's SEQ Grand Final". QRL. 2 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Innisfail star goes out a champion". Cairns Post. 7 August 2019.
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