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Stephanie Ball

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Stephanie Ball
Personal information
Born (2000-11-16) 16 November 2000 (age 23)
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight77 kg (12 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020– New Zealand Warriors 1 0 0 0 0
As of 30 November 2020

Stephanie Ball (born 16 November 2000) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership and Mounties RLFC in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Background

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Born in Wollongong, Ball played junior rugby league for the Berkeley Eagles before joining the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[1]

Playing career

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In 2018, Ball played for the Bulldogs' Tarsha Gale Cup team.[2] In 2019, she moved up to the club's NSWRL Women's Premiership team.[3]

2020

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On 18 September, Ball was announced as a member of the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership squad.[4] In Round 2 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her NRLW debut, coming off the bench in the Warriors' 12–22 loss to the Sydney Roosters.[5]

On 18 October, she won the club's Rookie of the Year award.[6]

Achievements and accolades

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Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Illawarra Academy of Sport launches new rugby programs". Illawarra Mercury. 24 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Tarsha Gale Cup: Panthers defeat Bulldogs at Belmore". Canterbury Bulldogs. 17 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Harvey Norman Women's, Junior Reps and CRL Teams". Canterbury Bulldogs. 28 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Donald announces Warriors NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 18 September 2020.
  5. ^ "LeagueUnlimited NRLW Teams – 2020 Round 2". League Unlimited. 10 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Pelite named Warriors' player of year". NZ Warriors. 18 October 2020.
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