Kaitlyn Phillips (born 9 July 1997) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row for the Gold Coast Titans Women in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership.
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| Born | 9 July 1997 Orange, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (10 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 1 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
editPhillips was born in Orange, New South Wales and began playing rugby league for the Orange Hawks in 2018. She is of Indigenous Australian descent.[1]
Playing career
editIn 2019, Phillips joined Mounties RLFC in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[2] In May 2019, she represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships.[3] On 11 October 2019, she represented the Prime Minister's XIII in their win over Fiji.[4]
In 2020, Phillips moved to the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership.[5] On 22 February 2020, she started at second-row for the Indigenous All Stars.[6]
On 22 September 2020, Phillips joined the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team.[7] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRLW season, she made her debut for the Roosters in their 18–4 win over the St. George Illawarra Dragons.[8]
On 20 February 2021, she represented the Indigenous All Stars in their 24–0 loss to the Māori All Stars.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Kaitlyn Phillips is making her mark in the NSWRL". Central Western Daily. 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Phillips determined to make 2020 'my year'". Port Stephens Examiner. 22 October 2019.
- ^ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Australian Men's and Women's Prime Ministers XIII squads announced". Asia Pacific RL. 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Gulls Girls brave in defeat against Magpies". Tweed Seagulls. 16 March 2020.
- ^ "TEAMS: 2020 Harvey Norman NRL All Stars". League Unlimited. 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Roosters announce 2020 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 23 September 2020.
- ^ "NRLW Late Mail Game One". Sydney Roosters. 3 October 2020.
- ^ "McGregor, Harden to lead talented teams". NRL. 20 February 2021.