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Shontelle Stowers

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Shontelle Stowers
Personal information
Born (1986-11-14) 14 November 1986 (age 38)
Tokoroa, New Zealand
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Warringah Rats
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Australia
Australia 7s
Rugby league
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018–19 Sydney Roosters 6 0 0 0 0
2020 New Zealand Warriors 2 0 0 0 0
2022 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 0 0 0 0
2023– Parramatta Eels 2 0 0 0 0
Total 12 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 New South Wales 1 0 0 0 0
Samoa
Source: [1]
As of 2 November 2023

Shontelle Stowers (born 14 November 1986) is a New Zealand-born Australian rugby union and rugby league who plays for the Parramatta Eels in the NRLW and the North Sydney Bears in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

She has played representative level rugby union for Australia and Australia sevens and at club level for Warringah Rats, and representative level rugby league for Samoa and NSW City, and at club level for Cronulla-Caringbah, and in the NRL Women's Premiership for the Sydney Roosters Women, usually as a centre.

Playing career

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Stowers moved to Australia at the age of 21 and played rugby union for the Warringah Rats. While with the club she represented the Australian rugby sevens side and the Australia.[2][3][4]

In 2017, she switched to rugby league and played for Cronulla-Caringbah. In 2018, she was selected for the NSW City side for the National Championships.[5][6]

In February 2018, Stowers represented Samoa at the 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship.[7]

On 17 June 2018, Stowers signed for the Sydney Roosters as one of their 15 marquee signings.[8]

In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's Premiership, Stowers made her debut for the Sydney Roosters, starting at centre in their 10–4 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[9]

In May 2019, she represented NSW City at the 2019 Women's National Championships.[10] On 8 June, she was named to make her debut for the New South Wales State of Origin team.

In 2020, Stowers joined the New Zealand Warriors, playing two games for the club that season.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Official Holden Women's Premiership profile of Shontelle Stowers for Sydney Roosters Women". National Rugby League.
  2. ^ "The road for Jillaroo Shontelle Stowers hasn't been easy". 18 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Shontelle-Stowers". www.rugby.com.au.
  4. ^ "We're for Sydney". Daily Telegraph. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. ^ "We're for Sydney". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ^ "SQUAD - Women's City". 16 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Sport: Samoa women's rugby league team back on the international stage". 23 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Roosters Announce NRLW Marquee Signings". 16 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Roosters v Warriors: NRLW Round 1 preview". 8 September 2018.
  10. ^ "NSW Country chase back-to-back with teams announced for National Championships - NSWRL". 22 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Donald announces Warriors NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 18 September 2020.
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