Kate Haren
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| Born | 3 November 1985 Innisfail, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Kate Haren". NRL.
- ^ "FNQ Zone History" (PDF). SportsTG. 9 June 2010.
- ^ "Innisfail to Illawarra: chasing an NRL dream". QRL. 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Kate Haren's extraordinary journey to the Dragons and NRL women's premiership". The Daily Telegraph. 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Kate Haren inspirational road to the NRLW rivals journey of fellow Innisfail league product Billy Slater". The Courier Mail. 27 March 2019.
- ^ "Far North rugby league players Kate Haren, Heather Ballinger and Tahlulah Tillett earn NRL deals". Cairns Post. 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Queensland Women's team announced". NRL. 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Dragons sign Queensland Origin trio for Women's Premiership". St George Illawarra Dragons. 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Queensland trio celebrate first win with Dragons". QRL. 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Broncos To Star In Women's SEQ Grand Final". QRL. 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Innisfail star goes out a champion". Cairns Post. 7 August 2019.