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Queensland Reds
Full nameQueensland Reds Women
Unions
Nickname(s)Reds
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
LocationBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
RegionQueensland
Ground(s)
ChairmanJeff Miller
CEODavid Hanham
Coach(es)Grant Anderson
Captain(s)Cecilia Smith
Top scorerLori Cramer (92)
Most triesIvania Wong (14)
League(s)Super Rugby Women's
20246th
Team kit
2nd kit
First match
Reds 0–18 Waratahs
(Brisbane, Queensland; 10 March 2018)
Largest win
Rebels 0–112 Reds
(Box Hill, Victoria; 24 February 2019)
Largest defeat
Waratahs 46–0 Reds
(Sydney, New South Wales; 9 April 2022)
Official website
reds.rugby/teams/reds-womens
Current season

The Queensland Reds Women are an Australian women's rugby union team based in Brisbane, Queensland that compete in the annual Super Rugby Women's competition. A female rugby union competition, is considered to be the female equivalent of the Super Rugby, however only holds Australian teams (until 2022). New Zealand holds a similar competition, the Super Rugby Aupiki.

Founded in 2017,[1] prior to the first Super W season, the team has played in every edition, and has been one of the most competitive in the competition.

Grant Anderson was named as Head Coach for the 2024 Super Rugby Women's season, and Cecilia Smith has been named as captain for the side.[2][3]

Current squad

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On 20 February, the squad for the 2024 Super Rugby Women's season was announced.[4] Prop, Bree-Anna Cheatham, has been ruled out for the season due to a knee injury.[4]

Reds Super W squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

  • Australia Deni Ross
  • Australia Aleena Greenhalgh
  • Fiji Doreen Narokete

Loose forwards

  • Australia Jemma Bemrose
  • Canada Carola Kreis
  • Australia Lucy Thorpe
  • Australia Haidee Head
  • Australia Grace Baker
  • New Zealand April Ngatupuna

Scrum-halves

  • Australia Sarah Dougherty
  • Australia Natalie Wright

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

  • Australia Caitlin Urwin
  • Australia Dianne Waight

Fullbacks

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped, WTS denotes a player in the wider training squad and ST indicated short-term cover.

Season standings

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Season Queensland Reds seasons Top try scorer Top point scorer Ref.
Pos Finals P W L D F A PD BP Pts Name Tries Name Points
2018 2nd Runners-up 5 3 2 0 147 69 +78 2 14 Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea 6 Lavinia Gould 35 [5]
2019 2nd Runners-up 6 4 2 0 208 36 +172 3 15 Alana Elisaia 7 Lori Cramer 54 [6]
2020 2nd Runners-up[a] 4 3 1 0 218 33 +185 3 15 Courtney Hodder 5 Lori Cramer 38 [7]
2021 2nd Runners-up 4 2 2 0 109 109 +0 2 10 Kauna Lopa 3 Lucy Lockhart 24 [8]
2022 3rd Semi-final 5 3 2 0 125 131 −6 2 14 Ivania Wong 5 Ivania Wong 25 [9]
2023 2nd Runners-up 5 4 0 1 167 77 +90 3 20 6 players 3 Cecilia Smith 69
2024 6th — 5 1 0 4 85 136 −51 0 4 Tiarna Molloy 4 Lori Cramer 23

Notes

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  1. ^ There was no final or finals series in the 2020 season due to the impacts of COVID-19. The leaders on the season standings before the finals were to be played (New South Wales Waratahs) were declared the winners.

References

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  1. ^ Barnsley, Warren (14 December 2017). "Rugby Australia non-payment for Super W players slammed". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Cecilia Smith named Queensland Reds Super W captain". reds.rugby. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Grant Anderson named Queensland Reds Super Rugby Women's coach". reds.rugby. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Queensland Reds 2024 Super Rugby Women's squad announced". reds.rugby. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Super W – 2018". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018.
  6. ^ "2019 Super W Statistics". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019.
  7. ^ "2020 Super W – Player Stats". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Super W – 2021". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021.
  9. ^ "2022 Super W Season". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022.
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