Queensland Reds Women

Queensland Reds
Full name	Queensland Reds Women
Unions	Rugby Australia (RA); Queensland Rugby Union (QRU);
Nickname(s)	Reds
Founded	2017; 7 years ago
Location	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Region	Queensland
Ground(s)	Lang Park; (Capacity: 52,500); Ballymore Stadium; (Capacity: 21,000);
Chairman	Jeff Miller
CEO	David Hanham
Coach(es)	Grant Anderson
Captain(s)	Cecilia Smith
Top scorer	Lori Cramer (92)
Most tries	Ivania Wong (14)
League(s)	Super Rugby Women's
2024	6th
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

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 Charli Jacoby Janita Kareta Madi Schuck Liz Patu Maletina Brown Theresa Soloai Hookers Tiarna Molloy Isabelle Robinson Locks Deni Ross Aleena Greenhalgh Doreen Narokete	Loose forwards Jemma Bemrose Carola Kreis Lucy Thorpe Haidee Head Grace Baker April Ngatupuna Scrum-halves Sarah Dougherty Natalie Wright Fly-halves Carys Dallinger	Centres Ava Wereta Cecilia Smith (c) Shalom Sauaso Alana Elisaia Mercedez Taulelei-Siala Briana Dascombe Wings Ivania Wong Caitlin Urwin Dianne Waight Fullbacks Lori Cramer Ashlee Knight Mel Wilks
(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

Season	Queensland Reds seasons											Top try scorer		Top point scorer		Ref.
Season	Pos	Finals	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	BP	Pts	Name	Tries	Name	Points	Ref.
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

^ 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

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

[7] 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.

[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.

[:0-4] "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.

[8] "2020 Super W – Player Stats". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020.

[9] "Super W – 2021". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021.

[10] "2022 Super W Season". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022.

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v t e Super Rugby Women's
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Seasons	2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Category

v t e Queensland Rugby Union
Member of the Australian Rugby Union
Super Rugby team	Queensland Reds
Super W teams	Queensland Reds Women
NRC teams	Brisbane City Queensland Country
Premier Rugby	Bond University Brothers Easts GPS Norths Souths Sunnybank University of Queensland Wests
Venues	Ballymore Stadium Lang Park
Regional bodies	Queensland Suburban Rugby Union Queensland Country Rugby Union