Brittany Breayley-Nati

Brittany Breayley-Nati (née Breayley; born 7 February 1991) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the Burleigh Bears in the QRL Women's Premiership, and Ormeau Shearers in the SEQW Holcim cup.

Brittany Breayley-Nati

Personal information
Born	Brittany Breayley (1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 (age 34) Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	67 kg (10 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position	Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2018 Brisbane Broncos 4 1 0 0 4 2019–20 St George Illawarra 4 0 0 0 0 2021– Gold Coast Titans 11 2 0 0 8 Total 19 3 0 0 12 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2014–20 Queensland 7 0 0 0 0 2014–18 Australia 10 1 0 0 4 2015–17 Women's All Stars 3 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP As of 1 November 2023

Primarily a hooker, she is a Queensland and Australian representative and played for the Brisbane Broncos and St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Background

Born in Mackay, Queensland, Breayley-Nati is of Māori descent and began playing rugby league for the Mackay Magpies in 2008.^[1][2]

Playing career

In 2014, while playing for the North Ipswich Tigers, Breayley-Nati made her representative debuts for Australia and Queensland.^[3][4]

In 2017, she won the Queensland Women's Representative Player of the Year at the QRL Major Competition Awards.^[5] On 2 December 2017, she started at hooker in Australia's 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup final win over New Zealand.

In June 2018, Breayley-Nati, along with Ali Brigginshaw, Heather Ballinger, Teuila Fotu-Moala and Caitlyn Moran, were named as the five marquee players for the Brisbane Broncos NRL Women's Premiership team.^[6]

In September 2018, she was named Female Player of the Year at the 2018 Dally M awards. On 30 September 2018, she started at hooker in the Broncos' 34–12 Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.^[7]

In 2019, Breayley-Nati joined the St George Illawarra Dragons.^[8] On 6 October 2019, she started at hooker in the Dragons' 6–30 Grand Final loss to the Broncos.^[9]

In February 2020, she was member of the Dragons' NRL Nines winning squad.^[10] Breayley sat out the 2020 NRL Women's season due to family and work commitments. On 13 November 2020, she started at hooker in Queensland's 24–18 win over New South Wales at Sunshine Coast Stadium.^[11]

Achievements and accolades

Individual

• QRL Representative Player of the Year: 2016, 2017
• Dally M Medal: 2018
• Brisbane Broncos Player of the Year: 2018
• Brisbane Broncos Best Forward: 2018

Team

• 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup: Australia – Winners
• 2018 NRLW Grand Final: Brisbane Broncos – Winners

References

1. "Queensland talent name for Women's All Stars clash". QRL.com.au. 6 November 2018.
2. "Brittany Breayley". NRL.com. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
3. "Hancock named Jillaroos captain". QRL. 7 November 2014.
4. "2014 Women's Interstate Challenge". NRL. 13 July 2014.
5. "Another top award for Breayley". NRL CLUBS. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
6. "Broncos' World-Class Signings For NRLW". Brisbane Broncos official website. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
7. Arnold, Rikki-Lee (28 September 2016). "Brittany Breayley sole Queensland contender for Dally M Female of the Year award". The Courier-Mail.
8. "Finalised Dragons 2019 Women's Premiership signing tracker". St George Illawarra Dragons. 2 July 2019.
9. "Where the NRLW grand final will be won and lost". NRL. 3 October 2019.
10. "Dragons name inaugural Women's Nines squad". St George Illawarra Dragons. 31 January 2020.
11. "After year of upheaval, Breayley eager for Origin return". NRL. 6 November 2020.

External links

• QRL profile