Loading AI tools
Australia international rugby league footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shenae Ciesiolka (born 7 August 1997) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and Valleys Diehards in the QRL Women's Premiership.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 7 August 1997 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (10 st 3 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby league | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Outside back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: [1] As of 14 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prior to switching to rugby league, she represented the Australia rugby sevens team.
Ciesiolka was born in Toowoomba, Queensland and played rugby league, rugby union and touch football growing up.[2] In 2013, she represented the Australian under-18 touch team against New Zealand.[3]
In 2014, Ciesiolka represented Australia in rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, winning a gold medal.[4] On 3 July 2015, she signed with the Australia sevens program.[5] In April 2016, she made her debut for Australia at the 2016 Canada Women's Sevens.[6]
After two years in the Australian program, Ciesiolka returned to Queensland, playing for the University of Queensland at the 2018 and 2019 Aon University Sevens series.[7]
In September 2020, Ciesiolka switched to rugby league, joining the Brisbane Broncos NRL Women's Premiership squad.[8] In Round 2 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Broncos, coming off the bench in an 18–4 win over the St. George Illawarra Dragons.[9] On 25 October 2020, she started on the wing in the Broncos' 20–10 Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.[10]
On 13 November 2020, Ciesiolka made her State of Origin debut for Queensland, starting on the wing in their 24–18 win over New South Wales.[11]
In 2021, she joined the Valleys Diehards in the QRL Women's Premiership, starting in the centres and scoring a try in their Grand Final loss to the Burleigh Bears.[12][13] On 25 June 2021, she started on the wing for Queensland in their 8–6 win over New South Wales.[14]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
