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| Born | 26 November 1995 Bowral, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 31 October 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chelsea Lenarduzzi (born 26 November 1995) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Burleigh Bears in the QRL Women's Premiership.
An Australian and Queensland representative, she has won three premierships with the Broncos.
Born in Bowral, New South Wales and raised in Moss Vale, Lenarduzzi moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland in 2015 to attend university, where she began playing rugby league for the Burleigh Bears. In 2015, 2016 and 2018, she won Australian national titles in shotput.[1][2]
Lenarduzzi's older brother, Rhys, is an Italian rugby league representative.[3]
In 2017, Lenarduzzi made her debut for Queensland in their 6–22 loss to New South Wales.[4]
In 2018, while playing for the Burleigh Bears, Lenarduzzi represented South East Queensland at the Women's National Championships.[5] On 21 June 2018, she signed with the Brisbane Broncos NRL Women's Premiership team.[6]
In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Broncos in their 30–4 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons. On 30 September 2018, she started at prop in the Broncos' Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.[7]
In 2019, she represented South East Queensland at the Women's National Championships and was selected for Queensland in the Women's State of Origin.[8] On 6 October 2019, she came off the bench and scored a try in the Broncos' 30–6 Grand Final win over the St George Illawarra Dragons.[9] On 25 October 2019, she made her Test debut for Australia in their 28–8 win over New Zealand at WIN Stadium.[10]
On 25 October 2020, she won her third NRLW premiership with the Broncos, scoring a try in their 20–10 Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.[11]