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)Simon Craig
Captain(s)Shannon Parry
Top scorerLori Cramer (92)
Most triesIvania Wong (14)
League(s)Super W
20223rd of 6, Semi-finals
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, or Queensland Reds (Super W), are an Australian women's rugby union team based in Brisbane, Queensland that compete in the annual Super W 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.

Current squad

On 9 February 2022, the squad for the 2024 season was announced.[2]

Reds Super W squad

Props

  • Australia Evelyn Horomia
  • Australia Peta Ngauamo
  • Australia Liz Patu
  • Australia Grace Qaranivalu
  • Australia Tazmin Sheppard
  • Australia Theresa Soloai WTS

Hookers

Locks

  • Australia Tina Campbell
  • Australia Annabelle Codey
  • Australia Aleena Greenhalgh
  • Australia Ema Masi WTS

Loose forwards

  • Australia Sophie Holyman
  • Canada Carola Kreis
  • Australia Hana Lane
  • Australia Kiri Lingman
  • Australia Okeroa Manihera
  • Australia Shannon Parry
  • Australia Emilya Byrne WTS
  • Australia Melehifo Sikimeti WTS

Scrum-halves

  • Australia Skyla Adams
  • Australia Imogen Hei
  • Australia Sarah Lewis

Fly-halves

  • Australia Sarah Riordan
  • Australia Chloe Cocks WTS

Centres

Outside backs

  • Australia Caity Costello
  • Australia Ellie Draper
  • Australia Renae Nona
  • Australia Ivania Wong
  • Australia Natalie Wright
  • Australia Briana Dascombe WTS
  • Australia Giverny Robinson WTS
(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.
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 [3]
2019 2nd Runners-up 6 4 2 0 208 36 +172 3 15 Alana Elisaia 7 Lori Cramer 54 [4]
2020 2nd Runners-up[a] 4 3 1 0 218 33 +185 3 15 Courtney Hodder 5 Lori Cramer 38 [5]
2021 2nd Runners-up 4 2 2 0 109 109 +0 2 10 Luana Lopa 3 Lucy Lockhart 24 [6]
2022 3rd Semi-final 5 3 2 0 125 131 −6 2 14 Ivania Wong 5 Ivania Wong 25 [7]
2023 2nd Runners-up 5 4 0 1 167 77 +90 3 20 Cecilia Smith 69

Notes

  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

  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. ^ "Queensland Reds squad confirmed for 2022 Buildcorp Super W campaign" (Press release). Queensland Reds. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Super W – 2018". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 Super W Statistics". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019.
  5. ^ "2020 Super W – Player Stats". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Super W – 2021". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021.
  7. ^ "2022 Super W Season". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022.
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