Samanatha Economos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (12 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 31 October 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samantha Economos (born 27 February 1994) is an Australian rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.
She is a Prime Minister's XIII representative.
Born in Bowral, New South Wales, Economos played field hockey before taking up rugby league.[1][2]
In 2017, Economos played rugby league for the Goulburn Workers Bulldogs.[3] In 2018, she joined the Goulburn Stockmen.[4]
In 2019, Economos joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[5] On 11 October 2019, she represented the Prime Minister's XIII in their win over Fiji.[6][7]
On 18 September, Economos joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership squad.[8] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 14–28 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[9]