Georgia Roche

Georgia Roche
Personal information
Born 2000/2001 (age 17–18)
Playing information
Position Scrum-half, Loose forward

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Featherstone Rovers Ladies
2018 Castleford Tigers Women
Total 0 0 0 0 0
As of 9 October 2018

Georgia Roche is a rugby league player for Castleford Tigers Women in the Rugby Football League Women's Super League. She plays at either scrum-half or loose forward.

Roche played for amateur club Dewsbury Moor during which time she represented Yorkshire in the 2018 Women’s Rugby League Association County of Origin against Lancashire and scored Yorkshire's only points in a 10–4 defeat.[1][2]

In 2017 Roche joined Featherstone Rovers Ladies, for the inaugural season of the Women's Super League. At the end of the season Featherstone qualified for the Grand Final and Roche scored all of Featherstone's points (1 try, 1 goal) in a 36–6 defeat to Bradford Bulls Women.[3]

Over the winter Roche moved from Featherstone to Castleford and helped Castleford to the final of the 2018 RFL Women's Challenge Cup. In the final she scored one of Castleford's three tries in the 20–14 defeat to Leeds Rhinos Women.[4]

At the 2018 Man of Steel Awards on 8 October 2018 Roche was named as the inaugural winner of the Woman of Steel award.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Powell, Jennie (30 January 2018). "The Red Rose takes the spoils at County of Origin 7". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Smith, Peter (23 January 2018). "Women's RL: Thorny issue of roses rivalry up for grabs". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bradford Bulls beat Featherstone Rovers to win Women's Super League Grand Final". BBC Sport. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Women's Challenge Cup: Leeds Rhinos women beat Castleford Tigers 20-14 to lift trophy". BBC Sport. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Castleford's Georgia Roche wins inaugural Woman of Steel". Sky Sports. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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