Shontelle Stowers

Shontelle Stowers
Personal information
Born (1986-11-14) 14 November 1986
Tokoroa, New Zealand
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 69 kg (10 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018– Sydney Roosters 1 0 0 0 0
As of 11 September 2018
Source: [1]

Shontelle Stowers (born 14 November 1986) is a New Zealand-born Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership. Primarily a centre, she is a former Australian rugby union and rugby sevens international.

Playing career

Stowers moved to Australia at the age of 21 and played rugby union for the Warringah Rats. While with the club she represented the Australian rugby sevens side and the Wallaroos.[2][3][4]

In 2017, she switched to rugby league and played for Cronulla-Caringbah. In 2018, she was selected for the NSW City side for the National Championships.[5][6]

In February 2018, Stowers represented Samoa at the 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship.[7]

On 17 June 2018, Stowers signed for the Sydney Roosters as one of their 15 marquee signings.[8]

In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's Premiership, Stowers made her debut for the Sydney Roosters, starting at centre in their 10–4 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Official Holden Women's Premiership profile of Shontelle Stowers for Sydney Roosters Women". National Rugby League.
  2. ↑ "The road for Jillaroo Shontelle Stowers hasn't been easy". 18 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Shontelle-Stowers". www.rugby.com.au.
  4. ↑ "We're for Sydney". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  5. ↑ "We're for Sydney". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  6. ↑ "SQUAD - Women's City". 16 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Sport: Samoa women's rugby league team back on the international stage". 23 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Roosters Announce NRLW Marquee Signings". 16 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Roosters v Warriors: NRLW Round 1 preview". 8 September 2018.
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