Charlotte Caslick

Charlotte Caslick OAM (born 9 March 1995) is an Australian professional representative and Olympic level rugby union player. She represents Australia in Sevens Rugby and in touch football. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Charlotte Caslick
Personal information
Born (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionFive-eighth, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020 Sydney Roosters 2 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
PositionBack
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
The Tribe
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– Australia 7s
As of 7 December 2020
Source: RLP
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam competition
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastTeam competition

In 2020, she switched to rugby league, playing for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Background

Caslick was born in Brisbane and grew up in the suburb of Corinda. She attended Brisbane State High School.[1][2]

Playing career

Rugby career

Caslick plays for The Tribe at a club level and in 2013, after graduating from high school, she debuted for Australia. By December 2015, she had earned 13 caps, scoring 31 tries in that two-year period.[3] Caslick has been described as "the best women's rugby sevens player on the planet."[4] and "a key member of the Australian Women’s Rugby Sevens team that is eyeing gold at [2016's] Rio Olympics."[5]

Caslick is a dual international having represented her country at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival and 2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup as well as playing for Touch Football Australia at both age-grade and open levels. She was named in World Rugby's 2014–15 Team of the Season after another stellar season and one of four players nominated for the 2015 World Sevens Player of the Year. Charlotte was also voted player of the tournament in the Australian Nationals. Representative Honours include Touch Football Australia, Australian Youth Olympic Festival (2013) and Queensland.[6] She was a member of Australia's team at the 2016 Olympics, defeating New Zealand in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

In October 2016, Caslick was named as Australia's women's sevens player of the year.[14][15][16]

Rugby league

In 2020, with the suspension of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and Tokyo Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Caslick made the switch to rugby league, joining the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership.[17] A North Queensland Cowboys fan, she opted to join the Roosters over the Brisbane Broncos, the Cowboys' arch-rivals.[18]

In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, Caslick made her debut the Roosters, starting at five-eighth and running for 163 metres in a 18–4 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons.[19] A week later, in the Roosters' 22–12 Round 2 win over the New Zealand Warriors, Caslick suffered two small factures to her spine, ruling her out for the rest of the NRLW season.[20]

Honors and achievements
  • 2016, World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year[21]
  • 2019, Kitakyushu Sevens performance tracker player of the round[22]

See also

References
  1. "Charlotte Caslick: The Queen of Women's World Rugby Sevens". The Big Smoke. 19 February 2017.
  2. "Olympic gold medallist Charlotte Caslick returns to Brisbane State High". My-Manager. 19 September 2016.
  3. Russell Jackson; John Davidson; Erin Delahunty. "Guardian Australia writers' tips for the breakout sports stars of 2016 – part I | Sport". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. Webster, Andrew (5 August 2016). "Rio sevens star Charlotte Caslick: 'She was just massive – heavier than my Dad'". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  5. "Twenty-year-old to take centre stage". Inside Sport. nextmedia Pty Ltd. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  6. "Charlotte Caslick Moving With Sevens | Southern Free Times". Warwick.starcommunity.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  7. "Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens". Sky News. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  8. Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  9. "Rio Olympics: Australia's men's and women's sevens squads unveiled". foxsports.com.au. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  10. "Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games". ABC.net.au. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  11. "Australia's Olympic Sevens squads announced". Rugby News.net.au. 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  12. "Australia name a mix of veterans, young guns for men's, women's Olympic sevens squads". ESPN.com.au. 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  13. "Key players return as Australia name Olympic sevens squads". worldrugby.org. 2016. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  14. "Wallabies vice-captain Michael Hooper scores second prestigious John Eales medal". ABC News. Sydney. Australian Associated Press (AAP). 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  17. "Roosters announce 2020 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 23 September 2020.
  18. "Olympic sevens star Charlotte Caslick switches codes to play NRLW rugby league for the Sydney Roosters". ABC. 24 September 2020.
  19. "Charlotte Caslick's Triumphant Debut". Sydney Roosters. 3 October 2020.
  20. "Back fractures rule Caslick out for season". NRL. 14 October 2020.
  21. worldrugby.org. "World Rugby Sevens Players of the Year 2019 nominees announced". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  22. worldrugby.org. "DHL Performance Tracker - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series | worldrugby.org/sevens-series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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