Corban McGregor

Corban McGregor (born 10 April 1994) is a New Zealand-born Australian rugby league footballer who captains the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Corban McGregor
Personal information
Born (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994
Auckland, New Zealand
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight71 kg (11 st 3 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Fullback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Sydney Roosters 7 2 0 0 8
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–19 New South Wales 5 1 0 0 4
2016–19 Australia 8 3 0 0 12
2016 Women's All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
2019 Australia 9s 4 4 0 0 18
2020 Māori All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
As of 6 November 2020
Source: RLP

A fullback, centre or five-eighth, she is an Australia and New South Wales representative.

Background

Born in Auckland, McGregor moved to Australia with her family at the age of 3.[1]

Playing career

In 2015, McGregor began playing rugby league for the Helensburgh Tigers. That year, she made her debut for New South Wales in a 4-all draw with Queensland.[2]

On 6 May 2016, she made her Test debut for Australia, starting at centre in a 16–26 loss to New Zealand.[3]

On 2 December 2017, McGregor started at centre in Australia's 23–16 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup Final win over New Zealand.[4]

In June 2018, she represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships.[5] On 17 June 2018, she signed for the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team.[6] On 22 June 2018, during the inaugural Women's State of Origin, McGregor suffered a shoulder injury, ruling her out of the entire 2018 NRL Women's season.[7]

In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, McGregor made her debut for the Roosters in their 12–16 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[8] In October 2019, she represented Australia at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s, where they lost to New Zealand in the finals.[9]

On 22 February 2020, she represented the Māori All Stars in their 4–10 loss to the Indigenous All Stars.[10]

On 25 October 2020, she started at centre and captained the Roosters' in their 10–20 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[11][12]

References
  1. "McGregor embraces opportunity to wear Maori jersey". NRL. 1 February 2020.
  2. "Women's Origins - Corban McGregor". NSWRL. 7 July 2020.
  3. "Foliaki a fixture in Jillaroos side". Central Western Daily. 5 May 2016.
  4. "Jillaroos star Corban McGregor to shine for son". The Courier Mail. 26 October 2017.
  5. "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
  6. "Roosters Announce NRLW Marquee Signings". Sydney Roosters. 17 June 2018.
  7. "McGregor determined to make 2019 her best yet". Sydney Roosters. 30 January 2019.
  8. "NRLW Late Mail - Round 1". Sydney Roosters. 14 September 2019.
  9. "McGregor back in green and gold for World Cup Nines". NRL. 10 October 2019.
  10. "Four Sharks named for All Stars". Cronulla Sharks. 28 January 2020.
  11. "NRL and NRLW Grand Final team lists". Sporting News. 25 October 2020.
  12. "Corban McGregor named Roosters captain". NRL. 10 February 2020.
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