Jessica Sergis

Jessica Sergis (born 15 September 1997) is an Australian international rugby league footballer who plays for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Jessica Sergis
Personal information
Full nameJessica Sergis
Born (1997-09-15) 15 September 1997
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight72 kg (11 st 5 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018– St. George Illawarra 10 5 0 0 20
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017–20 New South Wales 3 4 0 0 16
2017–19 Australia 2 2 0 0 8
2019 Australia 9s 3 1 0 0 4
As of 15 November 2020
Source: RLP

Career

In 2016, Sergis began playing for Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks.[1]

In 2017, she debuted in the New South Wales 22-6 win over the Queensland women's rugby league team, scoring 3 tries on the wing.

In 2018, she played 3 matches in the Women's rugby league Premiership playing for the St. George Illawarra Dragons at centre.

On 8 June 2019, Sergis was named in the squad to represent New South Wales in the 2019 Women's State of Origin match.[2] On 14 June, she extended her stay with the St. George Illawarra Dragons for the 2019 NRLW season.[3] On 21 June, she scored one try in the Women's State of Origin match, helping the Blues to fourth-consecutive victory over Queensland.[4] With three tries, a try assist, 21 tackle breaks and an average of 153 metres per match in three appearances in the NRLW regular season, she was named the Dally M NRLW Player of the Year at the 2019 Dally M Awards on 2 October.[5] On 14 October, she was named the first-ever RLPA NRLW Player of the Year at the RLPA Awards.[6]

Honours

Individual

Club
NRLW Grand Finals
YearTeamOppositionVenueScoreResult
2019
St. George IllawarraBrisbane
ANZ Stadium
6 – 30
Runners-up

Statistics

NRLW
Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts W L D W-L %
2018 St. George Illawarra 310—0412033.3
2019 St. George Illawarra 430—01222050.0
Career totals 7 4 0 — 0 16 3 4 0 42.9

Source: NRL

State of Origin
† Denotes years in which Sergis won a State of Origin match
Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts W L D W-L %
2017† New South Wales 130—012100100
2019† New South Wales 110—04100100
Career totals 2 4 0 — 0 16 2 0 0 100

Source: NSWRL

References
  1. https://www.nrl.com/community/more/program-deliverers/maddison-studdon/
  2. "NSWRL announces Harvey Norman NSW Women's Origin team". New South Wales Rugby League. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  3. https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2019/06/14/dragons-announce-first-2019-womens-premiership-signings/
  4. "Kirra Dibb inspires NSW to Women's State of Origin win". The Guardian. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  5. Whittaker, Troy (2 October 2019). "'Over the moon': Stunned Sergis collects women's Dally M Medal". NRL.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  6. Whittaker, Troy (14 October 2019). "Tedesco, Sergis crowned 2019 RLPA Players' Champions". NRL.com. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.