Kennedy Cherrington

Kennedy Cherrington (born 5 January 1999) is an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer who plays as a lock for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership and as a centre for the NSW Waratahs in the Super W.

Kennedy Cherrington
Personal information
Born (1999-01-05) 5 January 1999
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight70 kg (11 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionLock, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020– Sydney Roosters 4 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018–20 NSW Waratahs 12 1 0 0 5
As of 7 December 2020
Source: RLP

Background

Born in Sydney, Cherrington grew up in Perth, Western Australia, where she played rugby league for the South Perth Lions before switching to rugby union.[1][2]

Cherrington's uncle, Norm Berryman, was a professional rugby union player who played one Test for the All Blacks. Her cousins, Anthony and Manaia Cherrington, are former professional rugby league players who both played in the National Rugby League.[3]

Playing career

Rugby union

In 2017, Cherrington represented the Australian rugby sevens team at the Commonwealth Youth Games in The Bahamas, winning a gold medal.[4]

In 2018, Cherrington joined the NSW Waratahs in the Super W, starting at centre in their 16–13 Grand Final win over the Queensland Reds.[5] In 2019, she came off the bench in the Waratahs' 8–5 Super W Grand Final win over Queensland.[6]

In November 2019, she was a member of the Australia A squad that toured Fiji.[7] In 2020, she began the season playing for the Waratahs before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

Rugby league

In 2020, Cherrington returned to rugby league, joining the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[9] On 22 September 2020, she was announced as a member of the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team.[10]

In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Roosters in an 18–4 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons.[11] On 19 October 2019, she was named the NRLW Rookie of the Year.[12] On 25 October 2020, she came off the bench in the Roosters' 10–20 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[13]

On 28 October 2020, Cherrington was named in the New South Wales State of Origin squad but did not play in their 18–24 loss to Queensland.[14]

Achievements and accolades

Individual
  • NRLW Rookie of the Year: 2020

References
  1. "Cherrington hungry for more after NRLW debut catches Origin attention". NRL. 8 October 2020.
  2. "Womens Invitational Squad". NRL WA. 18 January 2018.
  3. "Commonwealth Youth Games 2017: Peerless Australia strike gold in women's rugby sevens". The Courier Mail. 22 July 2017.
  4. "Kennedy Cherrington – Athlete Profile". Commonwealth Games.
  5. "Mary's Wonder Women: Super W grand final – tonight!". Ladies Who. 20 April 2018.
  6. "NSW Waratahs Women name team ahead of blockbuster Super W Final". NSW Rugby. 3 April 2019.
  7. "Australia A Women's Squad to tour Fiji this November". Rugby Australia. 28 October 2019.
  8. "UPDATE Super W: "Mixed emotions" for Waratahs after third-straight title". Rugby.com.au. 3 April 2020.
  9. "Four Sharks named in NSW Women's Origin squad". Cronulla Sharks. 29 October 2020.
  10. "Roosters announce 2020 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 23 September 2020.
  11. "NRLW Late Mail – Game On". Sydney Rooosters. 3 October 2020.
  12. "How rookie Cherrington takes leaf out of Luai's confidence book". NRL. 24 October 2020.
  13. "NRLW Late Mail – Grand Final". Sydney Roosters. 25 October 2020.
  14. "Nine new faces for NSW Women's Origin squad". NSWRL. 28 October 2020.
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