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Samantha Economos

Samantha Economos

Australian rugby league footballer

Samantha Economos (born 27 February 1994) is an Australian rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

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She is a Prime Minister's XIII representative.

Background

Born in Bowral, New South Wales, Economos played field hockey before taking up rugby league.[1][2]

Playing career

In 2017, Economos played rugby league for the Goulburn Workers Bulldogs.[3] In 2018, she joined the Goulburn Stockmen.[4]

In 2019, Economos joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[5] On 11 October 2019, she represented the Prime Minister's XIII in their win over Fiji.[6][7]

2020

On 18 September, Economos joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership squad.[8] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 14–28 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "Samantha Economos". Hockey Australia.
  2. [2]
    "2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championships with Samantha Economos". Now UC. 29 April 2018.
  3. [3]
    "CRRL 2017 Annual Report" (PDF). CRRL.
  4. [4]
    "Stockmen women leave Roos scoreless". Goulburn Post. 20 May 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Bulldogs' Sassie Economos named in Canberra Chill squad". Canberra Times. 4 September 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Samantha Economos named in Women's Prime Minister's XIII". Canterbury Bulldogd. 30 September 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Sacrifices pay off as Economos swaps hockey for rugby league". NRL. 10 October 2019.
  8. [8]
    "Donald announces Warriors NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 18 September 2020.
  9. [9]
    "Putting spotlight on Warriors' NRLW rookies". NZ Warriors. 30 September 2020.
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