Live stream: Queensland schoolgirls ASSRL 17-18 years Championships
Read the deep dive on every member of the Queensland schoolgirls under 17-18 years squad who will launch into action at the ASSRL Championships from Sunday.
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The Queensland schoolgirls will launch into the fray against the best of the best at the ASSRL Championships (under 17-18 years) starting on Sunday in Coff Harbour.
The www.couriermail.com.au.au and News Corp affiliates will live stream the competition, along with the under-16-18 boys championships.
The Queensland schoolgirls have seven members from the all-conquering Mabel Park SHS rugby league program, but around them is a nice smattering of players from country Queensland, Ipswich, Logan and the Gold Coast.
MEET THE QLD UNDER 17-18 YEARS SCHOOLGIRLS HERE
1. Zoe Robson (The Cathedral College)
From the famous Rockhampton Brothers club, Robson fended off some star power opposition to win the No.1 jersey - that’s how good a player she is.
Like a lot of outstanding young female players, Robson has a touch football background, having shone for the Rockhampton Touch Football Association.
2. Nazlyn Waaka-Rhind (Mabel Park SHS)
A Canterbury Bulldogs academy member, Nazlyn Waaka-Rhind is originally from the Wavell SHS community from which she was named in the under-15 Queensland merit side in 2021.
She hailed from Zew Zealand where her junior club was Otahuhu, but upon moving to Brisbane her ground came courtest of Aspley. She has been making representative teams in SEQ since reaching Met North standard at under-12 level.
3. Jennifer Kimber (Moranbah SHS)
Kimber is a startling centre talent who was front and centre in Mackay Cutters’ dramatic Harvey Norman under-19 premiership win over the Tigers in April.
She is the type of player who can score a solo try from a distance, but she was also a hard working with her dummy half runs and an enthusiastic chaser of clearing kicks. The Moranbah Miners junior really is the full package.
4. Deleni Paitai (Marsden SHS)
A wonderful utility player who runs consistent excellent lines with intent, Paitai can play centre, hooker or back row. She has been at the cutting edge in the Redcliffe female program since the under-17s.
5. Mercedez Taulelei-Siala (Ipswich SHS)
Fresh from representing the Queensland under-19 State of Origin girls, Taulelei-Siala is an athletic winger with precision finishing power. The Maroons schoolgirl ace is also a strong dummy half runner who had a fabulous club season with Tweed Seagulls.
6. Shalom Sauaso (Ipswich SHS)
A schoolgirl prodigy who has already played Super W senior representative rugby and is a member of the Wallaroos squad, Sauaso is a tried and tested performer who gives Queensland a head start at the championships.
She hails from the powerful Springfield Panthers junior rugby league catchment and is a powerful ball runner who is tenacious in all aspects of the game. She has been a mainstay of the Ipswich SHS girls’ rugby league program and has been signed by the Broncos.
7. Chloe Pallisier (The Glennie School)
Originally a Chinchilla Hornet, the young half has sublime vision you cannot teach.
Pallisier can pass short or long, grubber kick or run herself. She is a great conductor, a wonderful organiser who pulls her team together and steers them around the field.
It is great to see her recognised by the state selectors after a strong Harvey 19s campaign for the Western Clydesdales earlier in the year.
8. Armarni-Lea Auvae (Mabel Park SHS)
The schoolgirls international will wear No.8 but has the skills to fill No.13 or second row. Auvae is dominant with one-on-one contact in both attack and defence and will be a real handful for the opposition. She hails from Pine Central Holy Spirit Hornets country.
9. Raewyn Olomalii (Marsden SHS)
Another whose thumb prints were all over Pine Central Holy Spirit Hornets, Olomalii is a hooker who can also play in the halves. She has a terrific pass off the ground or standing up, delivering a ball with speed and accuracy to her supports.
10. Alice Shannon (Mabel Park SHS)
A powerhouse for both Australian and Queensland schoolgirls teams, Shannon prop forward player was as good as any of her peers. An admirer of Broncos and New Zealand player
Amber Hall, she plays every match with pride knowing her parents “sacrificed everything for me to chase my dreams’’.
11. Tiresa Leasuasu (Ipswich SHS)
An Australian schoolgirl in 2022, she is a damaging Brisbane Tigers Harvey 19s lock who has made her BMD premiership debut as a schoolgirl. She will be eyeing off more representative football after shining for Ipswich SHS for five seasons.
12. Reegan Hicks (Australian Christian College)
The discovery player of 2023 when she was one of the Dolphins best Harvey 19s players, she went on to win an Australian schoolgirls berth. The Broncos have swooped to sign the youngster who has made her BMD Premiership debut for the Norths Devils.
13. Amanii Misa (Mabel Park SHS)
A Waterford Demons junior, the super strong Misa grew up admiring New Zealand seven-a-side sensation Gayle Broughton. She has been a big part of the successful Mabel Park SHS schoolgirls program.
14. Danielle Tutakangahau (Mabel Park SHS)
She is a halfback or can play hooker and her organising skills will be a godsend to the Maroons.
The Mabel Park SHS’s National Schoolgirls premiership winner, Tutakangahau also has a great kicking game. She is an elite player who can control a game as good as any of her peers.
15. Keira Rangi (Wavell SHS)
Talk about being a trailblazer for the women’s game. The Aspley junior Rangi created history earlier in her career when she was named in the Queensland schoolboys under-12 side - simply because her performance could not be ignored and at the time there was no avenue for young female players. Fast forward to 2024 and she will be playing in her second season of Queensland schoolgirls at the ARSSL championships. She is a running lock or second rower, but creates tries with her ball-playing. She currently plays at Pine Central Holy Spirit Hornets.
16. Orianna Clark (Ipswich SHS)
17. Eta Fusi Sikahele (Keebra Park SHS)
From that amazing Keebra Park SHS conveyor line of talent comes Fusi Sikahele, a powerful, hard runner forward who takes no prisoners. She will rip in from dawn to dusk and is just the type you want in a Queensland jersey.
18. Harlem Walker (Mabel Park SHS)
An Aspley junior who now plays club at Pine Central Holy Spirit Hornets, second rower Walker is a part of the powerhouse Mabel Park SHS rugby league program. She can also play No.13 or prop and is a player with excellent contact which results in great post metre drive.
19. Mariah Brown (Mabel Park SHS)
Brown was a part of the Queensland under-19 State of Origin side where she played centre. A member of the historic 2022 Queensland schoolgirls representative side and the first ever Queensland under-15 team, can also switch to five-eight. Earlier this year she earned promotion into the Wynnum Manly BMD senior side. Brown was yet another wonderful footballer from the Darling Downs where she played for the Highfields Eagles. She is the real deal.
20. Dominika Baleinagasau (Ipswich SHS)
A versatile player who switches between rugby league and rugby union - she plays Premier Women’s rugby with Bond - Baleinagasau was a clever ballplayer and powerful runner player with strong defence. Around that she also has leadership qualities that were ideally suited to Queensland’s campaign in enemy territory.
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