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2025 ASSRL Nationals: Meet every player picked in the Australian Schoolgirls team

It’s a team full of power and precision. Meet all 18 players picked in the Australian Schoolgirls team and find out which NRLW clubs have them locked up. SEE THE LIST.

Australian selectors have picked an exciting line-up of future NRLW talent following a big week of action at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships.

The Australian Schoolgirls side is jam-packed with talent, with most of the squad already contracted or aligned with NRL clubs across the country.

The squad was hand-picked by a team of national selectors on deck in Coffs Harbour following a week in which the girls played four games across five days.

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The Australian Schoolgirls side will be coached by ex-Jillaroo Patricia Raikadroku while Karra-Lee Nolan will manage the team.

The side will play against a Papua New Guinea national side as part of the annual Prime Minister’s XIII trip later this year.

Meet every member of the Australian Schoolgirls squad below.

NSW CIS Mia Vaotu'ua.
NSW CIS Mia Vaotu'ua.

1. Mia Vaotu’ua

Team: NSW CIS

School: Central Coast Sports College

NRLW affiliation: Roosters

The Lisa Faiola Cup player of the year brought her impressive form into the ASSRL National championships. Her speed off the mark and natural ball-playing ability made her a threat all week for the NSW CIS side. The Central Coast Sports College fullback is part of the Roosters Central Coast academy.

Gabriella Savage at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson
Gabriella Savage at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson

2 Gabriella Savage

Team: ACT

School: Dickson College

NRLW affiliation: Raiders

The younger sister of electric Raiders winger Xavier Savage, Gabriella moved in with her brother last year to chase her NRLW dream in the nation’s capital. Battled a lower leg injury all week, but didn’t let it stop her from playing her guts out for the ACT.

NSW Combined Catholic College's Halle Barrett.
NSW Combined Catholic College's Halle Barrett.

3. Halle Barrett

Team: NSW CCC

School: Corpus Christi Catholic HS

NRLW affiliation: Dragons

The daughter of Dragons legend Trent Barrett, Barrett made a massive impact out wide for the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges side this week. A centre by trade, the hard-running Barrett is deeply entrenched in the impressive Steelers women’s pathways system.

Enah Desic tackles NSW CHS Anastasia Leatupue during the girls ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson
Enah Desic tackles NSW CHS Anastasia Leatupue during the girls ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson

4. Anastasia Leatupue

Team: NSW CHS

School: The Hills Sports High

NRLW affiliation: Roosters

The Roosters Tarsha Gale Cup star was brilliant all week for the champion NSW CHS side. Leatupue split her time between centre and fullback and showed her class with the ball in hand as part of a lethal sky blue backline. The Roosters young gun will now return to Hills Sports High to spearhead a national title quest.

Logan Fletcher during the girls ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson
Logan Fletcher during the girls ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson

5. Logan Fletcher

Team: NSW CHS

School: Matraville Sports High

NRLW affiliation: Roosters

Fresh off her selection in the NSW Under-19s Origin side, the Roosters flyer was impressive at the back for the NSW CHS side. Fletcher possesses an impressive top speed and elusive footwork at the line.

Skye Spencer at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson
Skye Spencer at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson

6. Skye Spencer

Team: NSW CCC

School: Holy Spirit College

NRLW affiliation: Dragons

The Dragons pathways junior was on fire to start the week in Coffs Harbour. Her fancy footwork and eyes up style caused havoc for opposition defences. Spencer is part of the Illawarra Steelers Lisa Faiola Cup set-up.

Queensland playmaker Torah Luadaka.
Queensland playmaker Torah Luadaka.

7. Torah Luadaka

Team: Queensland

School: Keebra Park SHS

NRLW affiliation: Titans

The Future Titans playmaker was named Queensland’s player of the carnival and almost inspired a brilliant come-from-behind win in the final. She spent time at both five-eighth and fullback for the week, but showed her ability to play first receiver and lead the Queensland team around the park.

Ella Walker at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson
Ella Walker at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson

8. Ella Walker

Team: NSW CHS

School: The Hills Sports High

NRLW affiliation: Wests Tigers

The barnstorming front-rower was named to start off the bench in the first game, but it didn’t last as Walker forced her way into a bruising NSW CHS starting pack. The Tigers’ junior only knows one way and one speed, and it’s forward at full ball. Walker was part of the NSW Under-19 Origin squad this year.

Diamond Graham.
Diamond Graham.

9. Diamond Graham

Team: Queensland

School: Keebra Park SHS

NRLW affiliation: Titans

The Keebra Park talent capped off a massive first half of the year with selection in the Australian Schoolgirls. Graham, who was player of the match in the QRL Under-17 City-Country clash earlier this year, made an immediate impact every time she came off the bench for Queensland. The Titans pathways player provides crisp service and will tackle anything that moves.

Queensland's Mamele Misa.
Queensland's Mamele Misa.

10. Mamele Misa

Team: Queensland

School: Mabel Park SHS

NRLW affiliation: Broncos

A year after her sister Amanii Misa bulldozed her way into the Australian Schoolgirls side, Mamele joins her after a dominant performance leading the Queensland forward pack. Tough as nails, but also remarkably agile for her size, Misa makes short work of opposition middle defenders. She is equally adept at running a crash line into the defence or slicing her way through a hole.

11. Stella Lewis

Team: NSW CCC

School: Newman Senior College

NRLW affiliation: Knights

The Port Macquarie Sharks junior was signed to a three-year development deal with the Knights NRLW squad last year, and she is showing just why they showed faith in the 16-year-old. Lewis ran strong lines off her halves all week, and possesses a left-arm fend that would ask plenty of questions of players twice her age.

Deleni Patai at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson
Deleni Patai at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson

12. Deleni Paitai

Team: Queensland

School: Marsden SHS

NRLW affiliation: Broncos

When it comes to impressive hole runners there were few as good as Paitai. The Queensland backrower was strong all week for the Maroons almost inspiring her side to the national title on Friday. While she has spent the past year in the Redcliffe Dolphins junior system, Paitai signed an NRLW deal with the Broncos last month which will have her start at Red Hill in 2026.

Queensland's Amanii Misa.
Queensland's Amanii Misa.

13. Amanii Misa

Team: Queensland

School: Mabel Park SHS

NRLW affiliation: Broncos

Misa is the only second-time player in this year’s Australian Schoolgirls squad after her selection last year. The Broncos NRLW development player has star power written all over her. She makes an impact with and without the ball, and was a linchpin in Queensland’s run to the final. Misa was part of Queensland’ Under-19s Origin squad.

Evelyn Roberts at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson
Evelyn Roberts at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson

14. Evelyn Roberts

Team: Queensland

School: Marsden SHS

NRLW affiliation: Bulldogs

In her first year at the Under-18 championships, Roberts made aqn immediate impact for the Queenslanders. A big-bodied halfback, she is just as adept at ball-playing out the back as she is carrying the ball through the line. The Marsden State High student has signed with a development deal with the Bulldogs NRLW squad for next year and was part of their Lisa Faiola Cup side this year.

Felila Fakalelu at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson
Felila Fakalelu at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson

15. Felila Fakalelu

Team: NSW CHS

School: Westfields Sports High

NRLW affiliation: Sharks

Talk about destruction. The NSW CHS prop had defences skittling with her strong carries and tough work in defence. The head-gear clad front rower was a ball of energy in every game, and has a motor that defies her explosive style. Fakalelu scored two tries to inspire NSW CHS to victory in Friday’s final, earning player of the match honours. She is the reigning females pathways player of the year at the Sharks.

16. Emily McArthur

Team: NSW CCC

School: St Francis Xavier’s College

NRLW affiliation: Knights

The Knights-contracted middle forward was strong in every game across the week for NSW Combined Catholic Colleges. The reigning Knights’ Lisa Faiola Cup player of the year didn’t shirk the tough stuff through the middle and is one of the most defensively-sound players in her age group.

Aliahannah Fuimaono at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson
Aliahannah Fuimaono at the ASSRL Under-18 National Championships. Picture: Courtney Thomson

17. Aliahana Fuimaono

Team: NSW CHS

School: The Hills Sports High

NRLW affiliation: Bulldogs

The tough as nails second rower was a big part of NSW CHS run to the national title decider. Fuimaono relishes the physicality of the forward pack, but still has the speed and agility to mix it with the players outside her. She hit like a freight train all week and had opposition forwards running to the other side of the ruck. Fuimaono is locked up tight in the Bulldogs pathways.

18. Stevie Botham

Team: NSW CCC

School: St Mary’s Catholic College

NRLW affiliation: Knights

The Knights Lisa Faiola Cup flyer was unlucky to miss out on a starting wing spot in the side after her brilliant work on the right wing for NSW CCC. Botham has an uncanny knack to turn up at the right place, at the right time and knows how to find the tryline.

Originally published as 2025 ASSRL Nationals: Meet every player picked in the Australian Schoolgirls team

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