The Brumbies are proud to announce their squad for the second season of the national Super W competition under the leadership of new Head Coach Adam Butt.
Butt will lead the new-look 30-player Brumbies squad into the five-team competition, which also includes Queensland Women, NSW Women, the Rebels and Western Force, which is set to start in February.
There will be fifteen new players available for selection in 2019 with an even fifteen returning for a second stint, including Wallaroos internationals Louise Burrows, Shellie Milward, Violeta Tupuola, Michelle Perry and Georgia O’Neill.Milward will lead the team as skipper for the second successive season, the lock forward having also crossed for three tries in her three appearances in the inaugural campaign.
The evergreen Burrows is one of eight returning players up front in a squad that is split between seventeen in a strong looking pack and thirteen, including six new faces, in a back-line packed with speed and creativity.
FORWARDS
Rachele BROWN – Prop (Eastern Suburbs)
Louise BURROWS – Prop/Hooker (Canberra Royals)
Peta COX – Prop (Tuggeranong Vikings)
Bridgette CUNNINGHAM – Hooker (Eastern Suburbs)
Harriet ELLEMAN – Hooker (CSU Reddies)
Grace KEMP – Lock (Canberra Royals)
Sharyn LAWS – Backrow (ADFA)
Michaela LEONARD – Lock (Tuggeranong Vikings)
Irene MACARTHUR – Backrow (Eastern Suburbs)
Kristie MATHEWS – Backrow (Canberra Royals)
Michelle MILWARD – Backrow (Tuggeranong Vikings)
Georgia O’NEILL – Backrow (Uni-Norths Owls)
PaigePENNING – Prop (Goulburn Dirty Reds)
Tayla STANFORD – Backrow (Tuggeranong Vikings)
Stefanie STEWART-JONES – Prop (Tuggeranong Vikings)
Emily SOGAL – Lock (Tuggeranong Vikings)
Violeta TUPUOLA – Prop (Eastern Suburbs)
BACKS
Biola DAWA (CSU Reddies)
Ngawai EYLES (Unattached)
Jane GARRAWAY (Uni-Norths Owls)
Brooke GILROY (Canberra Royals)
Carly HILL (Tuggeranong Vikings)
Jess HOWARD (Uni-Norths Owls)
Jacky LYDEN (Orange)
Paremo MARSH (Uni-Norths Owls)
Emily MCDONALD (Tuggeranong Vikings)
Michelle PERRY (Canberra Royals)
Darcy READ (Canberra Royals)
Remi WILTON (Tuggeranong Vikings)
Sammie WOOD (Uni-Norths Owls)
AT-A-GLANCE
- 30 players in the squad
- 15 returning players
- 15 potential debutants
- 17 forwards
- 13 backs
