Shaylee Bent (born 13 September 2000) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a second-rower for the Gold Coast Titans Women in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership.
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| Born | 13 September 2000 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (12 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She is a New South Wales, Indigenous All Stars and Australian 9s representative.
Background edit
Born in Penrith, New South Wales, Bent is of Indigenous Australian and Greek descent.[2] At age 15, Bent began playing rugby league for the Glenmore Park Brumbies.[3]
Playing career edit
2017 edit
In 2017, she played for the Parramatta Eels Women in the Tarsha Gale Cup.[4] In 2018, she moved to the Wests Tigers Tarsha Gale Cup side.[5]
After the Tarsha Gale Cup season, Bent joined Mounties in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. Where she started as centre in the Grand Final victory over South Sydney 12–10.
2019 edit
In 2019, Bent re-joined Mounties RLFC in the NSWRL Women's Premiership, starting at centre in their Grand Final loss to CRL Newcastle.[6] In May 2019, she represented NSW City at the NRL Women's National Championships.[7] In July, she was 18th player for the New South Wales side.[8]
In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Bent made her debut for the St George Illawarra Dragons in a 4–14 loss to the Brisbane Broncos. On 6 October, she started at second-row in the Dragons' 30–6 Grand Final loss to the Broncos.[9] Later that month, she represented Australia at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.[10]
2020 edit
On 22 February, she started at second-row for the Indigenous All Stars in their 10–4 win over the Maori All Stars.[11] In 2020, she played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[12]
On 17 October, she was named the Dragons' NRLW Player of the Year.[13] On 13 November, she made her State of Origin debut for New South Wales, starting at second-row in their 18–24 loss to Queensland.[14]
2021 edit
In 2021, Bent joined the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership.[citation needed] On 20 February, she represented the Indigenous All Stars in their 24–0 loss to the Māori All Stars.[15]
Achievements and accolades edit
Individual edit
- St George Illawarra Dragons Player of the Year: 2020[13]
References edit
- ^ "Shaylee Bent - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
- ^ Newton, Alicia (1 August 2020). "Bent making strides in bid to close gap". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Bent straight to the top in rugby league". The Daily Telegraph. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Junior Reps - Round Seven". Parramatta Eels. 27 March 2017. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Wests Tigers 2018 Tarsha Gale Cup Squad". Wests Tigers. 5 February 2018. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "The Grand Final win two years in the making". New South Wales Rugby League. 10 August 2019. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ Newton, Alicia (22 May 2019). "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Harvey Norman NSW Women's State of Origin Team named". Rugby League Players Association. 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ Whittaker, Troy (28 September 2019). "'Aspire to inspire': Rookie's busy schedule isn't Bent out of shape". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Australia announce Women's 9s squad". Rugby League Planet. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "NRL All Stars: Indigenous women beat Maori All Stars". Wide World of Sports. AAP. 22 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Round Two Line Up - Womens Premiership". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 21 July 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Bent wins big as Dragons round out 2020 awards". St George Illawarra Dragons. 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "NSW Women's Origin team announced". New South Wales Rugby League. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Whittaker, Troy (20 February 2021). "Women's All Stars preview: McGregor, Harden to lead talented teams". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021.