Jade Etherden

Jade Etherden (born 25 April 1995) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as for the Parramatta Eels Women in the NRL Women's Premiership and Mounties RLFC in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Jade Etherden

Personal information
Born	(1995-04-25) 25 April 1995 (age 30) Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	74 kg (11 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Hooker, Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2020 St George Illawarra 1 0 0 0 0 2021 Parramatta Eels 2 0 0 0 0 Total 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] As of 5 November 2023

Background

Etherden was born in Wollongong and played her junior rugby league for the Woonona Bulls before having to give up the sport when she was 12.^[2]

Playing career

In 2011, Etherden returned to rugby league, playing for the Corrimal Cougars in the Illawarra Women's Premiership.^[3] In 2016, Etherden played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in a nines exhibition game against the St. George Illawarra Dragons.^[4] In 2017, she played for the Dragons in a nines exhibition against the Sharks.^[5] On 14 May 2017, she represented NSW Country.^[6]

In 2019, Etherden joined the Sharks NSWRL Women's Premiership team.^[7]

2020

On 23 September, Etherden was announced as a member of the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership squad.^[8] In Round 3 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Dragons, starting at halfback in a 10–22 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.^[9]