Kezie Apps

Kezie Apps (born 4 February 1991) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row for the Wests Tigers Women in the NRLW and the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Kezie Apps

Apps in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1991-02-04) 4 February 1991 (age 34) Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2018–22 St George Illawarra Dragons 19 2 0 0 8 2023– Wests Tigers 10 5 0 0 20 Total 29 7 0 0 28 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2014–24 New South Wales 11 2 0 0 8 2014–24 Australia 14 2 0 0 8 2015–17 Women's All Stars 3 0 0 0 0 2019 Australia 9s 3 1 0 0 4
Source: [1] As of 3 November 2024
Relatives	Deon Apps (brother)

She is an Australian international and New South Wales representative.

Background

Born in Bega, New South Wales, Apps played her junior rugby league for the Bega Roosters alongside current Cronulla Sharks player Dale Finucane.^{[citation needed]}

At age 12, she was forced to stop playing due to age restrictions that were in place.^[2] Her older brother Deon, played two games for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2011.^[3]

Playing career

In 2014, Apps returned to rugby league, joining the Helensburgh Tigers women's side. Later that year, she made her debut for New South Wales in the annual Women's Interstate Challenge against Queensland and Australia in their Four Nations curtain-raiser against New Zealand. At the end of the season, she was named the Illawarra Women's Player of the Year and the NSWRL Women's Player of the Year.^[4]

In 2015, she made her debut for the Women's All Star side in their fixture against the Indigenous All Stars.

On 28 September 2016, she won the women's Dally M Medal for Player of the Year at the Dally M awards.^[5]

In October 2017, she was named in Australia's 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup squad.^[6] On 2 December, she started at second row in the Jillaroos 23-16 final win over the New Zealand.

In June 2018, Apps, along with Sam Bremner and Talesha Quinn, were named as the three marquee players for the St. George Illawarra Dragons women's team which commenced playing in the NRL Women's Premiership in September.^[7]

On 6 October 2019, she captained the Dragons in their 6–30 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos Women.^[8]

Achievements and accolades

Individual

• Dally M Medal: 2016
• NSWRL State Player of the Year: 2014, 2016

Captained NSW to State of Origin win in 2022

St George Illawarra Dragons NRLW Captain 2021 - 2022

Team

• 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup: Australia – Winners