Maddison Weatherall

Maddison Weatherall (born 10 September 2001) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the St George Illawarra in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Maddison Weatherall

Personal information
Born	(2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 23) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Lock
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2019– St George Illawarra 12 1 0 0 4 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2020 Māori All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] As of 29 November 2020

Background

Born in Auckland, Weatherall was raised in Wollongong and played her junior rugby league for the Western Suburbs Red Devils.^[2]

Playing career

In 2018, Weatherall played for the Illawarra Steelers in the Tarsha Gale Cup.^[3] Later that year, she joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership squad as a development player.^[4]

2019

In 2019, Weatherall once again played for the Steelers' Tarsha Gale Cup team, captaining the side in their Grand Final win over the Newcastle Knights.^[5] On 18 June, she was promoted to the Dragons 22-woman squad.^[6]

On 21 June, she captained the New South Wales under-18 team in their 24–4 win over Queensland in the inaugural Under-18 State of Origin game.^[7]

In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Weatherall made her debut for the Dragons in a 4–14 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.^[8] On 6 October, she came off the bench in the Dragons' 6–30 Grand Final loss to the Broncos.^[9]

2020

In 2020, Weatherall joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NRL Women's Premiership team. On 22 February, she came off the bench for the Māori All Stars in their 4–10 loss to the Indigenous All Stars.^[10]

Weatherall played just one NRLW game for the Dragons in 2020, starting at lock in their Round 3 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.^[11]