Shenae Ciesiolka

Shenae Ciesiolka (born 7 August 1997) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and Valleys Diehards in the QRL Women's Premiership.

Shenae Ciesiolka

Personal information
Born	(1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 28) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	65 kg (10 st 3 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2020– Brisbane Broncos 24 12 0 0 48 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2020–21 Queensland 5 0 0 0 0 2022– Australia 3 4 0 0 16
Rugby union
Position	Outside back
Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2015–16 Australia 7s 5 1 0 0 5
Source: [1] As of 14 November 2022
Medals Women's rugby sevens Representing  Australia Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing Team competition

Prior to switching to rugby league, she represented the Australia rugby sevens team.

Background

Ciesiolka was born in Toowoomba, Queensland and played rugby league, rugby union and touch football growing up.^[2] In 2013, she represented the Australian under-18 touch team against New Zealand.^[3]

Playing career

Rugby sevens

In 2014, Ciesiolka represented Australia in rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, winning a gold medal.^[4] On 3 July 2015, she signed with the Australia sevens program.^[5] In April 2016, she made her debut for Australia at the 2016 Canada Women's Sevens.^[6]

After two years in the Australian program, Ciesiolka returned to Queensland, playing for the University of Queensland at the 2018 and 2019 Aon University Sevens series.^[7]

Rugby league

In September 2020, Ciesiolka switched to rugby league, joining the Brisbane Broncos NRL Women's Premiership squad.^[8] In Round 2 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Broncos, coming off the bench in an 18–4 win over the St. George Illawarra Dragons.^[9] On 25 October 2020, she started on the wing in the Broncos' 20–10 Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.^[10]

On 13 November 2020, Ciesiolka made her State of Origin debut for Queensland, starting on the wing in their 24–18 win over New South Wales.^[11]

In 2021, she joined the Valleys Diehards in the QRL Women's Premiership, starting in the centres and scoring a try in their Grand Final loss to the Burleigh Bears.^[12][13] On 25 June 2021, she started on the wing for Queensland in their 8–6 win over New South Wales.^[14]

In October 2022, Ciesiolka was named in the Australia squad for the 2021 World Cup.^[15] She played three games for the Jillaroos during the tournament, scoring a try on debut against the Cook Islands^[16] also scoring in the match against France,^[17] and scoring twice in the semi-final against Papua New Guinea.^[18]

Achievements and accolades

Team

• 2020 NRLW Grand Final: Brisbane Broncos – Winners