Tarryn Aiken

Tarryn Aiken (born 14 July 1999) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership.

Tarryn Aiken

Personal information
Born	(1999-07-14) 14 July 1999 (age 26) Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	61 kg (9 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position	Five-eighth, Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2019–22 Brisbane Broncos 19 6 1 0 26 2023– Sydney Roosters 16 7 0 0 28 Total 35 13 1 0 54 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2019 Australia 9s 2 0 0 0 0 2020–21 Queensland 8 4 0 0 16 2022– Australia 6 5 1 0 22
Source: RLP As of 14 November 2022

She is an Australian 9s and Queensland representative, despite being born and raised in New South Wales.^[1]

Background

Born in Gosford, New South Wales, Aiken played junior rugby football league for the Wyong Roos before moving to the Tweed Heads, New South Wales.^[1]

Playing career

2019

As an Australian touch football representative, Aiken joined the Tweed Heads Seagulls in 2019 and later that year she represented South East Queensland at the NRL Women's National Championship.^[2] In June 2019, Aiken signed with the Brisbane Broncos NRL Women's Premiership side.^[3]

In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's Premiership, Aiken made her debut for the Broncos in a 14–4 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons. On 6 October 2019, she came off the bench in the Broncos' 30–6 Grand Final win over the Dragons.^[4]

In October 2019, she represented Australia at the World Cup 9s tournament.^[5] On 2 December 2019, she was named in the Queensland Performance Program squad in preparation for the 2020 State of Origin game.^[6]

2020

On 25 October 2020, Aiken started at halfback in the Broncos' 20–10 NRLW Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.^[7]

On 13 November, Aiken made her State of Origin debut for Queensland, starting at five-eighth and scoring a try in their 24–18 win over New South Wales. Following the game, she was awarded the Nellie Doherty Medal for Player of the Match.^[8] On 27 November, she won the Broncos' Players' Player Award for the 2020 season.^[9]

2022

In late September, Aiken was named in the Dream Team announced by the Rugby League Players Association. The team was selected by the players, who each cast one vote for each position.^[10]

2024

In December 2024, Aiken was named as the winner of the women's IRL Golden Boot Award.^[11]

Achievements and accolades

Individual

• Nellie Doherty Medal: 2020
• Brisbane Broncos Players' Player: 2020
• Karyn Murphy Medal: 2024
• IRL Golden Boot Award: 2024

Team

• 2019 NRLW Grand Final: Brisbane Broncos – Winners
• 2020 NRLW Grand Final: Brisbane Broncos – Winners