Yasmin Clydsdale

Yasmin Clydsdale (née Meakes;^[3] born 25 March 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership. Her positions are second-row and wing. She previously played for the Sydney Roosters in the NRLW and the Central Coast Roosters in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Yasmin Clydsdale

Clydsdale (centre) running the ball
Personal information
Born	(1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 31) Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (11 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2020–21 Sydney Roosters 11 3 0 0 12 2022– Newcastle Knights 18 6 0 0 24 Total 29 9 0 0 36 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2022–24 New South Wales 7 1 0 0 4 2022 Australia 7 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2] As of 7 October 2023

Rugby union career

Clydsdale made her international rugby 7s debut in 2017. She played a key role for the 7s team taking home bronze in the 2018 Women's Rugby 7's World Cup.

Rugby league career

Clydsdale made her NRLW debut for the Sydney Roosters in the 2020 NRLW season. She would later go on to play in the Roosters grand final losing team to the Brisbane Broncos where she scored a try.^[4]

On 13 November 2020, she made her State of Origin debut for New South Wales in their loss to Queensland.^[5]

She played in the Roosters' 2021 Grand Final win over the St. George Illawarra Dragons and scored a try.^[6]

In June 2022, she signed with the Newcastle Knights for the 2022 season.^[3] She made her club debut for the Knights in round 1 of the 2022 NRLW season against the Brisbane Broncos.^[7]

On 2 October 2022, Clydsdale played in the Knights' 2022 NRLW Grand Final win over the Parramatta Eels, scoring a try in the Knights' 32-12 victory.^[8]

In April 2023, she re-signed with the Knights on a contract until the end of 2025.^[9]