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Charlotte Scanlan
Personal information
Born (1988-07-30) 30 July 1988 (age 36)
Wellington, New Zealand[1]
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight81 kg (12 st 11 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp, Lock, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021 Newcastle Knights 5 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–22 New Zealand 9 1 0 0 4
Source: [2]
As of 14 November 2022

Charlotte Scanlan (born 30 July 1988) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. Her positions are prop, lock and second-row. She previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Background

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Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Scanlan is of Samoan descent.[1] She played her junior rugby league for the Richmond Roses.[3]

Playing career

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Early years

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From the years 2007 to 2009, Scanlan played rugby union with Kia Toa RFC and Manawatu.[4] In 2012, she played for the Richmond Roses and Akarana Falcons.[5] She was selected in the Kiwi Ferns squad later that year.[5] In 2013, she played for the Auckland NPC rugby union and rugby sevens sides.[6] She then represented the Kiwi Ferns at the 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup.[7] In 2014, she was selected for the New Zealand women's sevens team to play at the 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series,[8] and was selected again in 2015.[9] In 2016, she represented the Auckland Storm,[10] Auckland women's sevens team[11] and New Zealand women's sevens team again.[12] In 2017, she moved to Japan to play rugby union[13][1] and captained the Auckland women's sevens team.[14] In 2020, she returned to the Kiwis Ferns squad.[15] In December 2021, she signed with the Newcastle Knights to be a part of their inaugural NRLW squad.[16]

2022

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In Round 1 of the delayed 2021 NRL Women's season, Scanlan made her NRLW debut for the Knights against the Parramatta Eels.[17] She played in 5 matches for the Knights, before parting ways with the club at the end of the season.[18]

In October, she was selected for the New Zealand squad at the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup in England.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "LRB SPORTS NEW RECRUITS 2017 - CHARLOTTE SCANLAN". 28 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Charlotte Scanlan - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  3. ^ "Get to know: Charlotte Scanlan". Newcastle Knights. 31 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Charlotte Arnopp-Scanlon | New Zealand Rugby History". www.rugbyhistory.co.nz.
  5. ^ a b "Category". Richmond Rovers Rugby League.
  6. ^ "ROLL OF HONOUR". Richmond Rovers Rugby League.
  7. ^ "FOWC 2013". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Hohepa ready for upcoming IRB Women's Sevens Worlds". Māori Television.
  9. ^ "New Zealand opt for experience in São Paulo - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby.
  10. ^ "Storm set to face Australian Wallaroos". www.aucklandrugby.co.nz.
  11. ^ "Women's Sevens cast net far and wide for squad". www.aucklandrugby.co.nz.
  12. ^ "Charlotte_Scanlan.jpg | Photosport New Zealand". www.photosport.nz.
  13. ^ "Luck of the draw gets Warriors woman home". Newsroom. 29 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Summer of sevens for captain Scanlan". www.aucklandrugby.co.nz.
  15. ^ League, Asia Pacific Rugby (23 October 2020). "Kiwi Ferns wider squad announced ahead of Fetu Samoa Test".
  16. ^ "NRLW 2022: Newcastle Knights, club confirms nine Kiwi Ferns for inaugural campaign - NRL". National Rugby League. 1 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Late mail: 1-17 confirmed for opening NRLW game". Newcastle Knights. 27 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  19. ^ Priest, Craig (2 October 2022). "Kiwi Ferns name 24-strong World Cup squad". New Zealand Rugby League. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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