Ashleigh Hewson
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| Born | 18 December 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ashleigh Hewson (born 18 December 1979) is a former Australian rugby union player and captain of the Australian national women's team, the Wallaroos. She was a member of the Wallaroos squad at three Rugby World Cups — 2010, 2014 and 2017.
Before representing Australia in rugby, Hewson had been named in the Australia women's national soccer team, she also excelled in touch, athletics and cricket internationally.[1]
Rugby career
International
Hewson made her international debut for Australia against Samoa in 2009.[2][1] The Wallaroos scored 87 unanswered points over Samoa in their Oceania qualifier in Apia for the 2010 World Cup.[3]
She was a member of the Wallaroos squad at the 2010 Rugby World Cup that finished in their highest placing of third.[1]
She scored a try for the Wallaroos in their opening match of the 2014 Rugby World Cup against South Africa.[4][5] She was the 5th highest points scorer of the tournament with 39 points, her side finished in 7th place.[1]
She captained the Wallaroos for the first time in their three match tour of New Zealand in 2016.[1] Despite a record 67–3 loss to the Black Ferns in the first game of the Laurie O'Reilly Cup, she was a stand out for her side in the second test.[6]
In October 2016, She was named as Australia's women's XVs player of the year, taking out the prestigious John Eales medal.[7][2]
Hewson captained the Wallaroos side in their tests against Canada, England and New Zealand in June 2017.[2][8][9] She later led the Wallaroos at the 2017 Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[10][8]
Super W
In 2018, She kicked an extra-time goal to help the NSW Waratahs win the inaugural Super W Grand Final against the Queensland Reds.[11][12]
She returned for another season in 2019 and led the team unbeaten, into a second consecutive home Grand Final against Queensland at Leichhardt Oval.[11] They narrowly defeated Queensland 8–5 to win their second Super W title.[13]