Ashley Fernandez
Australia international rugby union player
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Ashley Fernandez (born 24 October 2002) is an Australian rugby union player. She competed for Australia at the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup.
| Born | 24 October 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb; 13 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby career
Fernandez plays for the ACT Brumbies in the Super Rugby Women's competition.
She was part of the Wallaroos squad to the 2024 WXV 2 tournament but injured her shoulder during a training session and returned home.[1]
In 2025, she made her international debut for the Wallaroos against Fiji in Suva.[2][3] She was selected in the Wallaroos side for the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.[4][5] She featured for Australia in their opening match against Samoa and in their quarterfinal clash with Canada.[6][7]
In November that year she signed a new one-year national contract with Rugby Australia following the recent Rugby World Cup.[7]
Personal life
Her father, Jaime Fernandez, is an Olympic rower who competed in three Olympic Games and won a silver medal in the Men's eight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[8] In 2023, her father was appointed as the Women's High-Performance Manager by Rugby Australia.[8]