Elsie Albert
Papua New Guinea international rugby league player
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Elsie Albert (born 20 May 1996) is a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Parramatta Eels Women in the NRL Women's Premiership.
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| Born | 20 May 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She is the captain of the Papua New Guinea national team.
Background
Born in Nipa in the Southern Highlands Province, Albert was a boxer growing up before taking up rugby league in high school.[2][3]
Albert is a plant and insect expert having studied a Bachelor of Tropical Agriculture at the University of Natural Resources and Environment (UNRE) in Rabaul.[citation needed]
Playing career
On 4 September 2018, Albert played for Papua New Guinea in an NRLW trial game against the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium.[4] On 6 October 2018, she made her Test debut for Papua New Guinea in a 4–40 loss to the Prime Minister's XIII in Port Moresby.[citation needed]
On 22 June 2019, she started at prop for Papua New Guinea in their 0–28 loss to Fiji at Leichhardt Oval.[5] In October 2019, she represent Papua New Guinea at the World Cup 9s, scoring a try. On 16 November 2019, she captained Papua New Guinea in their first ever Test victory, a 20–16 win over England in Port Moresby.[6]
In 2020, Albert moved to Australia, joining the Souths Logan Magpies QRL Women's Premiership team.[7] On 24 September 2020, Albert signed with the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team.[8] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Dragons, becoming the first homegrown Papua New Guinean to play in the competition.[9]
In 2021, she was forced to miss the QRL Women's Premiership season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead remaining in Papua New Guinea.[10]
In April 2022 she played in the delayed 2021 NRLW Grand Final in which the Dragons lost 18–4 to the Sydney Roosters at Kayo Stadium.[11]