Hannah Southwell
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| Born | 4 March 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (11 st 11 lb; 165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Jesse Southwell (sister) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hannah Southwell (born 4 March 1999) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership. Primarily a lock, she is an Australian and New South Wales representative.
She previously played for the Sydney Roosters in the NRLW and the Central Coast Roosters in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. Before switching to rugby league, she played soccer for the Newcastle Jets in the W-League and for the Australia rugby sevens team.
Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Southwell played junior rugby league for the Kotara Bears. At age 13, she gave up rugby league as she wasn't allowed to play anymore due to her age.[1]
She is the older sister of Knights teammate Jesse Southwell.[2]
Soccer
Club
Southwell signed with Newcastle Jets in 2014.[3] On 20 September 2014, she made her debut in a match against Perth Glory, becoming the league's youngest goalkeeper at the age of 15.[4][5][6] She made six appearances for the team during the 2014–15 W-League season. Newcastle finished in fifth place during the regular season with a 5–5–2 record.[6] During the 2015–16 W-League season, Southwell made 12 appearances for Newcastle and helped the team finish in sixth place with a 3–5–4 record.[6]
International
Southwell represented Australia in the under-17 and under-20 national teams.[7][8] In January 2016, Southwell earned a call-up to training camp for the Australia women's national soccer team.[9]
Rugby union
In late 2016, Southwell made the decision to switch codes and play rugby sevens.[10] She made her first appearances for the Australian national team at the 2016 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship, Australia winning the Championship after defeating Fiji in the final.[11]