Holli Wheeler

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Australia international rugby league footballer (b.1990)

Born (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 35)

Taree, New South Wales, Australia

Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Weight77 kg (12 st 2 lb)

PositionSecond-row, Lock, Prop

Holli Wheeler

Personal information

Born

(1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 35)

Taree, New South Wales, Australia

Height

176 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

77 kg (12 st 2 lb)

Playing information

Position

Second-row, Lock, Prop

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2018–22	St George Illawarra Dragons	20	0	2	0	4
2023–24	Cronulla Sharks	17	2	0	0	8
2025	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	9	0	0	0	0
2026	Wests Tigers	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	46	2	2	0	12
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2018–21	New South Wales	3	0	0	0	0
2018	Prime Minister's XIII	1	0	0	0	0
2018–22	Australia	5	0	4	0	8

Source: ^[1]

As of 2 November 2023

Holli Wheeler (born 28 January 1990) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a lock or prop for the Wests Tigers in the NRL Women's Premiership.

She is a former Australian and New South Wales representative.

Born in Taree, New South Wales, Wheeler began playing rugby league for the Old Bar Pirates.^[2]

Playing career

2018

In June, Wheeler represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships.^[3] On 22 June, Wheeler made her State of Origin debut for New South Wales in their 16–10 win over Queensland.^[4]

On 27 June, Wheeler joined the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team.^[5] In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Dragons in a 4–30 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.^[6] On 3 October, she was named the inaugural Dragons' Women's Player of the Year.^[7]

On 6 October, she represented the Prime Minister's XIII in a 40–4 win over Papua New Guinea.^[8] A week later, she made her Test debut for Australia in their 26–24 win over New Zealand.^[9]

2019

In May, Wheeler represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships.^[10] On 21 June, she came off the bench in New South Wales' 14–4 win over Queensland.^[11]

On 6 October, she started at lock in the Dragons' 6–30 Grand Final loss to the Broncos.^[12] On 25 October, she came off the bench in Australia's 28–8 win over New Zealand at WIN Stadium.^[13]

2020

In February, Wheeler tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) at the NRL Nines, ruling her out for the season.^[14]

References

↑ "Holli Wheeler – Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
↑ McDonald, Mick (28 August 2017). "League tag success for Old Bar Pirates". Manning River Times. Archived from the original on 5 February 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
↑ Newton, Alicia (29 May 2018). "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
↑ "Rugby League: Newcastle, NSW Country representative Holli Wheeler on verge of Origin debut and NRL Women's Premiership contract". Newcastle Herald. 21 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
↑ "Dragons sign two more for NRL Women's Premiership". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 27 June 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
↑ "Late mail: Women's Premiership (Round 1)". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 9 September 2018. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
↑ "Sims, Wheeler win Dragons' Players of the Year". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 3 October 2018. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
↑ Chammas, Michael (6 October 2018). "Tungai stars for Australian women's side". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
↑ Newton, Alicia (12 October 2018). "Where Kiwi Ferns v Jillaroos will be won and lost". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
↑ Newton, Alicia (22 May 2019). "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
↑ "New South Wales Women's State of Origin team named". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 8 June 2019. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
↑ "NRLW late mail: Grand final v Broncos". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 6 October 2019. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
↑ "Dragons dozen named for Australia". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
↑ Newton, Alicia (15 February 2020). "Wheeler faces lost season after cruel Nines injury". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

External links

St. George Illawarra Dragons profile

v t e Wests Tigers (NRL Women’s Premiership) – current squad
Apps (c) Bamblett Bass Berryman-Duff Bourke Brown Bula Clifford Crichton Etuale Faifua Fifita Fonua Horne Huakau Leasuasu Luamanu-Leiataua Lutu Manera McGrath Nielsen Nour Pio Pollard Reeves Reinke Rogan Savill Talataina Te Tamaki Thorne Togatuki Turnbull Coach: Sandercock

v t e Australia squad – 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup
Aiken Apps Bent Bremner Brigginshaw Brown Chapman Cherrington Ciesiolka Clydsdale Davis Fuimaono Harden Johnston Joseph Kelly Kernick Mato Pelite Robinson Sergis Taufa Tonegato Wheeler Coach: Donald

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