Queensland Reds Women
Australian rugby union team, based in Brisbane, QLD
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The Queensland Reds Women are an Australian women's rugby union team based in Brisbane, Queensland that compete in the annual Super Rugby Women's competition. A female rugby union competition, is considered to be the female equivalent of the Super Rugby, however only holds Australian teams (until 2022). New Zealand holds a similar competition, the Super Rugby Aupiki.
- Rugby Australia (RA)
- Queensland Rugby Union (QRU)
| Full name | Queensland Reds Women | ||
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| Nickname | Reds | ||
| Founded | 2017 | ||
| Location | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||
| Region | Queensland | ||
| Grounds |
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| Chairman | Jeff Miller | ||
| CEO | David Hanham | ||
| Coach | Andrew Fraser | ||
| Top scorer | Lori Cramer (92) | ||
| Most tries | Ivania Wong (14) | ||
| League | Super Rugby Women's | ||
| 2025 | Runner-up | ||
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| First match | |||
 Reds 0–18 Waratahs  (Brisbane, Queensland; 10 March 2018) | |||
| Largest win | |||
 Rebels 0–112 Reds (Box Hill, Victoria; 24 February 2019) | |||
| Largest defeat | |||
| Waratahs 46–0 Reds (Sydney, New South Wales; 9 April 2022) | |||
| Official website | |||
| reds | |||
 Current season | |||
History
Founded in 2017, prior to the first Super Rugby Women's season, the team has played in every edition, and has been one of the most competitive in the competition.[1] They have been in five grand finals since the inaugural season, but missed the semi-finals in 2024.[2]
Grant Anderson was named as Head Coach for the 2024 Super Rugby Women's season, and Cecilia Smith has been named as captain for the side.[3][4]
On 29 August 2024, Andrew Fraser was named as the sides new Head Coach.[2]
Current squad
On 13 January 2025, the squad for the 2025 Super Rugby Women's season was announced.[5][6]
| Reds Super W squad | ||
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Loose Forwards
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Centres
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| (cc) Denotes team co-captains, Bold denotes internationally capped, WTS denotes a player in the wider training squad and ST indicated short-term cover. | ||
Season standings
| Season | Queensland Reds seasons | Top try scorer | Top point scorer | Ref. | ||||||||||||
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| Pos | Finals | P | W | L | D | F | A | PD | BP | Pts | Name | Tries | Name | Points | ||
| 2018 | 2nd | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 147 | 69 | +78 | 2 | 14 |  Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea | 6 |  Lavinia Gould | 35 | [7] |
| 2019 | 2nd | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 208 | 36 | +172 | 3 | 15 | Alana Elisaia | 7 | Lori Cramer | 54 | [8] |
| 2020 | 2nd | Runners-up[a] | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 218 | 33 | +185 | 3 | 15 | Courtney Hodder | 5 | Lori Cramer | 38 | [9] |
| 2021 | 2nd | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 109 | +0 | 2 | 10 | Kauna Lopa | 3 | Lucy Lockhart | 24 | [10] |
| 2022 | 3rd | Semi-final | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 131 | −6 | 2 | 14 | Ivania Wong | 5 | Ivania Wong | 25 | [11] |
| 2023 | 2nd | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 167 | 77 | +90 | 3 | 20 | 6 players |
3 | Cecilia Smith |
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| 2024 | 6th | — | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 136 | −51 | 0 | 4 | Tiarna Molloy |
4 | Lori Cramer |
23 | |
| 2025 | 2nd | Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 87 | +22 | 1 | 13 | |||||
Notes
- There was no final or finals series in the 2020 season due to the impacts of COVID-19. The leaders on the season standings before the finals were to be played (New South Wales Waratahs) were declared the winners.