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Hannah Southwell
Personal information
Full name Hannah Southwell
Date of birth (1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Australia
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Newcastle Jets
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Newcastle Jets 18 (0)
International career
2014 Australia U-17
2014–2016 Australia U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2015

Hannah Southwell (born 4 March 1999) is an Australian international rugby sevens player.

She previously played soccer, where she played for Newcastle Jets in the Australian W-League. She became the league's youngest goalkeeper in 2014 at the age of 15.[1][2]

Soccer

Club

Southwell signed with Newcastle Jets in 2014.[3] She made her debut on 20 September 2014 in a match against Perth Glory.[4] 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.[4] 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.[4]

International

Southwell represented Australia in the under-17 and under-20 national teams.[5][6] In January 2016, Southwell earned a call-up to training camp for the Australia women's national soccer team.[7]

Rugby

Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2016– Australia Oceania 2016

In late 2016, Southwell made the decision to switch codes and play rugby sevens.[8] 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.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Osland, Georgia (8 December 2014). "Newcastle Jets goalie makes W-League history". Newcastle Star. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ^ Kerry, Craig (12 May 2014). "Selection sweep surprises Southwell". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Newcastle Jets add four more". The Women's Game. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Hannah Southwell". Soccer Way. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Mini Matildas head to AFC qualifiers". Football Federation Australia. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Westfield Young Matildas squad named". Football Federation Australia. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  7. ^ Parris, Michael (20 January 2016). "Hannah Southwell named for Matildas training camp". The Herald. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  8. ^ Kerry, Craig (24 October 2016). "Ex-Jets keeper quickly tackles new code". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  9. ^ Callinan, Josh (13 November 2016). "Oceania Sevens Championship success and praise for Australian debutante Hannah Southwell". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 5 July 2017.

Further reading

  • Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368
  • Stewart, Barbara (2012), Women's Soccer: The Passionate Game, Greystone Books, ISBN 1926812603