Shaylee Bent
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| Born | 13 September 2000 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (12 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 6 October 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shaylee Bent (born 13 September 2000) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a second-rower for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.
She is a New South Wales, Indigenous All Stars and Australian 9s representative.
Background
Born in Penrith, New South Wales, Bent is of Indigenous Australian and Greek descent.[1] At age 15, Bent began playing rugby league for the Glenmore Park Brumbies.[2]
Playing career
In 2017, she played for the Parramatta Eels in the Tarsha Gale Cup.[3] In 2018, she moved to the Wests Tigers Tarsha Gale Cup side.[4]
2019
In 2019, Bent joined Mounties RLFC in the NSWRL Women's Premiership, starting at centre in their Grand Final loss to CRL Newcastle.[5] In May 2019, she represented NSW City at the NRL Women's National Championships.[6] In July, she was 18th player for the New South Wales side.[7]
In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Bent made her debut for the St George Illawarra Dragons in a 4–14 loss to the Brisbane Broncos. On 6 October, she started at second-row in the Dragons' 30–6 Grand Final loss to the Broncos.[8] Later that month, she represented Australia at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.[9]
2020
On 22 February, she started at second-row for the Indigenous All Stars in their 10–4 win over the Maori All Stars.[10] In 2020, she played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[11]
On 17 October, she was named the Dragons' NRLW Player of the Year.[12] On 13 November, she made her State of Origin debut for New South Wales, starting at second-row in their 18–24 loss to Queensland.[13]
Achievements and accolades
Individual
- St George Illawarra Dragons Player of the Year: 2020
References
- ^ "Bent making strides in bid to close gap". NRL. 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Shaylee Bent in Rugby League World Cup 9's". The Daily Telegraph. 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Junior Reps - Round Seven". Parramatta Eels. 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Wests Tigers 2018 Tarsha Gale Cup Squad". Wests Tigers. 5 February 2018.
- ^ "The Grand Final win two years in the making". NSWRL. 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Harvey Norman NSW Women's State of Origin Team named". RLPA. 11 June 2019.
- ^ "'Aspire to inspire': Rookie's busy schedule isn't Bent out of shape". NRL. 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Australia announce Women's 9s squad". Rugby League Planet. 7 October 2019.
- ^ "NRL All Stars: Indigenous women beat Maori All Stars". Wide World of Sports. 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Round Two Line Up - Womens Premiership". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Bent wins big as Dragons round out 2020 awards". St George Illawarra Dragons. 17 October 2020.
- ^ "NSW Women's Origin team announced". NSWRL. 10 November 2020.