Jayme Fressard
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| Born | 27 June 1997 Gosford, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (9 st 6 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 8 December 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Jayme Fressard (born 27 June 1997) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Central Coast Roosters in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.
Background
Fressard was born in Gosford and attended Gorokan High School, where she played rugby sevens.[1] In 2015, she represented Australia in rugby sevens at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia.[2]
Playing career
In 2016, Fressard played for the Berkeley Vale Panthers and was named 18th player for New South Wales.[3] In 2017, she was again named in the New South Wales squad but did not play.[4]
In 2018, Fressard joined CRL Newcastle in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[5] In June 2018, she represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships.[6] On 21 June 2018, she joined the Brisbane Broncos NRL Women's Premiership team.[7] In July 2018, she ruptured her ACL and MCL, ruling her out for the 2018 NRL Women's season.[8]
In 2019, she broke her ankle, which saw her miss the 2019 NRL Women's season.[9]
2020
In 2020, Fressard joined the Central Coast Roosters in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[10]
On 23 September, Fressard re-signed with the Broncos' NRLW team.[11] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Broncos in a 28–14 win over the New Zealand Warriors.[12] On 25 October, she started at centre in the Broncos 20–10 NRLW Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.[13]
Achievements and accolades
Team
- 2020 NRLW Grand Final: Brisbane Broncos – Winners
References
- ^ "Fairy tale end to NRLW debut for Jayme Fressard". Coast Community News. 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Aussie Development sides for Central Coast Sevens named". Western Sydney Sevens. 20 October 2015.
- ^ "'The female Josh Dugan': There's more to Jayme Fressard than tattoos". NRL. 5 July 2018.
- ^ "2017 Pathways Squad - Women". NSWRL. 3 April 2017.
- ^ "NSW Country name women's representative squad". NRL. 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Four more NRLW signings". Brisbane Broncos. 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Knee injury cuts short Fressard's Broncos dream". NRL. 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Broncos debutant Jayme Fressard opens up on the dark days of recovering from injury". The Courier Mail. 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Roosters launch Central Coast Roosters NSW Women's Premiership team". Sydney Roosters. 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Aussie Sevens Star Among Latest NRLW Signings". Brisbane Broncos. 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Four Debut As Broncos Open NRLW Season". Brisbane Broncos. 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Hall returns for NRLW Grand Final". Brisbane Broncos. 20 October 2020.