The Canberra Raiders have kicked off plans to field a team in the NRL Telstra Women's Premiership in 2022 or 2023 after raising over $120,000 at an NRLW fundraiser dinner on Tuesday night.
The Harvey Norman National Championships was deemed an overwhelming success in Redcliffe last week but it is the players and strength and conditioning coaches across Australia who will particularly benefit in the long term.
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âSheâs got a gift.â
That is how CQ Capras Amanda Ohl sums up the talents of her young charge Emma Paki.
Paki is making a big impression in her first full year of rugby league after making the transition from touch, where she played for Australia.
She looks destined for big things in her new sport, with the 18-year-old the only Capras player named in a Queensland under-19 squad for the national championships later this month.
She has been one of the Capras best in the BHP Premiership â and her skills are developing with every game, according to Ohl.
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The CQ Capras were kept scoreless by the star-studded Valleys Diehards at Rockhamptonâs Browne Park on Saturday night.
The home side started with plenty of intent and were right in the mix for the best part of the first half before the visitors took charge in the second to run out 22-nil winners.
Kody House broke the Caprasâ resolute defence to score the first try in the 23rd minute, and Grace Griffin crossed for the first of her two tries to give them a 10-nil lead at half-time.
Valleys rode that ascendency through the second half, with their legendary skipper Ali Brigginshaw pulling the strings to help orchestrate the teamâs fourth win in the BHP Premiership.
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Rugby league big guns Chelsea Baker and Ali Brigginshaw will battle it out in a Browne Park blockbuster on Saturday.
A forced reshuffle will result in skipper Baker returning to her traditional role of fullback for the CQ Capras in the much-anticipated clash at 6pm.
The Capras will be looking for their second win in the BHP Premiership when they tackle the star-studded Valleys Diehards, led by Queensland Origin and Brisbane Broncos captain Ali Brigginshaw. Valleys Diehards captain Ali Brigginshaw wraps up North Queensland Gold Stars player Jasmine Peters in their BHP Premiership clash. Picture: Brendan Radke