Shaylee Bent
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Born | Penrith, New South Wales, Australia | 13 September 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (12 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 13 October 2024 |
Shaylee Bent (born 13 September 2000) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a second-rower for the Gold Coast Titans Women in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership.
She is a New South Wales, Indigenous All Stars and Australian representative.
Background
[edit]Born in Penrith, New South Wales, Bent is of Indigenous Australian and Greek descent.[2] At age 15, Bent began playing rugby league for the Glenmore Park Brumbies.[3]
Playing career
[edit]2017
[edit]In 2017, she played for the Parramatta Eels Women in the Tarsha Gale Cup.[4]
2018
[edit]In 2018, she moved to the Wests Tigers Tarsha Gale Cup side.[5]
After the Tarsha Gale Cup season, Bent joined Mounties in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. Where she started as centre in the Grand Final victory over South Sydney 12–10.
2019
[edit]In 2019, Bent re-joined Mounties RLFC in the NSWRL Women's Premiership, starting at centre in their Grand Final loss to CRL Newcastle.[6] In May 2019, she represented NSW City at the NRL Women's National Championships.[7] In July, she was 18th player for the New South Wales side.[8]
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.[9] Later that month, she represented Australia at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.[10]
2020
[edit]On 22 February, she started at second-row for the Indigenous All Stars in their 10–4 win over the Maori All Stars.[11] In 2020, she played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[12]
On 17 October, she was named the Dragons' NRLW Player of the Year.[13] 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.[14]
2021
[edit]In 2021, Bent joined the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership.
On 20 February, she represented the Indigenous All Stars in their 24–0 loss to the Māori All Stars.[15]
2022
[edit]On 12 February, Bent represented the Indigenous All Stars in their 18-8 win to the Māori All Stars.[16]
In round 3 of the 2021 NRL Women's season, Bent scored her first try against the Brisbane Broncos.[17] Bent played in the 2021 NRL Women's Premiership Grand Final losing 16-4 against the Sydney Roosters.[18]
On 24 June, Bent played in 2022 Women's State of Origin for the New South Wales, in their 20-14 win.[19]
Bent played six matches for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the 2022 NRL Women's season
Bent was selected for The Jillaroos in the 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup.[20] Bent scored a try in the semi-final against Papua New Guinea.[21] Bent came off the bench in the 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup final, winning 54-4 against New Zealand.[22]
2023
[edit]On 11 February, Bent represented the Indigenous All Stars in their 16-12 loss to the Māori All Stars.[23]
Bent came of the bench both games for the New South Wales Blues.
Bent signed with the Gold Coast Titans to begin the 2023 NRL Women's season.[24] In round 3, Bent scored her first try as a Titan against the Cronulla Sharks.[25] In round 9, Bent scored a try against the Canberra Raiders.[26] Bent played in 2023 Grand Final unfortunately losing 24-12 to the Newcastle Knights.
2024
[edit]On 16 February, Bent scored the opening try for the Indigenous All-Stars, defeating the Māori All-Stars 26-4.[27]
Bent played 9 games for the Gold Coast Titans in 2024. On 9 October, Bent signed an extension with the Titans until 2027.[28]
Bent was selected to play for the Australian Prime Minister's XIII.[29]
Achievements and accolades
[edit]Individual
[edit]- St George Illawarra Dragons Player of the Year: 2020[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Shaylee Bent - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
- ^ Newton, Alicia (1 August 2020). "Bent making strides in bid to close gap". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Bent straight to the top in rugby league". The Daily Telegraph. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Junior Reps - Round Seven". Parramatta Eels. 27 March 2017. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Wests Tigers 2018 Tarsha Gale Cup Squad". Wests Tigers. 5 February 2018. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "The Grand Final win two years in the making". New South Wales Rugby League. 10 August 2019. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ Newton, Alicia (22 May 2019). "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Harvey Norman NSW Women's State of Origin Team named". Rugby League Players Association. 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ Whittaker, Troy (28 September 2019). "'Aspire to inspire': Rookie's busy schedule isn't Bent out of shape". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Australia announce Women's 9s squad". Rugby League Planet. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "NRL All Stars: Indigenous women beat Maori All Stars". Wide World of Sports. AAP. 22 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Round Two Line Up - Womens Premiership". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 21 July 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Bent wins big as Dragons round out 2020 awards". St George Illawarra Dragons. 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "NSW Women's Origin team announced". New South Wales Rugby League. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Whittaker, Troy (20 February 2021). "Women's All Stars preview: McGregor, Harden to lead talented teams". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021.
- ^ Lenehan, Martin (12 February 2022). "Chapman doubles up as Indigenous All Stars storm home". NRL. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Shaylee Bent scorches the Broncos". NRL. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Lenehan, Martin (10 April 2022). "Third time lucky as Roosters down Dragons in epic NRLW decider". NRL. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Hogan, Kelsey (24 June 2022). "Kelly stars as Sky Blues clinch Origin thriller". NRL. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Rugby League World Cup 2021: Official women's squads". NRL. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Lenehan, Martin (15 November 2022). "Tonegato dazzles as Jillaroos power past Orchids into Cup Final". NRL. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Talintyre, Dan (20 November 2022). "Brigginshaw brilliant as Jillaroos record World Cup three-peat". NRL. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ Rosser, Corey (11 February 2023). "Fay at the double as Māori women reclaim All Stars title". NRL. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ Ethan, Chalk (31 March 2023). "Jillaroos duo find new home". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Bent leaps on a loose ball". Titans. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Shaylee Bent Try". NRL. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Bent scores the opener". Titans. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Indigenous All Star extends to '27". Titans.com. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Australian Men's and Women's Prime Minister's XIII". NRL.com. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- 2000 births
- Living people
- Australian female rugby league players
- Australian people of Greek descent
- Sportspeople of Greek descent
- Gold Coast Titans (NRLW) players
- Indigenous Australian rugby league players
- New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin Women players
- Rugby league players from Penrith, New South Wales
- Rugby league second-rows
- St. George Illawarra Dragons (NRLW) players
- Sportswomen from New South Wales