Botille Vette-Welsh
Botille Vette-Welsh (born 13 September 1996) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership and Wests Tigers in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. She primarily plays as a fullback.
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Born | Kaitaia, New Zealand | 13 September 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 18 June 2019 Source: [1] |
Playing career
Before joining the Sydney Roosters, Vette-Welsh played rugby sevens for Macquarie University.[2]
In 2017, she represented the NSW City Origin side while playing for Cronulla-Caringbah.[3] In 2018, Vette-Welsh played for Cabramatta in the NSW Women's Premiership and represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships.[4]
In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's Premiership, Vette-Welsh made her debut for the Sydney Roosters, starting at fullback in their 10–4 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[5]
In 2019, Vette-Welsh joined the Wests Tigers NSWRL Women's Premiership side. In May, she represented NSW City at the 2019 Women's National Championships.[6] On 8 June, she was named to make her debut for the New South Wales State of Origin team.
References
- "Official Holden Women's Premiership profile of Botille Vette-Welsh for Sydney Roosters Women". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- "We're for Sydney". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- "UPDATED TEAMS - Women's Country And City Origin". 10 May 2017.
- "We're for Sydney". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- "Roosters v Warriors: NRLW Round 1 preview". 8 September 2018.
- https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2019/05/23/line-ups-named-for-womens-national-championships/