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Stephanie Mooka

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Stephanie Mooka
Personal information
Born (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 (age 33)
Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 St George Illawarra 1 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Queensland 1 0 0 0 0
2020 Indigenous All Stars 1 1 0 0 4
Source: RLP
As of 7 November 2020

Stephanie Mooka (born 5 March 1991) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the North Queensland Gold Stars in the QRL Women's Premiership.

Primarily a centre, she is Queensland and Indigenous All Stars representative and previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Background

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Born on Thursday Island, Mooka began playing rugby league for the Edmonton Lightning. After her local women's competition folded in 2011, Mooka took up rugby union and Australian rules football.[1][2] She played 67 games in the AFL Cairns Women's competition for South Cairns cutters including 31 goals and was named best on ground 43 times.[3]

Playing career

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In May 2019, Mooka represented Queensland Country at the Women's National Championships.[4] On 21 June 2019, she made her debut for Queensland, starting at centre in a 4–14 loss to New South Wales.[5]

On 2 July 2019, Mooka signed with the St George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team.[6] In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Mooka made her debut for the Dragons in a 4–14 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[7]

On 22 February 2020, Mooka started at centre and scored a try for the Indigenous All Stars in their 10–4 win over the Māori All Stars.[8] On 27 February 2020, Mooka was named in the inaugural North Queensland Gold Stars squad for the QRL Women's Premiership.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Six-year wait worth it for Cairns product Stephanie Mooka". NRL. 12 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Debutant Mooka's heartbreak motivating Maroons success". QRL. 19 June 2019.
  3. ^ Stephanie Mooka AFL Cairns Women's
  4. ^ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Harvey Norman Queensland Maroons 2019 squad". QRL. 6 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Finalised Dragons 2019 Women's Premiership signing tracker". St George Illawarra Dragons. 2 July 2019.
  7. ^ "NRLW late mail: Round 1 v Broncos". St George Illawarra Dragons. 15 September 2019.
  8. ^ "NRL All Stars: Indigenous women beat Maori All Stars". Wide World of Sports. 22 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Gold Stars 2020 squad list". NQ Cowboys. 27 February 2020.
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