Bree-Anna Browne ( ''née'' Cheatham; born 29 March 1997) is an Australian

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player. She plays for

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at an international level, and for the

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in the

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competition.

Early career

Browne first started playing

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with the Atherton Roosters U6 Team in 2005, then moved to

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and played Oztag until her senior year in High School. She played 7s for St Joseph's College. At 16 years Browne played for Western Districts Rugby Football club, Senior Women's team in 2013–14. She returned to Wests in 2016 and captained the Team in their last Grand Final appearance in 2019. At 17 She joined the

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and at her first ADF Rugby Championship represented the Army in a clean sweep. It was her first player of the Tournament Award (Twice). From then, she has been a regular selection in the ADF Team, and has toured Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand and the UK. For the 2025 season, she joined Brothers Rugby Club.

Rugby career

Browne was a member of the victorious Super 10s team which beat NSW in the final at Suncorp in 2018. She was selected for the

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in 2019 and then the

Super W since 2020, having played in two Super W AU finals and winning best Queensland Reds forward in 2022. Having missed the 2024 season due to injury, she has been selected in the 2025 Squad and is expected to play her first game since the Wallaroos versus

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Test in 2023. Browne was selected and played for Australia A in 2019 in Fiji, after which she was selected for the Wallaroos squad. She missed the entire 2024 Super W season due to injury. She was named in

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squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series in June, but didn't get to run out onto the field. She was later selected for the Wallaroos squad for the

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later that year in August. She made her international debut against

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on 20 August 2022. She was named player of the match by her peers. She was selected in the team again for the delayed 2022 Rugby World Cup in

. In 2024, she was ruled out for the Super Rugby Women's season due to a knee injury. She is a contracted member of both the

and the Australian Wallaroos and is expected to make her return to pitch in 2025.

References

External links

Wallaroos Profile
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