Chloe Butler (born 11 April 1987) is a female

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player and former

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player.

Early life

Butler grew up on a cattle property in

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, Australia. Butler, who started out in running and gymnastics before getting injured, moved to

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to train at the AIS when she also become a

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cheerleader, and left Canberra in 2010 to pursue opportunities in the first season of the

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(LFL).

Playing career

American football / gridiron career

Butler joined

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of the

for the 2011–12 LFL season, playing as a wide receiver and defensive end. She captained the New South Wales Surge, Western Conference squad for the 2012 LFL All-Fantasy Game Tour.

LFL statistics

Rugby union career

Butler formerly played for the

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and currently for the Wallaroos. She has been selected in the Wallaroos squad to the

2014 Women's Rugby World Cup The 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup, and the sixth held in Europe. The World Cup Final took place on 17 August. All of the pool games for the World Cup took place at the Centre National du ...

. Butler was part of the first ever women's

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double header before the

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vs the

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in 2016. Butler played No.5. Butler played

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against

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and

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and

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against the Black Ferns in the Women's Four Nations tour in New Zealand in June 2017. Butler played in the

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in Ireland for Australia. She played lock and open side flanker. Butler has 14 caps for Australia. In October 2017 Butler moved to England to play for south west London club Richmond FC in the Tyrrrell's Women's Rugby Championship. She made her debut, as a No. 8, on October 21st at the Athletic Ground in a defeat versus Saracens. She now plays for Harlequins.

WRWC 2017 statistics

Personal life

Butler dated

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Penrith, New South Wales, Penrith that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The team is based west of the cen ...

and

South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club, also known as the South Sydney Rabbitohs, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, New South Wales, Maroubra that competes in the Nat ...

player Tim Grant. Butler currently plays rugby union in the Tyrrell's Premier 15s league for Harlequins and resides in London, England with three fellow rugby playing housemates.

References

External links

Wallaroos Profile
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