Rikeya Horne (born 14 September 1999) is an Australian
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...
footballer who played for the
Wests Tigers Women in the
NRL Women's Premiership and the
St Marys Saints
The St Marys Saints are an Australian rugby league club who were formed in 1908.St Marys''/ref> They were the founding Member of the Penrith District Rugby League. They have previously competed in the NSWRL Jim Beam Cup, winning three titles ...
in the
NSWRL Women's Premiership
Primarily a er, she is a
Prime Minister's XIII representative.
Background
Born in
Shellharbour, New South Wales
Shellharbour (also known as Shellharbour Village) is a suburb located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It also gives its name to the Local government in Australia, local government area, City of Shellharbour, and its centr ...
, Horne played her junior rugby league for the
Corrimal Cougars.
Playing career
On 27 August 2016, Horne played for the
St George Illawarra Dragons in an exhibition
nines game against the
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. In 2017, Horne played for the
Illawarra Steelers in the
Tarsha Gale Cup, scoring six tries.
2018
In February, Horne was a member of
Australia
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's
2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship gold medal-winning side. In June 2018, she represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships. On 13 June, she signed with the Dragons'
NRL Women's Premiership team.
In Round 1 of the
2018 NRL Women's season, Horne made her debut for the Dragons in their 4–30 loss to the
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Red Hill, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos compete in the National Rugby League (NRL) and play their home games at ...
. On 6 October, Horne started at for the
Prime Minister's XIII in their win over Papua New Guinea.
2019
In May, Horne represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships. On 6 October, Horne started on the in the Dragons' 6–30
Grand Final
Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Synonymous with a championship game in North Ameri ...
loss to the Broncos.
2020
In 2020, Horne joined the
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NSWRL Women's Premiership team. She played just one game for the Dragons in the
2020 NRL Women's season, starting at in their 10–22 loss to the
New Zealand Warriors
The Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as the Aucklan ...
.
References
External links
St George Illawarra Dragons profile
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1999 births
Living people
21st-century Australian sportswomen
Australian female rugby league players
Prime Minister's XIII women players
Rugby league wingers
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league centres
Parramatta Eels (NRLW) players
People from Shellharbour
Sportswomen from New South Wales
St. George Illawarra Dragons (NRLW) players
Wests Tigers (NRLW) players