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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
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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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Horne, Rikeya 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