Samantha May Treherne (born 12 May 1993) is an

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rugby union player. She currently plays for the

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in the Australian

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competition as a

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. Treherne has been deployed as a winger and has also played

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on the

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. In 2018, Treherne was described as "arguably the most versatile omen'srugby player in Australia" by '' Rugby.com.au''.

Early life and career

Treherne was born in the

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of the

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. Treherne's family resided in the cities western suburbs, specifically

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. Her parents met at the Footscray Rugby Club which was a regular destination for her as a child where her father became the president of the club. In 2017 Treherne moved from Melbourne to

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to link-up with then- Australia women's rugby team assistant Moana Virtue at Sunnybank.

Super Rugby

In the inaugural Super Rugby W season (2018), Treherne started in all four regular season games at fullback for the

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, and played in the

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defeat to the

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. Treherne played in two of Queensland's matches in the following season (

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), having signed to play rugby sevens with the Australia women's sevens team in January. Treherne to domestic rugby union for the

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with the

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. She played two games at fullback and one game on the wing. The

finished fifth of six teams, failing to make the finals series. The team was axed from the competition later in the year. Treherne transferred to the

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-based

ahead of the 2025 season, and was the only internationally capped outside back in the team when the season kicked off in February 2025. In the first round of the season Treherne was named on the bench for the Western Force. Subbed on in the 35th minute of the game for winger Brooklyn Teki-Joyce, Treherne scored a try in the 79th minute of the match. The Western Force drew with the

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29–29.

International career

Treherne made her international debut for

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on 9 June 2017 against

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in the International Women's Rugby Series at the Jerry Collins Stadium in

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. Australia lost 10–53. Treherne played in the following two pre-

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(WRWC) matches for 2017, including one in the 2017 Laurie O'Reilly Cup against

. Treherne started at fullback in every match at the

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for

. Although Treherne had been a goalkicker at numerous points in the tournament, all points she scored in the 2017 WRWC were in

's Pool stage match against

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, scoring two tries and two conversions in a 29–15 victory. Ultimately Australia finished sixth in the tournament. For the rest of 2018–2019, Treherne played in the

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and

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fixtures, and the 2019 Japan tour of Australia.

International tries

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Treherne, Samantha 1993 births Living people Australian female rugby union players Australia women's international rugby union players Rugby union players from Melbourne Rugby union fullbacks 21st-century Australian sportswomen