Tazmin Gray (born 4 August 1995) is an Australian retired
rugby league
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footballer who last played for the
Gold Coast Titans
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in the
NRL Women's Premiership
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and the
Burleigh Bears
The Burleigh Bears are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Gold Coast, Australia. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup.
Since their admission to the competition in 1997, the ...
in the
QRL Women's Premiership
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.
Primarily a er, she has represented
Australia
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and
Queensland
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and won an
NRL Women's Premiership
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with 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 ...
.
Background
Born in
Tweed Heads, New South Wales
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, Gray played her junior rugby league for the
Tugun Seahawks
The Tugun Seahawks are a rugby league club based in the Gold Coast suburb of Tugun. Their home ground (Betty Diamond Complex) is adjacent to Gold Coast Airport and their colours are Blue & White.
The Seahawks' first season in the Gold Coast ...
and
Currumbin Eagles and attended
Palm Beach Currumbin State High School
Palm Beach Currumbin State High School is an independent public, co-educational, secondary school, located in the Gold Coast suburb of Palm Beach, in Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment ...
.
Her brother,
Jordan Rapana
Jordan Rapana (born 15 August 1989) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a Fullback and/or er for Hull F.C. in the Super League. He has played for the New Zealand Māori, New Zealand and the Cook Islands at international lev ...
, is a professional rugby league player who has represented
New Zealand
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and the
Cook Islands
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.
Playing career
In 2016, Gray began playing
rugby league
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for the
Burleigh Bears
The Burleigh Bears are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Gold Coast, Australia. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup.
Since their admission to the competition in 1997, the ...
. In June 2016, she made her debut for
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
in their 4–8 loss to New South Wales.
On 10 February 2017, she started at for the
Women's All Stars in their 4–14 loss to the
Indigenous All Stars.
2018
In June, she represented South East Queensland at the Women's National Championships. In July, she joined the
Sydney Roosters
Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, known as the Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs. The club competes in the National Rugby Lea ...
NRL Women's Premiership
The NRL Women's Premiership (NRLW) also known as the Telstra NRL Women's Premiership due to sponsorship is a rugby league competition in Australasia for female players. The league is run by the National Rugby League (NRL) and is contested by ...
team.
In Round 1 of the
2018 NRL Women's season
The 2018 NRL Women's Premiership (NRLW) was the first season of professional women's rugby league in Australia.
Teams
Pre-season
Only two of the four sides, the Brisbane Broncos and New Zealand Warriors, took part in pre-season trial gam ...
, she made her debut for the Roosters in their 4–10 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 ...
. On 30 September, she started at in the Roosters' Grand Final 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 ...
, scoring a try.
On 13 October, she made her international debut for
Australia
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, starting at and scoring a try in a 26–24 win over
New Zealand
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.
2019
On 15 February, she represented the
Māori All Stars
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Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...
in their 8–4 win over the Indigenous All Stars.
In May, Gray represented South East Queensland at the Women's National Championships. In July, she signed with the
Brisbane Broncos
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NRLW team.
On 6 October, she started at in the Broncos' 30–6 Grand Final win over the
St George Illawarra Dragons
The St. George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) since 1999 after a j ...
. That day, Gray and her brother
Jordan
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, became the first brother and sister to play on
NRL Grand Final
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day when Rapana played for the
Canberra Raiders
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in the
2019 NRL Grand Final
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.
2020
On 18 September, Gray joined 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 ...
for the
2020 NRL Women's season
The 2020 NRL Women's Premiership was the third season of professional women's rugby league in Australia.
Teams
Pre-season
Regular season
The season operated under a Round-robin tournament, round-robin format, with games played as curtain- ...
. In Round 1 of the
2020 NRL Women's season
The 2020 NRL Women's Premiership was the third season of professional women's rugby league in Australia.
Teams
Pre-season
Regular season
The season operated under a Round-robin tournament, round-robin format, with games played as curtain- ...
, she made her debut for the Warriors in a loss to the Broncos, becoming the first person to play for three NRLW teams.
On 13 November, Gray started at for Queensland in their 24–18
State of Origin win over New South Wales.
2021
On 20 February, Gray represented the
Māori All Stars
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...
in their 24–0 win over the
Indigenous All Stars.
During 2021, she signed with the Gold Coast Titans, one of three new NRLW franchises. In doing so she became the first player in the NRLW to play for four different clubs, and in four consecutive seasons.
2023
On 1 June, Gray played in game 1 of the women's state of origin series in Queensland win 18–10, scoring a try, and again in the second and last game of the series in the QLD loss to NSW 18–14. She finished the series starting both games for
Queensland
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and scored one try.
Gray returned 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 ...
for her second stint and second year after three years away at two different clubs. She made her return match in round 1 of the NRLW season on 22 July in 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 ...
36–18 loss against the
Sydney Roosters
Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, known as the Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs. The club competes in the National Rugby Lea ...
. She finished her return year playing all ten games for the Broncos, including their elimination final loss against eventual premiers, Newcastle Knights. She scored four tries, her highest try scoring tally in any of her NRLW seasons.
2024
Gray earned another call up for the
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, starting at backrow for the first two games in the first women's three-game series.
2025
On 7 May, Gray announced her medical retirement from the NRLW.
References
External links
New Zealand Warriors profile
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1995 births
Living people
21st-century Australian sportswomen
Australia women's national rugby league team players
Australian female rugby league players
Australian people of Cook Island descent
Australian people of Māori descent
Brisbane Broncos (NRLW) players
Gold Coast Titans (NRLW) players
New Zealand Māori women's rugby league team players
New Zealand Warriors (NRLW) players
People educated at Palm Beach Currumbin State High School
Queensland Rugby League State of Origin Women players
Rugby league players from Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Rugby league second-rows
Sportswomen from New South Wales
Sydney Roosters (NRLW) players