Samantha Economos (born 28 February 1994) is an Australian rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women’s Premiership and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women’s Premiership.
She is a Prime Minister’s XIII representative.
Background
Born in Bowral, New South Wales, Economos played field hockey before taking up rugby league.[1][2]
Playing career
In 2017, Economos played rugby league for the Goulburn Workers Bulldogs.[3] In 2018, she joined the Goulburn Stockmen.[4]
In 2019, Economos joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NSWRL Women’s Premiership.[5] On 11 October 2019, she represented the Prime Minister’s XIII in their win over Fiji.[6][7]
2020
On 18 September, Economos joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women’s Premiership squad.[8] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women’s season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 14–28 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[9]
References
- ^ “Samantha Economos”. Hockey Australia.
- ^ “2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championships with Samantha Economos”. Now UC. 29 April 2018.
- ^ “CRRL 2017 Annual Report” (PDF). CRRL.
- ^ “Stockmen women leave Roos scoreless”. Goulburn Post. 20 May 2018.
- ^ “Bulldogs’ Sassie Economos named in Canberra Chill squad”. Canberra Times. 4 September 2019.
- ^ “Samantha Economos named in Women’s Prime Minister’s XIII”. Canterbury Bulldogd. 30 September 2019.
- ^ “Sacrifices pay off as Economos swaps hockey for rugby league”. NRL. 10 October 2019.
- ^ “Donald announces Warriors NRLW squad”. NZ Warriors. 18 September 2020.
- ^ “Putting spotlight on Warriors’ NRLW rookies”. NZ Warriors. 30 September 2020.
External links
- Samantha Economos at the International Hockey Federation
- Samantha Economos at HockeyAustralia.altiusrt.com
- Samantha Economos at New Zealand Warriors at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 March 2021)