Selena Tranter
| Date of birth | 18 April 1975 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Mackay, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Downlands College | ||||||||||||||||
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Selena Tranter (née Worsley; born 18 April 1975) is a former Australian rugby union player.
Rugby career
[edit]Rugby union career
[edit]Tranter made her test debut for the Wallaroos at the age of 19 on 2 September 1994 against New Zealand in Sydney.[1][2][3] She was part of Australia’s first Rugby World Cup squad that competed at the 1998 tournament in the Netherlands.[2] She also captained the Wallaroos in the 2002 and 2006 Rugby World Cups.[1][2][4][5]
Tranter made her last appearance for the Wallaroos in 2008 against the Black Ferns in Canberra.[1]
Rugby league career
[edit]In 2016, as a 41 year old, she made her State of Origin debut for the Queensland Maroons.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Selena Tranter". classicwallabies.com.au. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ a b c Tucker, Jim (26 October 2022). "World Cup trailblazers of 1998 salute Wallaroos and rise of Women's Rugby". wallaroos.rugby. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Tucker, Jim (16 June 2022). "Selena: Warrior Princess…setting the standard for women's rugby – Easts Rugby Union". Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Rugby: Palmer to reach milestone against Australia". NZ Herald. 17 May 2002. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Wallaroos World Cup rugby squad named". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 July 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ O’Brien, Connor (19 July 2016). "Burleigh Bears forward Selena Tranter, 41, to make her Queensland debut against NSW on Gold Coast". www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "'It makes them more dangerous'". Queensland Rugby League. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2023.