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Shaylee Bent
Personal information
Born (2000-09-13) 13 September 2000 (age 24)
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight77 kg (12 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019–22 St George Illawarra 19 2 0 0 8
2023– Gold Coast Titans 20 2 0 0 8
Total 39 4 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019–24 Indigenous All Stars 6 1 0 0 4
2019 Australia 9s 2 0 0 0 0
2020–23 New South Wales 4 0 0 0 0
2022 Australia 4 1 0 0 4
Source: [1]
As of 18 September 2024

Shaylee Bent (born 13 September 2000) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a second-rower for the Gold Coast Titans Women in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership.

She is a New South Wales, Indigenous All Stars and Australian representative.

Background

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Born in Penrith, New South Wales, Bent is of Indigenous Australian and Greek descent.[2] At age 15, Bent began playing rugby league for the Glenmore Park Brumbies.[3]

Playing career

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2017

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In 2017, she played for the Parramatta Eels Women in the Tarsha Gale Cup.[4]

2018

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In 2018, she moved to the Wests Tigers Tarsha Gale Cup side.[5]

After the Tarsha Gale Cup season, Bent joined Mounties in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. Where she started as centre in the Grand Final victory over South Sydney 12–10.

2019

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In 2019, Bent re-joined Mounties RLFC in the NSWRL Women's Premiership, starting at centre in their Grand Final loss to CRL Newcastle.[6] In May 2019, she represented NSW City at the NRL Women's National Championships.[7] In July, she was 18th player for the New South Wales side.[8]

In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Bent made her debut for the St George Illawarra Dragons in a 4–14 loss to the Brisbane Broncos. On 6 October, she started at second-row in the Dragons' 30–6 Grand Final loss to the Broncos.[9] Later that month, she represented Australia at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.[10]

2020

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On 22 February, she started at second-row for the Indigenous All Stars in their 10–4 win over the Maori All Stars.[11] In 2020, she played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.[12]

On 17 October, she was named the Dragons' NRLW Player of the Year.[13] On 13 November, she made her State of Origin debut for New South Wales, starting at second-row in their 18–24 loss to Queensland.[14]

2021

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In 2021, Bent joined the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership.[citation needed] On 20 February, she represented the Indigenous All Stars in their 24–0 loss to the Māori All Stars.[15]

2022

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On 12 February, Bent represented the Indigenous All Stars in their 18-8 win to the Māori All Stars.[16]

In round 3 of the 2021 NRL Women's season, Bent scored her first try against the Brisbane Broncos.[17] Bent played in the 2021 NRL Women's Premiership Grand Final losing 16-4 against the Sydney Roosters.[18]

On 24 June, Bent played in 2022 Women's State of Origin for the New South Wales, in their 20-14 win.[19]

Bent played six matches for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the 2022 NRL Women's season

Bent was selected for The Jillaroos in the 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup.[20] Bent scored a try in the semi-final against Papua New Guinea.[21] Bent came off the bench in the 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup final, winning 54-4 against New Zealand.[22]

2023

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On 11 February, Bent represented the Indigenous All Stars in their 16-12 loss to the Māori All Stars.[23]

Bent played both games for the New South Wales Blues.

Bent signed with the Gold Coast Titans to begin the 2023 NRL Women's season.[24] In round 3, Bent scored her first try as a Titan against the Cronulla Sharks.[25] In round 9, Bent scored a try against the Canberra Raiders.[26] Bent played in 2023 Grand Final unfortunately losing 24-12 to the Newcastle Knights.

2024

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On 16 February, Bent scored the opening try for the Indigenous All-Stars, defeating the Māori All-Stars 26-4.[27]

Bent played 9 games in her second season for the Gold Coast Titans.

Achievements and accolades

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Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Shaylee Bent - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  2. ^ Newton, Alicia (1 August 2020). "Bent making strides in bid to close gap". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Bent straight to the top in rugby league". The Daily Telegraph. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Junior Reps - Round Seven". Parramatta Eels. 27 March 2017. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Wests Tigers 2018 Tarsha Gale Cup Squad". Wests Tigers. 5 February 2018. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  6. ^ "The Grand Final win two years in the making". New South Wales Rugby League. 10 August 2019. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  7. ^ Newton, Alicia (22 May 2019). "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Harvey Norman NSW Women's State of Origin Team named". Rugby League Players Association. 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  9. ^ Whittaker, Troy (28 September 2019). "'Aspire to inspire': Rookie's busy schedule isn't Bent out of shape". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Australia announce Women's 9s squad". Rugby League Planet. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  11. ^ "NRL All Stars: Indigenous women beat Maori All Stars". Wide World of Sports. AAP. 22 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Round Two Line Up - Womens Premiership". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 21 July 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Bent wins big as Dragons round out 2020 awards". St George Illawarra Dragons. 17 October 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  14. ^ "NSW Women's Origin team announced". New South Wales Rugby League. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  15. ^ Whittaker, Troy (20 February 2021). "Women's All Stars preview: McGregor, Harden to lead talented teams". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021.
  16. ^ Lenehan, Martin (12 February 2022). "Chapman doubles up as Indigenous All Stars storm home". NRL. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Shaylee Bent scorches the Broncos". NRL. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  18. ^ Lenehan, Martin (10 April 2022). "Third time lucky as Roosters down Dragons in epic NRLW decider". NRL. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  19. ^ Hogan, Kelsey (24 June 2022). "Kelly stars as Sky Blues clinch Origin thriller". NRL. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Rugby League World Cup 2021: Official women's squads". NRL. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  21. ^ Lenehan, Martin (15 November 2022). "Tonegato dazzles as Jillaroos power past Orchids into Cup Final". NRL. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  22. ^ Talintyre, Dan (20 November 2022). "Brigginshaw brilliant as Jillaroos record World Cup three-peat". NRL. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  23. ^ Rosser, Corey (11 February 2023). "Fay at the double as Māori women reclaim All Stars title". NRL. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  24. ^ Ethan, Chalk (31 March 2023). "Jillaroos duo find new home". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  25. ^ "Bent leaps on a loose ball". Titans. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  26. ^ "Shaylee Bent Try". NRL. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  27. ^ "Bent scores the opener". Titans. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
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