While you're with us the Illawarra Mercury is offering sport readers 20% off an annual digital subscription. [2][3][4][5], In 2019, Penitani was on the award voting panels for both the World Rugby Men's Sevens Player of the Year and the World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year.
“Obviously we're chasing that premiership, that's our main goal. Tiana Penitani (born 12 January 1996) is a professional Rugby League player. She represents the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League Womens.
But life took a different turn and now she’s one of the new wave of NRLW stars. I'm just going to give 150 per cent and earn that jersey. Saints will open their season on Sunday against the Broncos, before travelling to Auckland to play the Warriors and then visiting Leichhardt to tackle the Roosters in the first two standalone NRLW games. To be able to have that opportunity as a female player is just incredible. "Looking at the game and where it was taking off, the whole idea of playing in the NRLW really enticed me," Penitani said. This time last year Tiana Penitani was preparing for another season commentating the World Rugby Sevens series. Big name signings have come in from the Broncos and Roosters, as well as a few NRLW debutants, to give them a very different look for this campaign.
A win on grand final day, Penitani said, would cap a whirlwind 12 months. "I've definitely ticked some boxes," she said. Within a few months of picking up a Steeden, she had scored two hat-tricks in the space of a week for NSW City, the latter coming in the Women's National Championships final. She debuted for the St George Illawarra Dragons in September 2019.
She debuted for the St George Illawarra Dragons in September 2019.. Tiana, along with Brooke Anderson, captained Australia to a memorable Gold Medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, held in China.
Tiana, along with Brooke Anderson, captained Australia to a memorable Gold Medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, held in China.
Penitani has stayed humble during her brief rugby league journey. Tiana Penitani (born 12 January 1996) is a professional Rugby League player.
"She's such an amazing player and I've learnt so much off her. She was picked to play State of Origin a few weeks later. A ruptured anterior cruciate ligament robbed her of her Rio Olympic dream in 2016 and she fell out of love with footy entirely ... until rugby league came calling last year.
A ruptured anterior cruciate ligament robbed her of her Rio Olympic dream in 2016 and she fell out of love with footy entirely … until rugby league came calling last year.
Matt Bungard is a journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald. "If you look at the men's NRL, it's the epitome of Australian rugby league.
Sign up to stay up to date with all the local sports you love for only $3.00 a week. Now, just 12 months later, the 23-year-old is shaping up as a potential game breaker for the Dragons in Sunday's NRL Women's grand final.
“I’m just going to give 150 per cent and earn that jersey”: Tiana Penitani. "I love playing off Tiana," Horne said. Penitani has stayed humble during her brief rugby league journey.