The Queensland Reds Women are an Australian women's rugby union team based in Brisbane, Queensland that compete in the annual Super Rugby Women's competition. A female rugby union competition, is considered to be the female equivalent of the Super Rugby, however only holds Australian teams (until 2022). New Zealand holds a similar competition, the Super Rugby Aupiki.
History Founded in 2017, prior to the first Super Rugby Women's season, the team has played in every edition, and has been one of the most competitive in the competition. They have been in five grand finals since the inaugural season, but missed the semi-finals in 2024.
Grant Anderson was named as Head Coach for the 2024 Super Rugby Women's season, and Cecilia Smith has been named as captain for the side.
On 29 August 2024, Andrew Fraser was named as the sides new Head Coach.
Current squad On 13 January 2025, the squad for the 2025 Super Rugby Women's season was announced.
Reds Super W squadProps Bree-Anna Browne Sky-Yvette Faimalie Charli Jacoby Eva Karpeni Jiowana Sauto
Hookers Tiarna Molloy Zophronia Setu Cristo Taufua
Locks Tiarah Minns Deni Ross Vineta TeutauLoose Forwards Jemma Bemrose (cc) Dillyn Blackburn Zoe Hanna Carola Kreis Isabella Nasser Sarah Riordan Maraea Tupai
Scrum-halves Sarah Dougherty Layne Morgan Natalie Wright
Fly-halves Carys Dallinger Faythe ManeraCentres Michelle Curry Briana Dascombe Ariana Hira Teagan Levi Shalom Sauaso Melanie Wilks
Outside Backs Charlotte Caslick Lori Cramer Piper Flynn Kahli Henwood Maddison Levi Renae Nona Caitlin Urwin Ivania Wong (cc) (cc) Denotes team co-captains, Bold denotes internationally capped, WTS denotes a player in the wider training squad and ST indicated short-term cover.
Season standings SeasonQueensland Reds seasonsTop try scorerTop point scorerNameTriesNamePoints20182ndRunners-up532014769+78214 Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea6 Lavinia Gould3520192ndRunners-up642020836+172315 Alana Elisaia7 Lori Cramer5420202ndRunners-up431021833+185315 Courtney Hodder5 Lori Cramer3820212ndRunners-up4220109109+0210 Kauna Lopa3 Lucy Lockhart2420223rdSemi-final5320125131−6214 Ivania Wong5 Ivania Wong2520232ndRunners-up540116777 +90320 6 players3 Cecilia Smith6920246th—510485136−5104 Tiarna Molloy4 Lori Cramer2320252ndRunners-up430110987 +22113 Notes
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