Lily Dick (born 26 December 1999) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL Women's Premiership.
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| Full name | Lily Dick | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 December 1999 Tugun, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (10 st 12 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||
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She previously played rugby sevens, representing Australia and winning a Rugby World Cup Sevens and Commonwealth Games gold medal.[1]
Background
editDick was born in Tugun, Queensland and grew up in Currumbin.[2] She attended Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School just over the border in Tweed Heads and played her junior rugby union for the Palm Beach Currumbin Alleygators[3]
Playing career
editRugby union
editIn 2016, Dick made her senior debut for Queensland at the age of 16 at the National Rugby Sevens Championships in Adelaide.[4] Dick backed up this performance by captaining the Queensland youth team to victory at the Youth National Rugby Sevens Championships in Perth. Dick was the Vice-Captain of the Australian team which won a gold medal at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games. Her performances during the tournament saw her recognised as the Player's Player for the tournament.[5]
In 2018, she made her Australian debut in the 2018 Dubai Sevens, scoring a try 2 minutes after the end of regulation time to help the Australian side win a bronze medal in the third-place playoff.
Dick was a member of the Australian sevens squad that won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[6][7][8] She was a member of the Australian team that won the 2022 Sevens Rugby World Cup held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022.[9][10]
In May 2024, she ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament at the Singapore Sevens and missed the 2024 Summer Olympics.[11]
Rugby league
editOn 20 December 2024, Dick switch to rugby league, signing a two-year contract with the North Queensland Cowboys.[12]
In Round 2 of the 2025 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Cowboys in a loss to the Newcastle Knights.[13]
Honours
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Lily Dick". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ↑ "Leaders of the pack". The Daiyl Telegraph. 28 March 2018.
- ↑ "Lily Dick – PBC Alleygators Rugby Club". Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ↑ "Queensland claim men's and women's titles at the national sevens championships". reds.rugby. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ↑ "Aussie Girls Sevens out to defend Commonwealth Youth Games gold". rugby.com.au. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ↑ Williamson, Nathan (5 July 2022). "Sevens squad confirmed for Commonwealth Games". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ↑ "Australia and South Africa win rugby sevens gold at Commonwealth Games". www.world.rugby. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ↑ Williamson, Nathan (31 July 2022). "Australia claim Commonwealth Games gold". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ↑ "Australia women win Sevens World Cup". Rugby World. 11 September 2022.
- ↑ "GAME BY GAME: Australia Women claim Sevens World Cup, Men finish fourth". Rugby.com.au. 11 September 2022.
- ↑ "Madison Ashby, Lily Dick suffer knee injuries during Singapore". Rugby Australia. 9 May 2024.
- ↑ "Rugby Sevens star Lily Dick joins Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 20 December 2024.
- ↑ "'Cool to be back together': Dick reunites with Whitfeld in NRLW debut". NRL. 14 July 2025.
- ↑ Fairbairn, Pete. "2019 Newcomer of the Year Finalists Announced". RUPA.
- ↑ "2017 Uni 7s Dream Team". rugby.com.au.
- ↑ "Stars of women's sevens celebrated after 2022 season finale in Toulouse". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 5 August 2022.