New Zealand rugby league footballer
Madison Bartlett Born (1994-12-04 ) 4 December 1994 (age 30) Wairoa, New Zealand Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) Weight 67 kg (10 st 8 lb) Position Wing , Second-row
As of 1 November 2023
Madison Bartlett (born 5 December 1994) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL Women's Premiership .
She is a New Zealand and New Zealand 9s representative.
Background
Born in Wairoa , Bartlett played sevens rugby , basketball and touch football before taking up rugby league with the Richmond Roses in 2016.[ 1]
Playing career
In 2018, Bartlett underwent double shoulder reconstruction surgery, missing the entire season. She had dislocated her shoulders 16 teams before undergoing surgery.[ 2] [ 3]
On 22 June 2019, she made her debut for New Zealand , starting on the wing and scoring a try in a 46–8 win over Samoa .[ 4] In September 2019, she joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team. In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season , she made her debut for the Warriors in a 16–12 win over the Sydney Roosters .[ 5]
On 19 October 2019, she came off the bench in New Zealand's 17–15 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s final win over Australia .[ 6]
In September 2020, Bartlett was one of five New Zealand-based Warriors' players to travel to Australia to play in the 2020 NRL Women's premiership . Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the players had to quarantine for 14 days on entering Australia and 14 days on return to New Zealand when the season was completed.[ 7]
In early 2022, Bartlett played in six of seven matches for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the postponed 2021 NRL Women's season , including the Grand Final on 10 April 2022.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
In early June, the Gold Coast Titans announced that Bartlett had signed to play for the club in the 2022 NRL Women's season .[ 11]
In October she was selected for the New Zealand squad at the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup in England.[ 12]
Achievements and accolades
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