Jessica Sergis

Jessica Sergis

Personal information
Born	(1997-09-15) 15 September 1997 (age 27) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	72 kg (11 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2018–20 St. George Illawarra 10 5 0 0 20 2021– Sydney Roosters 18 10 0 0 40 Total 28 15 0 0 60 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2017–23 New South Wales 9 5 0 0 20 2019–23 Australia 4 6 0 0 24 2019 Australia 9s 3 1 0 0 4
Source: [1] As of 14 November 2022

Jessica Sergis (born 15 September 1997) is an Australian international rugby league footballer who plays for the Sydney Roosters Women in the NRL Women's Premiership and the North Sydney Bears in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

Career

In 2016, Sergis began playing for Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks.^{[2][failed verification]}

In 2017, she debuted in the New South Wales 22-6 win over the Queensland women's rugby league team, scoring 3 tries on the wing.

In 2018, she played 3 matches in the Women's rugby league Premiership playing for the St. George Illawarra Dragons at centre.

On 8 June 2019, Sergis was named in the squad to represent New South Wales in the 2019 Women's State of Origin match.^[3] On 14 June, she extended her stay with the St. George Illawarra Dragons for the 2019 NRLW season.^[4] On 21 June, she scored one try in the Women's State of Origin match, helping the Blues to fourth-consecutive victory over Queensland.^[5] With three tries, a try assist, 21 tackle breaks and an average of 153 metres per match in three appearances in the NRLW regular season, she was named the Dally M NRLW Player of the Year at the 2019 Dally M Awards on 2 October.^[6] On 14 October, she was named the first-ever RLPA NRLW Player of the Year at the RLPA Awards.^[7]

Honours

Individual

• Dally M Player of the Year: 2019^[6]
• RLPA Player of the Year: 2019^[7]

Club

NRLW Grand Finals
Year	Team	Opposition	Venue	Score	Result
2019	St. George Illawarra	Brisbane Broncos	ANZ Stadium	6 – 30	Runners-up

Statistics

NRLW

Table data:^[8]

Season	Team	Matches	T	G	GK %	F/G	Pts	W	L	D	W-L %
2018	St. George Illawarra	3	1	0	—	0	4	1	2	0	33.3
2019	St. George Illawarra	4	3	0	—	0	12	2	2	0	50.0
Career totals		7	4	0	—	0	16	3	4	0	42.9

State of Origin

†	Denotes years in which Sergis won a State of Origin match

Table data:^[9]

Season	Team	Matches	T	G	GK %	F/G	Pts	W	L	D	W-L %
2017†	New South Wales	1	3	0	—	0	12	1	0	0	100
2019†	New South Wales	1	1	0	—	0	4	1	0	0	100
Career totals		2	4	0	—	0	16	2	0	0	100

References

1. "Jessica Sergis - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
2. "Maddison Studdon - Community". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
3. "NSWRL announces Harvey Norman NSW Women's Origin team". New South Wales Rugby League. 8 June 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
4. "Dragons announce first 2019 Women's Premiership signings". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
5. "Kirra Dibb inspires NSW to Women's State of Origin win". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 21 June 2019. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
6. Whittaker, Troy (2 October 2019). "'Over the moon': Stunned Sergis collects women's Dally M Medal". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
7. Whittaker, Troy (14 October 2019). "Tedesco, Sergis crowned 2019 RLPA Players' Champions". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
8. "Jessica Sergis". St. George Illawarra Dragons. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
9. "Jessica Sergis". New South Wales Rugby League. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

External links

• Jessica Sergis profile on NRL.com
• Jessica Sergis profile on NSWRL.com