Corban Baxter (née McGregor; born 10 April 1994) is an Australian international rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback, centre or five-eighth for the Sydney Roosters in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.
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| Born | Corban McGregor 10 April 1994 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (11 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Fullback, Five-eighth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Corban is an Australia and New South Wales representative.
Background and personal life
editBaxter was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and has Māori ancestry. She moved to Australia with her family at the age of 3.[1] Baxter has a son, who was born when she was aged 16, and has announced she is expecting another child in January 2023.[2]
Playing career
editIn 2015, Baxter began playing rugby league for the Helensburgh Tigers. That year, she made her debut for New South Wales in a 4-all draw with Queensland.[3]
On 6 May 2016, she made her Test debut for Australia, starting at centre in a 16–26 loss to New Zealand.[4]
On 2 December 2017, Baxter started at centre in Australia's 23–16 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup final win over New Zealand.[5]
In June 2018, she represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships.[6] On 17 June 2018, she signed for the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team.[7] On 22 June 2018, during the inaugural Women's State of Origin, Baxter suffered a shoulder injury, ruling her out of the entire 2018 NRL Women's season.[8]
In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Baxter made her debut for the Roosters in their 12–16 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[9] In October 2019, she represented Australia at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s, where they lost to New Zealand in the finals.[10]
On 22 February 2020, she represented the Māori All Stars in their 4–10 loss to the Indigenous All Stars.[11]
On 25 October 2020, she started at centre and captained the Roosters in their 10–20 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[12][13]
On 20 February 2021, she captained the Māori All Stars in their 24–0 win over the Indigenous All Stars.[14]
On 27 June 2022, Corban Baxter announced that due to pregnancy, she had missed the 2022 State of Origin match, and would miss the 2022 NRL Women's season (held from August to early October) and the World Cup (in November 2022).[15]
References
edit- ^ "McGregor embraces opportunity to wear Maori jersey". NRL. 1 February 2020.
- ^ "'God had other plans': Baby joy for Roosters captain Baxter". National Rugby League. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Women's Origins - Corban McGregor". NSWRL. 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Foliaki a fixture in Jillaroos side". Central Western Daily. 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Jillaroos star Corban McGregor to shine for son". The Courier Mail. 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Roosters Announce NRLW Marquee Signings". Sydney Roosters. 17 June 2018.
- ^ "McGregor determined to make 2019 her best yet". Sydney Roosters. 30 January 2019.
- ^ "NRLW Late Mail - Round 1". Sydney Roosters. 14 September 2019.
- ^ "McGregor back in green and gold for World Cup Nines". NRL. 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Four Sharks named for All Stars". Cronulla Sharks. 28 January 2020.
- ^ "NRL and NRLW Grand Final team lists". Sporting News. 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Corban McGregor named Roosters captain". NRL. 10 February 2020.
- ^ "McGregor, Harden to lead talented teams". NRL. 20 February 2021.
- ^ Newton, Alicia (28 June 2022). "God had other plans: Baby joy for Roosters captain Baxter". NRL. Retrieved 28 June 2022.