Indigenous Women’s All Stars Squad Named

NRL Media

14/11/2012 3:54:38 PM

TWO 16-year-olds are among eight new faces chosen this week in the Indigenous Women’s All Stars squad to play a curtain-raiser to the 2013 Harvey Norman Rugby League All Stars game at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on February 9.

Bathurst’s Kandy Kennedy, whose father William ‘Bubba’ Kennedy played for the Balmain Tigers and Belmont’s Nakia Davis-Welsh were named in a 20-person squad, which also includes 36-year-old Teresa Anderson from Springfield QLD.

The squad was chosen after a trial match at the Gold Coast last weekend and features eight New South Wales and 12 Queenslanders.

1. Teresa Anderson (Springfield QLD)
2. Kandy Kennedy* (Bathurst NSW)
3. Bianca Ambrum Innisfail QLD)
4. Ashleigh Monkland* (Inala QLD)
5. Mahalia Murphy* (Doonside NSW)
6. Theresa Anderson (Hendra QLD)
7. Amber Saltner (Bald Hills QLD)
8. Rebecca Young (Newcastle NSW)
9. Naomi Bobongie (Mackay QLD)
10. Kaitlin Moss* (Rockhampton QLD)
11. Emma Young* (Newcastle NSW)
12. Ashleigh Singleton (Cairns QLD)
13. Natalie Gala (Bundaberg QLD)
14. Elsja Mosby (Injinoo QLD)
15. Sarah Sailor (Injinoo QLD)
16. Eunice Grimes (Waterloo NSW)
17. Candice Clay (Maryland NSW)
18. Lavina Phillips* (Alexandria NSW)
19. Rosie Parsons* (Mount Isa QLD)
20. Nakia Davis-Welsh* (Belmont NSW)