Tahlulah Tillett

Tahlulah Tillett (born 30 August 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership. Her positions are halfback and five-eighth.

Tahlulah Tillett
Personal information
Born (1998-08-30) 30 August 1998
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (11 st 9 lb)
Playing information
PositionHalfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021– Newcastle Knights 4 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017–22 Indigenous All Stars 2 0 0 0 0
As of 1 March 2022
Source: [1]

Background

Tillett was born in Cairns, Queensland and is of Torres Strait Islander descent.[2] She played touch football in her junior years,[3] representing Queensland and Australia,[4] as well as junior rugby league for the Cairns Kangaroos.[2]

Playing career

Early years

In 2017, Tillett represented the North Queensland Marlins women's team[2] and Indigenous All Stars women's team.[5] In 2018, she was named in the Australian women's national elite training squad for the upcoming NRLW competition.[6] Three weeks later she played for the Wests Panthers, before rupturing the ACL in her right knee during her first game.[3] In January 2020, she was a part of the Queensland Female Performance Program squad.[2] In 2021, she played for the North Queensland Gold Stars in the BHP Premiership.[7] In December 2021, she signed with the Newcastle Knights to be a part of their inaugural NRLW squad.[8]

2022

In February, Tillett played for the Indigenous All Stars against the Māori All Stars.[9] In round 1 of the delayed 2021 NRL Women's season, she made her NRLW debut for the Knights against the Parramatta Eels.[10]

References
  1. "Tahlulah Tillett - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. "Tahlulah's time to shine". Queensland Rugby League. 29 January 2020.
  3. "Tillett taking injury in her stride as Ponga reaches out". National Rugby League. 20 July 2018.
  4. "Faces of the Straits". www.facebook.com.
  5. "NRL Women's Indigenous All Star team announced". NITV. 17 January 2017.
  6. "TropicNow picks our top 20 under-40 Next Gen of Cairns". www.tropicnow.com.au.
  7. "Gold Stars 2021 Player of the Year contenders". North Queensland Cowboys. 8 September 2021.
  8. "Knights finalise NRLW squad with signings of Queensland-based players". Newcastle Knights. 3 December 2021.
  9. "Maori v Indigenous All Stars: Both sides 1-18 with no late changes". National Rugby League. 12 February 2022.
  10. "Late mail: 1-17 confirmed for opening NRLW game". Newcastle Knights. 27 February 2022.
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