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Queensland Reds
Full nameQueensland Reds Women
Unions
Nickname(s)Reds
Founded2017; 8 years ago (2017)
LocationBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
RegionQueensland
Ground(s)
ChairmanJeff Miller
CEODavid Hanham
Coach(es)Andrew Fraser
Top scorerLori Cramer (92)
Most triesIvania Wong (14)
League(s)Super Rugby Women's
2025Runner-up
Team kit
2nd kit
First match
Reds 0–18 Waratahs
(Brisbane, Queensland; 10 March 2018)
Largest win
Rebels 0–112 Reds
(Box Hill, Victoria; 24 February 2019)
Largest defeat
Waratahs 46–0 Reds
(Sydney, New South Wales; 9 April 2022)
Official website
reds.rugby/teams/reds-womens
Current season

The Queensland Reds Women are an Australian women's rugby union team based in Brisbane, Queensland that compete in the annual Super Rugby Women's competition. A female rugby union competition, is considered to be the female equivalent of the Super Rugby, however only holds Australian teams (until 2022). New Zealand holds a similar competition, the Super Rugby Aupiki.

History

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Founded in 2017, prior to the first Super Rugby Women's season, the team has played in every edition, and has been one of the most competitive in the competition.[1] They have been in five grand finals since the inaugural season, but missed the semi-finals in 2024.[2]

Grant Anderson was named as Head Coach for the 2024 Super Rugby Women's season, and Cecilia Smith has been named as captain for the side.[3][4]

On 29 August 2024, Andrew Fraser was named as the sides new Head Coach.[2]

Current squad

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On 13 January 2025, the squad for the 2025 Super Rugby Women's season was announced.[5][6]

Reds Super W squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose Forwards

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Outside Backs

(cc) Denotes team co-captains, Bold denotes internationally capped, WTS denotes a player in the wider training squad and ST indicated short-term cover.

Season standings

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Season Queensland Reds seasons Top try scorer Top point scorer Ref.
Pos Finals P W L D F A PD BP Pts Name Tries Name Points
2018 2nd Runners-up 5 3 2 0 147 69 +78 2 14 Alysia Lefau-Fakaosilea 6 Lavinia Gould 35 [7]
2019 2nd Runners-up 6 4 2 0 208 36 +172 3 15 Alana Elisaia 7 Lori Cramer 54 [8]
2020 2nd Runners-up[a] 4 3 1 0 218 33 +185 3 15 Courtney Hodder 5 Lori Cramer 38 [9]
2021 2nd Runners-up 4 2 2 0 109 109 +0 2 10 Kauna Lopa 3 Lucy Lockhart 24 [10]
2022 3rd Semi-final 5 3 2 0 125 131 −6 2 14 Ivania Wong 5 Ivania Wong 25 [11]
2023 2nd Runners-up 5 4 0 1 167 77 +90 3 20 6 players 3 Cecilia Smith 69
2024 6th — 5 1 0 4 85 136 −51 0 4 Tiarna Molloy 4 Lori Cramer 23
2025 2nd Runners-up 4 3 0 1 109 87 +22 1 13

Notes

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  1. ^ There was no final or finals series in the 2020 season due to the impacts of COVID-19. The leaders on the season standings before the finals were to be played (New South Wales Waratahs) were declared the winners.

References

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  1. ^ Barnsley, Warren (14 December 2017). "Rugby Australia non-payment for Super W players slammed". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Andrew Fraser named Queensland Reds Women's Head Coach". reds.rugby. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Cecilia Smith named Queensland Reds Super W captain". reds.rugby. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Grant Anderson named Queensland Reds Super Rugby Women's coach". reds.rugby. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  5. ^ Williamson, Nathan (29 January 2025). "Super Rugby Women's squads confirmed for 2025 season". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Queensland Reds confirm 2025 Super Rugby Women's squad". reds.rugby. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Super W – 2018". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018.
  8. ^ "2019 Super W Statistics". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019.
  9. ^ "2020 Super W – Player Stats". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Super W – 2021". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021.
  11. ^ "2022 Super W Season". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022.
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