Annette Brander

{{Short description|Australia international rugby league player}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|1|21}}

|birth_place = New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia

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|weight = {{convert|78|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

|position = {{rlp|SR|LK|CE}}

|club1 = St George Illawarra

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|club2 = Brisbane Broncos

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|yearAstart = 2014

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|yearBstart = 2014

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|source = [https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/annette-brander/summary.html RLP]

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Annette Brander (born 12 January 1993) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a {{rlp|sr}}er for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Central Queensland Capras in the QRL Women's Premiership.

She is an Australian and Queensland representative.

Background

Born in New Lambton, New South Wales, Brander moved to Caboolture, Queensland with her family when she was two-years old.{{Cite web|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qweekend/two-queensland-girls-join-opposing-teams-in-first-national-womens-rugby-league-competition/news-story/556bc77e265df79f413967b20ad62147|title=Queenslanders join opposing teams in first national women's league comp|date=25 August 2018|website=The Courier Mail}}

Playing career

In 2010, Brander began playing rugby league for the Caboolture under-18 side and the Sunshine Coast Sirens. In 2012, she joined Brisbane Women's Division 1 side, the Beerwah Bulldogs.{{cite web|url=https://www.ruralweekly.com.au/news/Local-girls-look-to-avenge-maroons-origin-loss/2294149/|title=Local girls look to avenge maroons' Origin loss|website=Ruralweekly.com.au|accessdate=15 December 2017|archive-date=11 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411021950/https://www.ruralweekly.com.au/news/Local-girls-look-to-avenge-maroons-origin-loss/2294149/|url-status=dead}} In 2014, she made her debut for Australia in their 12-8 loss to New Zealand in Wollongong.{{cite web|url=http://www.nrlcommunity.com.au/news/2014/10/22/new_look_jillaroos_team.html|title=NEW LOOK JILLAROOS TEAM|website=Nrlcommunity.com.au|accessdate=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206005810/http://www.nrlcommunity.com.au/news/2014/10/22/new_look_jillaroos_team.html|archive-date=6 December 2017|url-status=dead}}

In October 2017, she was named in Australia's 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup squad, playing four games in the tournament.{{Cite news|url=http://www.rlwc2017.com/news/jillaroos-named|title=Jillaroos named|date=2017-10-08|work=Rugby League World Cup|access-date=2017-12-04|language=en}}

=2018=

In June 2018, she represented Queensland Country at the 2018 NRL Women's National Championships. In July 2018, Brander joined the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL Women's Premiership.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/05/29/womens-national-championships-the-perfect-origin-appetiser/|title=Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser|date=29 May 2018|website=NRL}}

In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, Brander made her debut for the Dragons in their 4–30 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2018/07/30/dragons-sign-queensland-origin-trio-for-womens-premiership/|title=Dragons sign Queensland Origin trio for Women's Premiership|date=30 July 2018|website=St George Illawarra Dragons}}

=2019=

In June 2019, she again represented Queensland Country at the NRL Women's National Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/05/22/line-ups-named-for-womens-national-championships/|title=Line-ups named for Women's National Championships|date=22 May 2019|website=NRL}} Later that month, she signed with the Brisbane Broncos.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broncos.com.au/news/2019/06/13/brander-joins-broncos-in-huge-nrlw-signing/|title=Brander Joins Broncos In Huge NRLW Signing|date=13 June 2019|website=Brisbane Broncos}}

On 6 October 2019, she started at {{rlp|sr}} in the Broncos' 30–6 Grand Final win over the Dragons and won the Karyn Murphy Medal for Player of the Match.{{Cite web|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/womens-sport/last-to-first-for-broncos-premiership-hero-annette-brander/news-story/af7989f07fa7022cdf3c5c932a8ec329|title=Last to first for Broncos premiership hero Annette Brander|date=7 October 2019|website=The Courier Mail}}

=2020=

On 25 October 2020, she came off the bench in the Broncos' 20–10 Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broncos.com.au/news/2020/10/20/hall-returns-for-nrlw-grand-final/|title=Hall returns for NRLW Grand Final|date=20 October 2020|website=Brisbane Broncos}}

=2021=

In 2021, Brander joined the Central Queensland Capras in the QRL Women's Premiership.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/lismore/sport/capras-coup-bigname-signing-for-womens-team/news-story/e7e99569d1ce974fc425d55c155617b3|title=Jillaroos and Maroons star Annette Brander joins CQ Capras|date=18 March 2021|website=The Daily Telegraph}}