Georgia Page
{{Short description|Australian rugby league player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Georgia Page
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|3|21}}
|birth_place = Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
|height = {{convert|169|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|70|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|position = {{rlp|SR}}
| first = RU
|club1 = {{nowrap|St George Illawarra}}
|year1start = 2020
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|appearances1 = 2
|tries1 = 0
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 0
|club2 = {{nowrap|Newcastle Knights}}
|year2start = 2021
|year2end =
|appearances2 = 4
|tries2 = 0
|goals2 = 0
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 0
|ru_position = Prop
|ru_club1 = Melbourne Rebels
|ru_year1start = 2019
|ru_year1end =
|ru_appearances1 = 4
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|retired =
|updated = 16 November 2023
}}
Georgia Page (born 21 March 1995) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a {{rlp|sr}}. She previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons and Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NSWRL Women's Premiership and played rugby union for the Melbourne Rebels in the Super W.
Background
Born in Windsor, New South Wales, Page played track and field, tennis and basketball growing up before attending a rugby union talent identification day as a teenager.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-06 |title=Super W Player Profile Georgia Page |url=https://melbournerebels.rugby/news/super-w-player-profile-georgia-page |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808023110/https://melbournerebels.rugby/news/super-w-player-profile-georgia-page |archive-date=2021-08-08 |access-date=2021-02-19 |website=Melbourne Rebels}} From there, she was offered a five-year scholarship to Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri, where she played for their rugby union team.{{Cite web |title=Georgia Page |url=https://lindenwoodlions.com/sports/womens-rugby/roster/georgia-page/16175 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808023802/https://lindenwoodlions.com/sports/womens-rugby/roster/georgia-page/16175 |archive-date=2021-08-08 |access-date=2021-02-19 |website=Lindenwood Lions}}
Playing career
=Rugby union=
After one year, Page returned to Australia and played rugby for Bond University.{{Cite news |last=Tucker |first=Jim |date=2018-09-21 |title=Bond University's Georgia Page on her path into women's sevens rugby |work=The Courier-Mail |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/womens-sport/bond-universitys-georgia-page-on-her-path-into-womens-sevens-rugby/news-story/51709f64551110f02019115e6dcddf2b |url-status=live |access-date=2021-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808024514/https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/swoop/bond-universitys-georgia-page-on-her-path-into-womens-sevens-rugby/news-story/51709f64551110f02019115e6dcddf2b?nk=406efda7f63b4f337c9870594822d64d-1628390714 |archive-date=2021-08-08}} In 2019, she played for the Melbourne Rebels in the Super W.{{Cite web |title=Georgia Page |url=https://melbournerebels.rugby/players/georgia%20page |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808030902/https://melbournerebels.rugby/players/georgia%20page |archive-date=2021-08-08 |access-date=2021-02-19 |website=Melbourne Rebels}}
=Rugby league=
In 2020, Page switched to rugby league, playing for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-10 |title=Sharks HNWP Team List – Round 1 |url=https://www.sharks.com.au/news/2020/03/10/sharks-hnwp-team-list--round-1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301033357/https://www.sharks.com.au/news/2020/03/10/sharks-hnwp-team-list--round-1/ |archive-date=2021-03-01 |access-date=2021-02-19 |website=Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks}}
On 23 September 2020, Page joined the St George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's Premiership team.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-24 |title=Dragons confirm 2020 NRL Women's Premiership squad |url=https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2020/09/24/dragons-confirm-2020-nrl-womens-premiership-squad/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316201520/https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2020/09/24/dragons-confirm-2020-nrl-womens-premiership-squad/ |archive-date=2021-03-16 |access-date=2021-02-19 |website=St. George Illawarra Dragons}} In Round 2 of the 2020 NRLW season, Page made her debut for the Dragons in an 18–4 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.{{Cite web |date=2020-10-10 |title=NRLW late mail: Round 2 v Broncos |url=https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2020/10/10/nrlw-team-announcement-round-2-v-broncos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313170314/https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2020/10/10/nrlw-team-announcement-round-2-v-broncos/ |archive-date=2021-03-13 |access-date=2021-02-19 |website=St. George Illawarra Dragons}}
On 25 November 2021, Page signed with the Newcastle Knights to be a part of their inaugural NRLW squad.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newcastleknights.com.au/news/2021/11/25/history-confirmed-knights-announce-first-nrlw-signings/|title=History confirmed: Knights announce first NRLW signings|date=25 November 2021|website=Newcastle Knights}}
In round 1 of the delayed 2021 NRL Women's season, Page made her club debut for the Knights against the Parramatta Eels.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newcastleknights.com.au/news/2022/02/27/late-mail-1-17-confirmed-for-opening-nrlw-game/|title=Late mail: 1-17 confirmed for opening NRLW game|date=27 February 2022|website=Newcastle Knights}} She played in 4 matches for the Knights, before parting ways with the club at the end of the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/MTEyOS0yMTM4LDIxMzQsMjE3OSwyMjI0LS00LS0tLS0zMDMzNC0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLQ==|title=Custom Match List - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.newcastleknights.com.au/teams/womens-premiership/newcastle-knights-women/georgia-page/ Newcastle Knights profile]
- [https://www.dragons.com.au/teams/womens-premiership/st-george-illawarra-dragons-women/georgia-page St George Illawarra Dragons profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301045503/https://www.dragons.com.au/teams/womens-premiership/st-george-illawarra-dragons-women/georgia-page/ |date=1 March 2021 }}
{{Newcastle Knights women's inaugural squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Page, Georgia}}
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen
Category:Australian female rugby union players
Category:Australian female rugby league players
Category:Australia women's national rugby league team players
Category:Newcastle Knights (NRLW) players
Category:Rugby league second-rows
Category:Rugby league players from Windsor, New South Wales