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Amber Pilley

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Amber Pilley
Personal information
Born (1997-12-08) 8 December 1997 (age 26)
Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018–19 Brisbane Broncos 8 3 0 0 12
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–19 Indigenous All Stars 3 0 0 0 0
2019 Queensland 1 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP
As of 10 November 2020
Medals
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Australia
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing Team competition

Amber Pilley (born 8 December 1997) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and Burleigh Bears in the QRL Women's Premiership. Primarily a centre, she was a Queensland representative.

Background

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Born in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Pilley moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland with her family when she was two.[1] She played junior rugby league for the Nerang Roosters and is of Indigenous descent.

Playing career

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In 2014, Pilley represented Australia in rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, winning a gold medal.[2] In 2015, she represented the Indigenous All Stars.[3] That year, she tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruling her out for 12 months.[4]

In 2017, Pilley joined the Burleigh Bears and represented the Indigenous All Stars.[2] In June 2018, she played for South East Queensland at the Women's National Championships.[5] In August 2018, she joined the Brisbane Broncos NRL Women's Premiership team.[6]

In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, Pilley made her debut for the Broncos in a 30–4 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons. On 30 September 2018, she started at centre in the Broncos' 34–12 Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.[7]

On 21 June 2019, Pilley made her debut for Queensland, starting at centre in their 4–14 loss to New South Wales.[8] On 6 October 2019, Pilley won her second NRLW Grand Final, starting at centre in a 30–6 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons.[9]

In 2020, Pilley missed the entire season after tearing her ACL, medial collateral ligament (MCL) and meniscus.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Pilley finds her cultural identity after years of searching". NRL. 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Amber Pilley learnt of selection in Indigenous squad from friend on Snapchat". Gold Coast Bulletin. 21 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Final All Stars teams announced". NRL. 9 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Harvey Norman Gold Coast Women of the Year finalists announced". Gold Coast Bulletin. 11 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Broncos Name NRL Women's Captains". Brisbane Broncos. 29 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Pilley's Amazing Ride Culminates In Grand Final". Brisbane Broncos. 28 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Harvey Norman Queensland Maroons 2019 squad". QRL. 6 June 2019.
  9. ^ "NRLW grand final: Broncos player ratings". Brisbane Broncos. 6 October 2019.
  10. ^ "A newfound focus for recovering Pilley". QRL. 2 July 2020.
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