Madison Bartlett

New Zealand rugby league footballer

Madison Bartlett
Personal information
Born (1994-12-04) 4 December 1994 (age 29)
Wairoa, New Zealand
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight67 kg (10 st 8 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019–20 New Zealand Warriors 5 2 0 0 8
2021 St. George Illawarra 6 6 0 0 24
2022–23 Gold Coast Titans 5 3 0 0 12
2023– Canberra Raiders 9 7 0 0 28
Total 25 18 0 0 72
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 New Zealand 5 4 0 0 16
2019 New Zealand 9s 3 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP
As of 1 November 2023

Madison Bartlett (born 5 December 1994) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL Women's Premiership.

She is a New Zealand and New Zealand 9s representative.

Background

Born in Wairoa, Bartlett played sevens rugby, basketball and touch football before taking up rugby league with the Richmond Roses in 2016.[1]

Playing career

In 2018, Bartlett underwent double shoulder reconstruction surgery, missing the entire season. She had dislocated her shoulders 16 teams before undergoing surgery.[2][3]

On 22 June 2019, she made her debut for New Zealand, starting on the wing and scoring a try in a 46–8 win over Samoa.[4] In September 2019, she joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team. In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 16–12 win over the Sydney Roosters.[5]

On 19 October 2019, she came off the bench in New Zealand's 17–15 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s final win over Australia.[6]

In September 2020, Bartlett was one of five New Zealand-based Warriors' players to travel to Australia to play in the 2020 NRL Women's premiership. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the players had to quarantine for 14 days on entering Australia and 14 days on return to New Zealand when the season was completed.[7]

In early 2022, Bartlett played in six of seven matches for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the postponed 2021 NRL Women's season, including the Grand Final on 10 April 2022.[8][9][10]

In early June, the Gold Coast Titans announced that Bartlett had signed to play for the club in the 2022 NRL Women's season.[11]

In October she was selected for the New Zealand squad at the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup in England.[12]

Achievements and accolades

Team

References

  1. ^ "Madison Bartlett". NZRL.
  2. ^ "Double shoulder surgery won't stop Warriors debutante". NRL. 7 August 2019.
  3. ^ "The Kiwi Ferns 'bionic woman'". NZ Herald. 21 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Two debutantes named in Kiwi Ferns test team to tackle Fetu Samoa". Stuff.co.nz. 18 June 2019.
  5. ^ "First NRLW side of season named". NZ Warriors. 10 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Kiwi Ferns name experienced squad for World Cup Nines". Asia Pacific RL. 9 October 2019.
  7. ^ "The historical island set to inspire fab five Warriors women". NRL. 13 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Dragons 4 v 16 Roosters". NRL. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  9. ^ Lenehan, Martin (10 April 2022). "Third time lucky as Roosters down Dragons in epic NRLW decider". NRL. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  10. ^ Lucantonio, AJ (10 April 2022). "Roosters queens of the Coop with their first NRLW Premiership". League Unlimited. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Titans NRLW Signings Tracker: Attacking trio added to backline". Titans. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  12. ^ Priest, Craig (2 October 2022). "Kiwi Ferns name 24-strong World Cup squad". New Zealand Rugby League. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

External links

  • New Zealand Warriors profile
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Canberra Raiders (NRL Women's Premiership) – current squad
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New Zealand squad – 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup