THE ACT Brumbies have announced their squad, featuring Bomaderry product Harriet Elleman, for the second season of the national Super W competition, under the leadership of new coach Adam Butt.
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Butt will lead the new-look 30-player Brumbies squad into the five-team competition, which also includes Queensland Women, NSW Women, the Rebels and Western Force – set to start in February.
There will be 15new players available for selection in 2019, with an even fifteen returning for a second stint, including Wallaroos internationals Louise Burrows, Shellie Milward, Violeta Tupuola, Michelle Perry and Georgia O’Neill, as well as former Nowra High School student Elleman.
Milward will lead the team as skipper for the second successive season, the lock forward having also crossed for three tries in her three appearances in the inaugural campaign.
The evergreen Burrows is one of eight returning players up front in a squad that is split between 17 in a strong looking pack and thirteen, including six new faces, in a back-line packed with speed and creativity.
ACT Brumbies squad: Rachele Brown, Louise Burrows, Peta Cox, Bridgette Cunningham,, Harriet Elleman, Grace Kemp, Sharyn Laws, Michaela Leonard, Irene Macarthur, Kristie Mathews, Michelle Milward, Georgia O’Neill, Paige Penning, Tayla Standford, Stefanie Stewart-Jones,, Emily Sogal, Violeta Tupuola, Biola Dawa, Ngawai Eyles, Jane Garraway, Brooke Gilroy, Carly Hill, Jess Howard, Jacky Lyden, Paremo Marsh, Emily McDonald, Michelle Perry, Darcy Read Remi Wilton and Sammie Wood.
