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Australian rugby league footballer

Simone Karpani
Simone Karpani in 2019
Personal information
Born (1997-06-16) 16 June 1997 (age 27)
Logan, Queensland, Australia
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight74 kg (11 st 9 lb)
Playing information
PositionLock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021 Sydney Roosters 7 0 0 0 0
2022– Newcastle Knights 11 0 0 0 0
Total 18 0 0 0 0
Source: As of 3 August 2023

Simone Karpani (born 16 June 1997) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership. Her position is lock. She previously played for the Sydney Roosters.

Background

Born in Logan, Queensland, Karpani played her junior rugby league in Adelaide, South Australia.

She is the sister of Australian Wallaroos rugby union representative Asoiva Karpani.

Playing career

Early years

In 2017, Karpani represented the Women's All Stars side against the Indigenous Women's All Stars. Soon after, she played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the Cronulla Sharks Women's Series. In 2019, she joined the Wests Tigers in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. In 2021, she joined the Central Coast Roosters.

2022

Karpani joined the Sydney Roosters NRLW squad in 2022. In round 1 of the delayed 2021 NRL Women's season, she made her NRLW debut for the Roosters against the Brisbane Broncos. She played in the Roosters' 2021 Grand Final win over the St. George Illawarra Dragons.

In June, she signed with the Newcastle Knights for the 2022 season. She made her club debut for the Knights in round 1 of the 2022 NRLW season against the Brisbane Broncos.

On 2 October, Karpani played in the Knights' 2022 NRLW Grand Final win over the Parramatta Eels.

References

  1. "Simone Karpani - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ^ "Knights announce more signings". Newcastle Knights. 3 June 2022.
  3. "Something special: SA Wallaroos' star on the rise". Adelaide Now. 19 July 2019.
  4. Tucker, Jim (25 August 2022). "K-Train Karpani ready for emotional Wallaroos Test in home city of Adelaide". wallaroos.rugby. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  5. "Women's Teams For Nines And All Stars". Brisbane Broncos. 20 January 2017.
  6. "WNRL Team List v Raiders". Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. 7 March 2017.
  7. "Women's team ready for Grand Final Qualifier". Match Preview: Round 11 vs Bulldogs. 2 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Roosters 2021 NRLW Squad Breakdown". Sydney Roosters. 17 November 2021.
  9. "NRLW 2021 - Round 1 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  10. "2021 NRLW Team Lists: Grand Final". National Rugby League. 6 April 2022.
  11. "Late Mail: NRLW team confirmed for Broncos clash". Newcastle Knights. 21 August 2022.
  12. "Knights v Eels". National Rugby League.

External links

Newcastle Knights (NRLW) – current squad
2025 NRLW top 24 squad:
Development list:
Coaching staff:Head coach: Jeffries
Newcastle Knights 2022 NRLW Premiers (1st title)
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