Brooke-Morgan Joanne Walker (born 3 January 1995) is a triple-code women's footballer, playing at the highest level in Rugby Sevens (Australia),

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(

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) and

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(

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). Walker is also a former

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sevens and

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representative player.

Early life

Brooke grew up in Christchurch before moving to the Gold Coast and completed her high schooling at Keebra Park High School. She played rugby league until the age of 10.AFLW star Walker thrilled to get back to rugby league
Mary Konstantopoulos. Ladies Who League 18 Jun 2021 At the age of 14 she moved to Australia. Walker made her debut for Australia in Touch Football in 2011 at the Youth Trans Tasman series vs New Zealand in which the team was unbeaten in a three game series.

Rugby union

Following this in 2013, Walker debut for Australia in Rugby Sevens being part of the team that competed and won gold at the 2013

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before debuting at an open level on the world series at the 2015 USA Women's Sevens a month after being granted her Australian citizenship. Walker won silver playing for Australia in rugby sevens at the

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held in Port Moresby and was the travelling reserve for the Australian women's sevens team that won gold at the

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Australian rules football

In 2019, Brooke transitioned from Rugby Sevens to AFLW where she made her debut for

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against

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as the team recorded its highest ever score in the AFLW competition. She signed a 2 year contract with on 10 June 2021, after it was revealed the team had conducted a mass re-signing of 13 players.

Rugby League

In an effort to reach

level, Walker signed with the

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at the end of 2020 and after just one game was called up to represent Victoria at the National Championships.
In May 2022, Walker signed to play with the

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in the

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(scheduled to run from mid-August to early October 2022).

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