Charlotte Emily Caslick (born 9 March 1995) is an

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professional representative and Olympic level

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player. She represents

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in rugby sevens and in touch football. She won a gold medal at the

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. In 2020, following the postponement of the international sevens circuit due to the

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, she moved to

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, playing for the

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in the

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. In 2021 with the resumption of International 7's rugby, Caslick returned to duties with the Australian 7's team. In 2022 she was co-captain of the gold medal winning team at the

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. She was a member of the Australian team that won the 2022 Sevens Rugby World Cup held in

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, South Africa in September 2022.

Background

Caslick was born in

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and grew up in the suburb of

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. She attended

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. She is engaged to Rugby Union player

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Playing career

Rugby career

Caslick plays for The Tribe at a club level and in 2013, after graduating from high school, she debuted for Australia. By December 2015, she had earned 13 caps, scoring 31 tries in that two-year period. Caslick has been described as "the best women's rugby sevens player on the planet." and "a key member of the Australian Women’s Rugby Sevens team that is eyeing gold at 016'sRio Olympics." Caslick is a dual international having represented her country at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival and 2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup as well as playing for Touch Football Australia at both age-grade and open levels. She was named in World Rugby's 2014–15 Team of the Season after another stellar season and one of four players nominated for the 2015 World Sevens Player of the Year. Charlotte was also voted player of the tournament in the Australian Nationals. Representative Honours include Touch Football Australia, Australian Youth Olympic Festival (2013) and Queensland. She was a member of

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team at the

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, defeating

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in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport. In October 2016, Caslick was named as Australia's women's sevens player of the year. Caslick was named in the Australia squad for the

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. The team came second in the pool round but then lost to Fiji 14-12 in the quarterfinals.

Rugby league

In 2020, with the suspension of the

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and Tokyo Olympics due to the

, Caslick made the switch to

, joining the

in the

. A

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fan, she opted to join the Roosters over the

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, the Cowboys' arch-rivals. In Round 1 of the

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, Caslick made her debut the Roosters, starting at and running for 163 metres in a 18–4 win over the

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. A week later, in the Roosters' 22–12 Round 2 win over the

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, Caslick suffered two small factures to her spine, ruling her out for the rest of the NRLW season.

Honors and achievements

* 2016, World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year * 2019, Kitakyushu Sevens performance tracker player of the round

References

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