Emma de Broughe (born 6 September 2000) is a sportswoman from Australia who plays

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

and

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

Personal life

Emma de Broughe was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia. De Broughe studied at Sacred Heart College, graduating in 2018.

Hockey

Domestic career

Hockey Australia Hockey Australia is an organisation that formed from the merger of the Australian Hockey Association and Women's Hockey Australia in 2000. It is the national body responsible for the promotion, development and administration of field hockey in A ...

's domestic competitions, Emma de Broughe represents her home state,

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

(SA).

AHL and Hockey One

In 2018, De Broughe made her debut in the Australian Hockey League (AHL) for the

SA Suns The SA Suns (formerly Southern Suns - prior to 2015) are a women's field hockey team based in South Australia that competes in the Australian Hockey League (AHL). The SA Suns won national championships in 1995 and 2011. Current Team The followi ...

. Following the overhaul of the AHL, Hockey Australia subsequently introduced of a new domestic league, the Sultana Bran Hockey One League. De Broughe made her debut for SA's new representative team, the Adelaide Fire, in season one of the new league in 2019.

International career

Emma de Broughe first represented Australia at an FIH sanctioned event in 2018, during a qualifier for the

2018 Youth Olympic Games The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...

Under–21

De Broughe made her debut for the Australia U–21, the Jillaroos, during a 2019 Tri–Nations Tournament in Canberra. Following her debut in 2019, De Broughe represented the team again in 2020 during a four match test–series against Japan in Canberra.

Cricket

In addition to

, De Broughe also plays competitive

Career

Emma de Broughe plays for

Sturt Cricket Club The Sturt Cricket Club (formerly the Unley Cricket Club) is a semi-professional cricket club in Adelaide, South Australia. It competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket League, which is administered by the South Australian Cricket Associatio ...

in SACA's Statewide Super 1st Grade competition.

Domestic competition

In the

Women's National Cricket League The Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) is the national domestic 50-over competition for women's cricket in Australia. Featuring seven teams—one from every state, plus the Australian Capital Territory—each season's winner is awarded the ...

(WNCL), De Broughe represents the

South Australian Scorpions The South Australia Women cricket team, also known as the Statewide Super South Australian Scorpions, is the women's representative cricket team for the Australian State of South Australia. They play their home games at Karen Rolton Oval, Adel ...

. She was first signed to the team in 2019 following standout performances in state competition and on the national stage.

Media profile

On December 29 2021, Emma became the fourth guest and first dual-athlete to join sports journalism brand Featuring Faulks.

References

External links

* * * *
Emma de Broughe
at

Cricket Australia Cricket Australia (CA), formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Crick ...

Emma de Broughe
at the

South Australian Cricket Association The South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) is the peak body for the sport of cricket in South Australia. The association administers the Southern Redbacks based in Adelaide. SACA is the controlling body for the South Australian Grade Cri ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:de Broughe, Emma 2000 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Australian women cricketers Female field hockey forwards Cricketers from Adelaide People educated at Sacred Heart College, Adelaide South Australian Sports Institute alumni South Australian Scorpions cricketers Melbourne Renegades (WBBL) cricketers 21st-century Australian women Sportswomen from South Australia