Maddison Studdon (born 16 October 1994) is an Australian

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footballer who plays for the

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in the

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. Primarily a , she is an

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representative.

Background

Studdon began playing rugby league as a four-year old for Mascot Jets. She continued to play until she was too old and then switched to

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Playing career

In 2010, she returned to rugby league, making her senior debut for the Helensburgh Tiger Lillies, playing for the club until 2014. In 2016, she began playing for

Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks Cronulla-Caringbah Junior Rugby League Football Club is a junior and amateur rugby league football club that was formed in 1952 and competes in the Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League; the junior side of the club was formed in 1963 ...

. In 2017, she was a member of the Jillaroos

2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup The 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the fifth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup and was held in Australia between 16 November and 2 December 2017. Pool and semi-final matches was held at Southern Cross Group Stadium in Sydney ...

winning side. In 2018, she captained

in the inaugural Women's State of Origin, which New South Wales won 16–10. In June 2018, Studdon was announced as one of the fifteen marquee signings by the Sydney Roosters women's team. Later that year, she played for the

Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional Rugby league, rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a j ...

women's team in the inaugural NRL Touch Premiership, which they won. In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's Premiership, Studdon made her debut for the Sydney Roosters, starting at halfback in their 10–4 loss to the

New Zealand Warriors The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as ...

. On 14 June 2019, she signed with the

St George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 after a joint- ...

for the

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References

External links

St George Illawarra Dragons profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Studdon, Maddie Living people Australian female rugby league players Australia women's national rugby league team players Rugby league players from Sydney Sportswomen from New South Wales Rugby league halfbacks Sydney Roosters (NRLW) players St. George Illawarra Dragons (NRLW) players 1994 births