Margot Vella (born 11 April 1999) is an Australian
dual-code rugby footballer who plays as a er or . She plays
rugby league for the
St George Illawarra Dragons in the
NRL Women's Premiership
The Telstra NRL Women's Premiership (NRLW) is Australia's national rugby league competition for women's rugby league in Australia, female players. The first season of the league began in September 2018 with four teams. The league is run by the ...
(NRLW) and
rugby union for the
NSW Waratahs in the
Super W.
Background
Vella was born in
Campbelltown, a suburb of
Sydney
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,
New South Wales. She is of
Maltese
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* Someone or something of, from, or related to Malta
* Maltese alphabet
* Maltese cuisine
* Maltese culture
* Maltese language, the Semitic language spoken by Maltese people
* Maltese people, people from Malta or of Malte ...
descent.
[ She attended ]St Patrick's College, Campbelltown
Saint Patricks College is an Australian independent Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for girls located in Campbelltown in south-western Sydney, New South Wales. Established in 1840, it was the first school built by private ente ...
, before moving to the United States in 2018 to play college rugby union for Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.
Rugby league career
2023 season
On 29 July 2023, Vella scored two tries on her NRLW debut for the Dragons, recording a 38–12 victory over the Parramatta Eels.[
]
References
External links
St George Illawarra Dragons profileNSW Waratahs profile
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1999 births
Living people
Australian female rugby league players
Australian female rugby union players
Australian people of Maltese descent
Rugby league centres
Rugby league wingers
Rugby league players from Sydney
Rugby union players from Sydney
St. George Illawarra Dragons (NRLW) players
Sportswomen from New South Wales