Shontelle Stowers (born 14 November 1986) is a New Zealand-born Australian

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who plays for the

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in the

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and the

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in the

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. She has played representative level rugby union for

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and

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and at club level for

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, and representative level rugby league for

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and NSW City, and at club level for Cronulla-Caringbah, and in the

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for the

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, usually as a .

Playing career

Stowers moved to Australia at the age of 21 and played

for the

. While with the club she represented the Australian rugby sevens side and the

. In 2017, she switched to rugby league and played for Cronulla-Caringbah. In 2018, she was selected for the NSW City side for the National Championships. In February 2018, Stowers represented

at the

2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship The 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship was a rugby league nines tournament organised by the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) to be played in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia in February 2018. The event, featured eight men's ...

. On 17 June 2018, Stowers signed for the

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as one of their 15 marquee signings. In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's Premiership, Stowers made her debut for the

, starting at centre 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 ...

. In May 2019, she represented NSW City at the 2019 Women's National Championships. On 8 June, she was named to make her debut for the

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State of Origin team. In 2020, Stowers joined the

, playing two games for the club that season.

References

External links

New Zealand Warriors profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stowers, Shontelle 1986 births Living people Australia women's international rugby union players Australian female rugby sevens players Australian female rugby union players New Zealand expatriates in Australia New Zealand female rugby league players New Zealand Warriors (NRLW) players Parramatta Eels (NRLW) players Rugby league centres Rugby league players from Tokoroa Rugby union players from Tokoroa Samoa women's national rugby league team players Sydney Roosters (NRLW) players