Tara-Jane Stanley is an English
rugby league
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footballer who plays as a for
York Valkyrie
The York Valkyrie are the women's rugby league team of York RLFC (known as York City Knights from 2002 to 2022) based in York, England. The Valkyrie, who were established in 2016 as the York City Knights Ladies, compete in the Women's Super Leag ...
in the
Womens Super League. She has played at representative level for
England
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, and club level for
Thatto Heath Crusaders
Thatto Heath Crusaders is an amateur rugby league club situated in Thatto Heath, St Helens, Merseyside. The club currently competes in the National Conference League Premier Division
History
''Thatto Heath'' RLFC began life in 1981, originall ...
and
Castleford Tigers Women.
She was in the running for the inaugural
Woman of Steel award in 2018, but lost out to
Castleford Tigers
The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed i ...
teammate Georgia Roche.
Stanley began her rugby career playing for Moorfield Angels. She played for the English national team at the
2017
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and
2021 Rugby League World Cup
The 2021 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2021) was a collection of world cups in the sport of rugby league, held in England from 15 October to 19 November 2022. England won hosting rights for the competition on 27 October 2016. The bid received £2 ...
.
In 2018, Stanley was Player of the Match as England beat France 54-4 in Carcassonne.
Stanley won the 2022
Woman of Steel Award.
Test match appearances
References
External links
RFL introduce “Woman of Steel” awardWoman of Steel: Lois Forsell, Tara-Jane Stanley and Georgia Roche on shortlist
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Castleford Tigers Women players
Place of birth missing (living people)
English female rugby league players
England women's national rugby league team players
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league players from Widnes
York Valkyrie players
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