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| Born | (1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 29) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (10 st 12 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker, Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lauren Brown (born 18 April 1995) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a utility for the Gold Coast Titans Women in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Burleigh Bears in the QRL Women's Premiership.
Before switching to rugby league, she played soccer for the Brisbane Roar and Newcastle Jets in the W-League and for Australiainrugby sevens.
Born on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Brown played rugby league growing up before having to give up the sport when she was 12, taking up soccer, touch football and surf lifesaving.[1]
In 2011, Brown represented Australia at the 2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, scoring one goal.[2][3] In 2012, she played for the Brisbane before moving to the Newcastle Jets for the 2013–14 W-League season.[4][5][6][7]
In 2017, Brown played for Griffith University at the Aon University Sevens and represented Australia at the Oceania Games.[8]
In 2018, she played for Bond University at the Aon University Sevens.[9][10] In April 2018, she made her Rugby Sevens Series debut for Australia in Japan.[11]
In 2020, Brown returned to rugby league, joining the Burleigh Bears.[12] On 5 September 2020, she started at five-eighth and was named Player of the Match in Burleigh's Holcim Cup Grand Final win over the Souths Logan Magpies.[13]
On 23 September 2020, Brown joined the Brisbane Broncos Women NRL Women's Premiership squad.[14] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Broncos in a 28–14 win over the New Zealand Warriors.[15] On 25 October 2020, she started at hooker in the Broncos' 20–10 Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters.[16]
On 13 November 2020, Brown made her State of Origin debut for Queensland, starting at centre and kicking four goals in a 24–18 win over New South Wales.[17]
On 1st of October 2023, she started at Half Back for the Gold Coast Titans Women in the Grand Final, losing to the Newcastle Knights Women 24-18
2023 NRLW Grand Final: Gold Coast Titans - Runners Up
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Brisbane Broncos squad - 2020 NRL Women's Premiers (3rd title)
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