Kezie Apps Explained

Kezie Apps
Nickname:Bega
Birth Date:1991 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Height:182cm (72inches)
Weight:82kg (181lb)
Year1start:2018
Year1end:22
Appearances1:19
Tries1:2
Goals1:0
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:8
Club2:Wests Tigers
Year2start:2023
Year2end:present
Appearances2:7
Tries2:5
Goals2:0
Fieldgoals2:0
Points2:20
Yearastart:2014
Yearaend:20
Appearancesa:8
Triesa:2
Goalsa:0
Fieldgoalsa:0
Pointsa:8
Teamb:Australia
Yearbstart:2014
Yearbend:22
Appearancesb:12
Triesb:2
Goalsb:0
Fieldgoalsb:0
Pointsb:8
Teamc:Women's All Stars
Yearcstart:2015
Yearcend:17
Appearancesc:3
Triesc:0
Goalsc:0
Fieldgoalsc:0
Pointsc:0
Teamd:Australia 9s
Yeardstart:2019
Appearancesd:3
Triesd:1
Goalsd:0
Fieldgoalsd:0
Pointsd:4
Updated:14 November 2022
Source:[1]

Kezie Apps (born 4 February 1991) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Wests Tigers Women in the NRLW and the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

She is an Australian international and New South Wales representative.

Background

Born in Bega, New South Wales, Apps played her junior rugby league for the Bega Roosters alongside current Cronulla Sharks player Dale Finucane.

At age 12, she was forced to stop playing due to age restrictions that were in place.[2] Her older brother Deon, played two games for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2011.[3]

Playing career

In 2014, Apps returned to rugby league, joining the Helensburgh Tigers women's side. Later that year, she made her debut for New South Wales in the annual Women's Interstate Challenge against Queensland and Australia in their Four Nations curtain-raiser against New Zealand. At the end of the season, she was named the Illawarra Women's Player of the Year and the NSWRL Women's Player of the Year.[4]

In 2015, she made her debut for the Women's All Star side in their annual fixture against the Indigenous All Stars.

On 28 September 2016, she won the women's Dally M Medal for Player of the Year at the Dally M awards.[5]

In October 2017, she was named in Australia's 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup squad.[6] On 2 December, she started at second row in the Jillaroos 23-16 final win over the New Zealand.

In June 2018, Apps, along with Sam Bremner and Talesha Quinn, were named as the three marquee players for the St. George Illawarra Dragons women's team which will commence playing in the NRL Women's Premiership starting in September.[7]

On 6 October 2019, she captained the Dragons in their 6–30 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos Women.[8]

Achievements and accolades

Individual

2016

Captained NSW to State of Origin win in 2022

St George Illawarra Dragons NRLW Captain 2021 - 2022

Team

Australia – Winners

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kezie Apps - Career Stats & Summary . Rugby League Project.
  2. Web site: 2017-11-16 . The Jillaroo who overshadowed Finucane . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171205042027/http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/news/2017/11/16/the_jillaroo_who_ove.html . 2017-12-05 . 2017-12-04 . Melbourne Storm . The Daily Telegraph.
  3. Web site: Webeck . Tony . 2016-02-12 . Rugby League's Best Apps . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171205042027/http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2016/02/12/rugby_league_s_best_.html . 2017-12-05 . 2017-12-04 . New South Wales Rugby League.
  4. Web site: 2014-10-21 . Six debutants selected in Jillaroos squad . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171205045218/http://www.nrl.com/six-debutants-selected-in-jillaroos-squad/tabid/10874/newsid/82612/default.aspx . 2017-12-05 . 2017-12-04 . National Rugby League.
  5. News: Lulham . Amanda . 2016-09-29 . Kezie Apps bags 2016 female Dally M medal after just three seasons . Fox Sports . live . 2017-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171220131615/https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/dally-m/kezie-apps-bags-2016-female-dally-m-medal-after-just-three-seasons/news-story/62fa8a2efa776c8e2a643cdec61cd6bd . 2017-12-20 . The Daily Telegraph.
  6. News: 2017-10-08 . Jillaroos named . Rugby League World Cup . dead . 2017-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171014233944/http://www.rlwc2017.com/news/jillaroos-named . 2017-10-14.
  7. Web site: Stanton . Tanisha . 2018-06-05 . Dragons trio ready to light up NRL Women’s Premiership . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141407/https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/06/05/dragons-trio-ready-to-light-up-nrl-womens-premiership/ . 2018-06-12 . 2018-06-05 . National Rugby League.
  8. Web site: Walter . Brad . 2019-10-06 . Apps apologises to fans and calls for a longer season . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201008113122/https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/10/06/apps-apologises-to-fans-and-calls-for-a-longer-season/ . 2020-10-08 . 2010-10-06 . National Rugby League.