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Perth Now
4 days ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
Roosters re-sign Golden Boot winner
Reigning Golden Boot winner Tarryn Aiken has re-signed with the Roosters until the end of the 2027 season in a huge boost for the NRLW heavyweights just a month out from the start of their premiership defence. Aiken has developed into one of the game's elite playmakers for her club, state and country, with the champion playmaker enjoying unprecedented success in 2024 when she won the NRLW title, the State of Origin series with Queensland and the Pacific Championships with Australia. She capped off her dream year with the Golden Boot award and is set for more success after agreeing to a new deal with the Roosters who are one of the teams tipped to go all the way in 2025. Tarryn Aiken has re-signed with the Roosters until the end of 2027. NRL Imagery Credit: Supplied 'I'm incredibly proud to extend my time with the Sydney Roosters,' she said. 'I absolutely love this club and this team; it's felt like home since day one. The culture, the people, and the way we push each other to be better every day – it's really special and I'm excited about what the future holds.' John Strange led the Blues to Origin glory over Aiken's Maroons this year, but he's glad he gets to work with her again as the pair chase more success. 'Tarryn is an exceptional talent and a genuine competitor,' he said, with the Roosters to begin their NRLW campaign against the Warriors on July 6. 'She brings professionalism, leadership and a winning mindset to everything she does. We're thrilled to have her recommit to the club, and we're confident she will remain a driving force in our future success.'
West Australian
4 days ago
- Sport
- West Australian
‘It's felt like home': Tarryn Aiken agrees to new deal with Roosters
Reigning Golden Boot winner Tarryn Aiken has re-signed with the Roosters until the end of the 2027 season in a huge boost for the NRLW heavyweights just a month out from the start of their premiership defence. Aiken has developed into one of the game's elite playmakers for her club, state and country, with the champion playmaker enjoying unprecedented success in 2024 when she won the NRLW title, the State of Origin series with Queensland and the Pacific Championships with Australia. She capped off her dream year with the Golden Boot award and is set for more success after agreeing to a new deal with the Roosters who are one of the teams tipped to go all the way in 2025. 'I'm incredibly proud to extend my time with the Sydney Roosters,' she said. 'I absolutely love this club and this team; it's felt like home since day one. The culture, the people, and the way we push each other to be better every day – it's really special and I'm excited about what the future holds.' John Strange led the Blues to Origin glory over Aiken's Maroons this year, but he's glad he gets to work with her again as the pair chase more success. 'Tarryn is an exceptional talent and a genuine competitor,' he said, with the Roosters to begin their NRLW campaign against the Warriors on July 6. 'She brings professionalism, leadership and a winning mindset to everything she does. We're thrilled to have her recommit to the club, and we're confident she will remain a driving force in our future success.'
News.com.au
4 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
‘It's felt like home': Tarryn Aiken agrees to new deal with Roosters
Reigning Golden Boot winner Tarryn Aiken has re-signed with the Roosters until the end of the 2027 season in a huge boost for the NRLW heavyweights just a month out from the start of their premiership defence. Aiken has developed into one of the game's elite playmakers for her club, state and country, with the champion playmaker enjoying unprecedented success in 2024 when she won the NRLW title, the State of Origin series with Queensland and the Pacific Championships with Australia. She capped off her dream year with the Golden Boot award and is set for more success after agreeing to a new deal with the Roosters who are one of the teams tipped to go all the way in 2025. 'I'm incredibly proud to extend my time with the Sydney Roosters,' she said. 'I absolutely love this club and this team; it's felt like home since day one. The culture, the people, and the way we push each other to be better every day – it's really special and I'm excited about what the future holds.' John Strange led the Blues to Origin glory over Aiken's Maroons this year, but he's glad he gets to work with her again as the pair chase more success. 'Tarryn is an exceptional talent and a genuine competitor,' he said, with the Roosters to begin their NRLW campaign against the Warriors on July 6. 'She brings professionalism, leadership and a winning mindset to everything she does. We're thrilled to have her recommit to the club, and we're confident she will remain a driving force in our future success.'
ABC News
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Women's State of Origin III quick hits: Brigginshaw not retiring, Kelly emotional over try blunder
Ali Brigginshaw has no plans to retire, Isabelle Kelly gets emotional about her first-half blunder, and NSW unearths an Origin heel. Here are five quick hits from the conclusion to the Women's State of Origin series. Ali Brigginshaw became the target of some justified criticism after struggling as Queensland lost the first two games of this year's State of Origin series. Unfortunately, along with that came horrible, inexcusable vitriol on social media, with her wife revealing this week they had been told to "kill themselves". It came as coach Tahnee Norris made a shrewd reshuffle in an attempt to spark the Maroons and save some state pride. Lauren Brown and Tarryn Aiken formed a more dynamic attacking halves pairing in Game III, while Brigginshaw came on after the 15-minute mark and stayed for the duration, orchestrating from the middle of the field as a dummy half and link option at lock. After the game ended a "really tough" week, 35-year-old Brigginshaw was adamant she had no plans to retire. "Tonight I remembered why I play footy. I love it and I got to do that again tonight," she said. "I do want to keep playing on. I think people just look at your age and think that's enough. I still love my footy. "I'm not saying people have to pick me just because I've been here before. I'm really proud to represent Queensland. I do anything, I play any position I'm asked." Do you have a story idea about women in sport? Email us abcsport5050@ Win or lose, the Newcastle fans would get to see their team lift the shield on Thursday night, so the vibes were high in the lead-up to kick-off. But immediately the fans, many of whom were still yet to find their seats, were left rubbing their eyes as the Maroons offered up one of the worst kick-offs you'll ever see. Trying to be unorthodox to unsettle the rampant Blues, they tried to go short (and did) but barely kicked the ball 5 metres forward before it skidded over the sideline. Then, with NSW trying to recover after Chelsea Lenarduzzi's 65th-minute crashball try, Jesse Southwell tried a similar kick and actually nailed it. Right winger Jaime Chapman appeared to wait just long enough before grabbing the ball just after it crossed the red 40m line. But everyone, including the Blues, stopped in their tracks, forgetting the golden rule: Play to the whistle. Eventually, the whistle came from Belinda Sharpe and the penalty was blown, even if it didn't seem right. Isabelle Kelly's botched try in the 21st minute felt like a bit of a funny sideshow. She dove in untouched after a lovely left-side shift and the try was awarded, but before Southwell could take the conversion, referee Sharpe blew the whistle for a bunker review. It did look very easy? Was there an obstruction in the lead-up? Had a Queenslander hit her as she scored and we were looking at an eight-point try? No. As it turned out, she had been held up. By herself. The ball had never managed to make contact with the ground through her own right forearm. A pedantic, if technically correct, implementation of the rule we could all share a derisive chuckle about in a dead rubber, but not Kelly. With the margin ultimately only four points, the NSW captain couldn't get through her explanation of the event even after lifting the shield. "I'm obviously someone that gets quite disappointed when I let my team down, it makes me a bit emotional, like right now. Sorry," Kelly told reporters before choking back tears and taking a minute to compose herself as coach John Strange hailed his skipper as "an inspiration" to her teammates, the next generation and Strange himself. It was a reminder of how much this series and this game means to Kelly and her ilk. ABC Sport is live blogging every round of the AFL and NRL seasons in 2025. Origin loves its villains, and the Blues might just have one in Jayme Fressard. The Roosters winger was given the nod on the left flank of this formidable Blues backline this season and didn't disappoint, with four tries in her first series. But the fiery 27-year-old also added a bit of mongrel in Game III, getting in the face of every Maroons player who dared to challenge her, including but not limited to Sienna Lofipo, Shenae Ciesiolka and Lauren Brown. As she left the field at half-time, like the best heels, she acted like she was an innocent victim in all this and it was the Queenslanders who started it all. "I feel like that's all they've got, just try to get us angry, so keep going," Fressard told Nine. As NSW searched desperately for a fissure in Queensland's 12-woman defensive line after the siren, it was fitting that it was the veteran Brigginshaw who perfectly read and pinched Yasmin Clydsdale's pass. She could go to ground and her teammates would swarm her in joy. Instead, she kept running for 20 metres. OK, sure, you can't pass up a shot at a runaway try. But she was mowed down and then … she offloaded. Peculiar. Emily Bass caught the ball on the right wing. Surely she would just hoof it over the sideline, right? Nope. She jinked in-field and, perhaps reading from her skipper's songbook, she passed too. Debutant Georgia Hannaway had the misfortune of being the support player in position and was suitably stunned to receive the pass under pressure and couldn't handle, giving the ball back to the Blues right on halfway. "They're in front, what are they doing?" Phil Gould cried from the Nine commentary box. Fortunately for the Maroons, Tarryn Aiken and Julia Robinson arrived on the scene to tackle NSW fullback Abbi Church and officially end the match. It was like the Maroons had somehow pulled off the Great Escape, but hung around to do some sick wheelies just in front of the guard tower, and it almost cost them dearly.
ABC News
21-05-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Tamika Upton out of Women's State of Origin III as Ali Brigginshaw moves out of halves
The Queensland Maroons will line up next week in a Women's State of Origin game without star fullback Tamika Upton for the first time in six years. Hayley Maddick will slot into the number one jersey for Game III in Newcastle on Thursday, May 29, as injury and desperation prompt multiple changes for Queensland as Tahnee Norris's side tries to avoid a clean sweep in the series finale. Upton injured her hip after NSW winger Jaime Chapman stepped her while scoring a try in the Blues' series-clinching 26-6 win in Origin II. Not turning out in the third game ends a run of nine straight Origin outings since her 2020 debut, with 32-year-old debutant Maddick the first woman other than Upton to line up as Queensland's custodian since Chelsea Baker in 2019. Norris has also named Cronulla playmaker Georgia Hannaway to make her debut off the bench and moved out-of-sorts Ali Brigginshaw from the halves as they fight to avoid a State of Origin series whitewash. Brigginshaw has shifted to lock to replace Keilee Joseph, set to miss next Thursday's Origin III in Newcastle for medical reasons. Veteran Brigginshaw has been unable to spark the Queenslanders in two 20-point losses this year and reverts to the position where she has played five of her 12 Origin games. That pushes utility Lauren Brown into the halves to partner Tarryn Aiken at Hunter Stadium, with Destiny Brill returning to the starting side in Brown's hooker spot. Queensland will hope Brown can repeat her heroics from last year's trip to Newcastle, where she iced the Maroons' Game II victory with a field goal in torrential rain. The Maroons' middle forward rotation remains unchanged despite being completely dominated by their NSW counterparts in the first two matches. NSW have named an unchanged team with Jess Sergis named despite missing the second half of Origin II with a neck injury. Olivia Higgins usurps Shaylee Bent as replacement player for NSW. Queensland: Hayley Maddick, Julia Robinson, Shenae Ciesiolka, Rory Owen, Jasmine Peters, Tarryn Aiken, Lauren Brown, Makenzie Weale, Destiny Brill, Jessika Elliston, Sienna Lofipo, Romy Teitzel, Ali Brigginshaw, Georgia Hannaway, Sophie Holyman, Chelsea Lenarduzzi, Tavarna Papalii, Jada Ferguson (replacement player) New South Wales: Abbi Church, Jaime Chapman, Jess Sergis, Isabelle Kelly, Jayme Fressard, Tiana Penitani Gray, Jesse Southwell, Simaima Taufa, Keeley Davis, Ellie Johnston, Kezie Apps, Yasmin Clydsdale, Olivia Kernick, Kennedy Cherrington, Sarah Togatuki, Emma Verran, Olivia Higgins (replacement player) AAP/ABC
