Charlotte Emily Caslick OAM[1] (born 9 March 1995) is an Australian professional representative and Olympic level rugby union player. She represents Australia in rugby sevens and in touch football. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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| Full name | Charlotte Emily Caslick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 March 1995 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (10 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2020, following the postponement of the international sevens circuit due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she moved to rugby league, playing for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership.
In 2021 with the resumption of International 7's rugby, Caslick returned to duties with the Australian 7's team. In 2022 she was co-captain of the gold medal-winning team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[2][3] She was a member of the Australian team that won the 2022 Sevens Rugby World Cup held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022.[4][5]
Background
editCaslick was born in Brisbane and grew up in the suburb of Corinda. She attended Brisbane State High School.[6][7] She is engaged to Rugby Union player Lewis Holland.
Playing career
editRugby career
editCaslick plays for The Tribe at a club level and in 2013, after graduating from high school, she debuted for Australia. By December 2015, she had earned 13 caps, scoring 31 tries in that two-year period.[8] Caslick has been described as "the best women's rugby sevens player on the planet."[9] and "a key member of the Australian Women's Rugby Sevens team that is eyeing gold at [2016's] Rio Olympics."[10]
Caslick is a dual international having represented her country at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival and 2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup as well as playing for Touch Football Australia at both age-grade and open levels. She was named in World Rugby's 2014–15 Team of the Season after another stellar season and one of four players nominated for the 2015 World Sevens Player of the Year. Charlotte was also voted player of the tournament in the Australian Nationals. Representative Honours include Touch Football Australia, Australian Youth Olympic Festival (2013) and Queensland.[11] She was a member of Australia's team at the 2016 Olympics, defeating New Zealand in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
In October 2016, Caslick was named as Australia's women's sevens player of the year.[19][20][21]
Caslick was named in the Australia squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[22] The team came second in the pool round but then lost to Fiji 14–12 in the quarterfinals.[23]
In 2024, She was chosen to lead the Australian sevens side for the Summer Olympics in Paris.[24][25]
Rugby league
editIn 2020, with the suspension of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and Tokyo Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Caslick made the switch to rugby league, joining the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership.[26] A North Queensland Cowboys fan, she opted to join the Roosters over the Brisbane Broncos, the Cowboys' arch-rivals.[27]
In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, Caslick made her debut the Roosters, starting at five-eighth and running for 163 metres in a 18–4 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons.[28] A week later, in the Roosters' 22–12 Round 2 win over the New Zealand Warriors, Caslick sustained two small factures to her spine, ruling her out for the rest of the NRLW season.[29]
Honors and achievements
edit- 2016, World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year[30]
- 2019, Kitakyushu Sevens performance tracker player of the round[31]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Miss Charlotte Emily Caslick". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 24 September 2022 – via Australian Government.
- ^ "Australia and South Africa win rugby sevens gold at Commonwealth Games". www.world.rugby. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Williamson, Nathan (31 July 2022). "Australia claim Commonwealth Games gold". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Australia women win Sevens World Cup". Rugby World. 11 September 2022.
- ^ "GAME BY GAME: Australia Women claim Sevens World Cup, Men finish fourth". Rugby.com.au. 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Charlotte Caslick: The Queen of Women's World Rugby Sevens". The Big Smoke. 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Olympic gold medallist Charlotte Caslick returns to Brisbane State High". My-Manager. 19 September 2016.
- ^ Russell Jackson; John Davidson; Erin Delahunty (29 December 2015). "Guardian Australia writers' tips for the breakout sports stars of 2016 – part I | Sport". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ Webster, Andrew (5 August 2016). "Rio sevens star Charlotte Caslick: 'She was just massive – heavier than my Dad'". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Twenty-year-old to take centre stage". Inside Sport. nextmedia Pty Ltd. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Charlotte Caslick Moving With Sevens | Southern Free Times". Warwick.starcommunity.com.au. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens". Sky News. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympics: Australia's men's and women's sevens squads unveiled". foxsports.com.au. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games". ABC.net.au. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Australia's Olympic Sevens squads announced". Rugby News.net.au. 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Australia name a mix of veterans, young guns for men's, women's Olympic sevens squads". ESPN.com.au. 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Key players return as Australia name Olympic sevens squads". worldrugby.org. 2016. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Wallabies vice-captain Michael Hooper scores second prestigious John Eales medal". ABC News. Sydney. Australian Associated Press (AAP). 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ Scanlon, Jill (14 April 2016). "Aussie Sevens star Charlotte Caslick's best is yet to come". sbs.com.au. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Guardian Australia writers' tips for the breakout sports stars of 2016 – part I". the Guardian. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Williamson, Nathan (2 July 2021). "Australia announces Olympic Sevens squads". RUGBY.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens launches Australia's Olympics campaign tonight". www.rugby.com.au. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olympics: Charlotte Caslick, Nicholas Malouf to Captain Australian Rugby Sevens Teams - Full Squads". olympics.com. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Roosters announce 2020 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Olympic sevens star Charlotte Caslick switches codes to play NRLW rugby league for the Sydney Roosters". ABC. 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Charlotte Caslick's Triumphant Debut". Sydney Roosters. 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Back fractures rule Caslick out for season". NRL. 14 October 2020.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby Sevens Players of the Year 2019 nominees announced". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "DHL Performance Tracker - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series | worldrugby.org/sevens-series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
