Danielle Meskell
| Born | 13 November 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Danielle Meskell (born 13 November 1973) is a former rugby union and rugby league player. She played for Australia in the 2010 and 2014 Women's Rugby World Cups.
Career
[edit]Rugby league
[edit]Meskell represented the Jillaroos in 1996.
Rugby union
[edit]Meskell made her international debut for the Wallaroos on 14 October 2008 against the Black Ferns in Canberra.[1][2]
She was a member of the Wallaroos squad to the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup that finished in third place.[3][4] She was named in Australia's 2014 World Cup squad.[5][6]
She played club rugby for the Warringah Ratettes.[4]
On 26 October 2016, she played her last test for the Wallaroos against New Zealand at North Shore.[1] She was almost 43 at the time.[7] She was inducted into the NSW Waratahs inaugural Hall of Fame in June 2024.[8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Danielle Meskell". classicwallabies.com.au. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Confidence high for Australian Women". www.world.rugby. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Wales face Australia heroes in Women's Rugby World Cup". news.bbc.co.uk. 7 August 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 Geddes, Jon (23 July 2014). "Ratette Tui Ormsby to make history in fourth Rugby World Cup". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Wallaroos Finalise IRB Women's Rugby World Cup Squad". 16 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ↑ "Wallaroos name 15 uncapped players for World Cup". ABC News. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "WALLAROOS v BLACK FERNS – the Women's Bledisloe!". Green & Gold Rugby. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "NSW Waratahs name their inaugural Hall of Fame Inductees". waratahs.rugby. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
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