Phoenix-Raine Hippi
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| Born | 12 September 2006 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (11 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 26 May 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Phoenix-Raine Hippi (born 12 September 2006) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL Women's Premiership.
Background
[edit]Hippi was born in Lismore, New South Wales and is of Indigenous Australian descent.[2]
She played her junior rugby league in Warwick, Queensland for the Eastern Suburbs Hornerts.[3][4] She attended high school at Ballina Coast High School, where she was named an Australian Schoolgirls representative in 2024.[5][6]
Playing career
[edit]Early career
[edit]From 2023 to 2025, Hippi played for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Under-19s Premiership.[7][8]
2025
[edit]In 2025, Hippi joined the Gold Coast Titans NRLW squad.[9] On 19 June, she represented Queensland Under-19 in their loss to New South Wales.[10]
In Round 6 of the 2025 NRL Women's season, she made her NRLW debut, scoring a try in the Titans' 14–4 loss to the Sydney Roosters.[11] She finished her rookie season scoring nine tries in seven games, signing a two-year contract extension with the Titans.[12]
On 12 October, she scored a hat-trick in the Prime Minister's XIII 50–0 win over Papua New Guinea.[13]
2026
[edit]On 15 February, Hippi scored a try in the Indigenous All Stars 20–14 win over the Māori All Stars.[14][15]
On 22 April, Hippi was named to make her Women's State of Origin debut for Queensland in Game I of the 2026 Women's State of Origin series.[16]
References
[edit]- ↑ Rugby League Project
- ↑ "Hippi shakes nerves to deliver for her mob in epic debut". NRL. 11 August 2025.
- ↑ "Close battles for age championships at Warwick West". Warwick Daily News. 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Eastern Suburbs Rugby League Warwick". Facebook. 24 July 2017.
- ↑ "Australian Schoolgirls claim hard-fought win against Junior Orchids". NRL. 13 October 2024.
- ↑ "Australian and PNG PM's XIII squads - men, women, schoolboys, schoolgirls". NRL. 13 October 2024.
- ↑ "TEAMS: QRL Harvey Norman U19's - 2025 Round 2". LeagueUnlimited. 18 February 2025.
- ↑ "Phoenix-Raine Hippi". 18thman.com.
- ↑ "Titans elevate young guns for '24; lock in local talent for '25". Gold Coast Titans. 11 July 2024.
- ↑ "Harvey Norman Queensland Under 19 women's squad announced". 9 June 2025. 9 June 2025.
- ↑ "Debut to remember for Hippi". Gold Coast Titans. 10 August 2025.
- ↑ "Hippi Hippi hooray for boom rookie's Titans extension". Gold Coast Titans. 29 September 2025.
- ↑ "Rising NRLW teenager Phoenix-Raine Hippi uncovered after three tries and bone-rattling hit for PMs XIII". Code Sports. 12 October 2025.
- ↑ "Wests Tigers represented across Indigenous and Māori All Star teams". Wests Tigers. 5 February 2026.
- ↑ "Magical individual try caps stunning comeback win in Women's All Stars". Fox Sports. 15 February 2026.
- ↑ "Harvey Norman Queensland Maroons 2026 Game I Squad". QRL. 22 April 2026.
External links
[edit]- 2006 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- Australian female rugby league players
- Gold Coast Titans (NRLW) players
- Indigenous All Stars women players
- Indigenous Australian women rugby league players
- Prime Minister's XIII women players
- Queensland Rugby League State of Origin Women players
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league players from Lismore, New South Wales
- Rugby league wingers