Sareka Mooka
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| Full name | Sareka Mooka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 1999 Cairns, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 10 December 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sareka Mooka (born 10 December 1999) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer.
A prop or second-row, she is a Prime Minister's XIII and Indigenous All Stars representative and played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL Women's Premiership.
Background
[edit | edit source]Mooka was born in Cairns, Queensland and is of Torres Strait Islander descent.[2] She played her junior rugby league for the Upper Ross Rams and attended Kirwan State High School.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Early years
[edit | edit source]In 2022, Mooka played for the North Queensland Gold Stars in the QRL Women's Premiership, starting at second-row in their Grand Final win over the Central Queensland Capras.[3] On 25 September 2022, she represented the Prime Minister's XIII in their win over Papua New Guinea.[4]
2023
[edit | edit source]In February, Mooka represented the Indigenous All Stars in their loss to the Māori All Stars.[5] In March, she played for the Mackay Cutters in the QRL Women's Premiership.[6]
On 5 May, she signed a two-year contract with the North Queensland Cowboys.[7]
In Round 1 of the 2023 NRL Women's season, she made her NRLW debut, starting at prop in a 16–6 loss to the Gold Coast Titans.[8] In Round 2, she scored her first try in a 31–20 win over the Newcastle Knights.[9]
2024
[edit | edit source]On 25 May, Mooka came off the bench and scored a try in the Cutters' QRLW Grand Final win over the Norths Devils.[10]
In Round 2 of the 2024 NRL Women's season, she made her first appearance of the season for the Cowboys, coming off the bench in a 38–34 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons.[11]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 1999 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- Australian female rugby league players
- Indigenous All Stars women players
- Indigenous Australian women rugby league players
- North Queensland Cowboys (NRLW) players
- Papua New Guinea women's national rugby league team players
- PNG Prime Minister's XIII women players
- Prime Minister's XIII women players
- Rugby league players from Cairns
- Rugby league props
- Rugby league second-rows
- Sportswomen from Queensland