Hagiga Mosby facts for kids
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Personal information
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| Born | 12 June 2000 Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia |
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| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (11 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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Rugby union
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Rugby league
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP
As of 11 March 2022
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| Relatives | Gideon Gela-Mosby (uncle) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hagiga Mosby was born on June 12, 2000. She is an Australian athlete who plays professional rugby league. She is known for being a winger, which is a player who runs along the side of the field. Hagiga plays for the Brisbane Broncos team in the NRL Women's Premiership.
Before playing rugby league, she was a rugby union player. She played for the Queensland Reds in a competition called Super W.
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About Hagiga Mosby
Hagiga Mosby was born on Thursday Island. This is a small island located off the coast of Queensland, Australia. When she was younger, in 2018, she played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL Touch Premiership. This is a version of rugby where players touch each other instead of tackling.
Family Connections
Hagiga has a famous uncle named Gideon Gela-Mosby. He also played rugby league. He played for the Cowboys in the NRL for three seasons.
Hagiga's Sports Journey
Hagiga Mosby has played different types of rugby throughout her career. She started with rugby union before moving to rugby league.
Rugby Union Career
In 2019, Hagiga played for the University of Queensland in a competition called AON Uni sevens. Rugby sevens is a faster version of rugby union with fewer players on the field. That same year, she was chosen to represent Australia. She played for her country at the 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship. In 2020, she joined the Queensland Reds team to play in the Super W competition.
Switching to Rugby League
In December 2021, Hagiga decided to try a new sport. She switched from rugby union to rugby league. She signed a contract to play for the Brisbane Broncos team.
She made her first appearance for the Broncos in the 2021 NRL Women's season. This was during Round 2 of the competition. In her very first game, she scored a try, which is like scoring a touchdown in American football. Her team, the Broncos, won that game against the Newcastle Knights.
