Amelia Brown sets out Huddersfield Giants’ WSL targets after signing historic contract

[Rugby League World]

Huddersfield Giants have become the latest club to offer professional contracts to their female players, and 19-year-old Amelia Brown believes they have a big future...

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[unapologetic pedant]

Quiz question re Amelia's career choice -

Name an ex-Jillaroo media pundit who is/was a firefighter. Or as they say in Oz, a "firie"?

[Futtocks]

7 minutes ago, unapologetic pedant said:

Quiz question re Amelia's career choice -

Name an ex-Jillaroo media pundit who is/was a firefighter. Or as they say in Oz, a "firie"?

Ruan Sims?

[Futtocks]

1 hour ago, Futtocks said:

Ruan Sims?

Not sure I can think of a family I'd like to pee off less. There's a lot of them and they all seem to be hard as nails and a bit rough.

Edited January 5 by Futtocks

[Midlands hobo]

25 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Not sure I can think of a family I'd like to pee off less. There's a lot of them and they all seem to be hard as nails and a bit rough.

Bad to point out her resemblance to the woman from this country?

[Futtocks]

2 minutes ago, Midlands hobo said:

Bad to point out her resemblance to the woman from this country?

I don't get it - who are you referring to?

[Midlands hobo]

21 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

I don't get it - who are you referring to?

Ruan sims looks like the woman on the BBC show this country. Won't blame you if you never watched it. Was awful, only interest for me is my uncle lives where it's filmed so I could recognise places. 

[Futtocks]

Are you okay?

[unapologetic pedant]

3 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Not sure I can think of a family I'd like to pee off less. There's a lot of them and they all seem to be hard as nails and a bit rough.

The other sister is CJ Sims. No idea what she's doing now. Last seen playing for Tweed Seagulls in the Queensland women's comp. Looked quite promising. Of course, the name put me in mind of Reggie Perrin. Same with the bassist who replaced Dee Dee in the Ramones, who took the name CJ Ramone.

Adding punch to five formidable siblings, Tariq's wife Ashleigh is a boxer.

[unapologetic pedant]

3 hours ago, Midlands hobo said:

Bad to point out her resemblance to the woman from this country?

Had to google this. Never heard of it. Cursory research confirms there is a certain likeness.

Punctuation tip - Might have avoided solicitude for your state of mind if you had written "This Country".

[BroncoFan]

An NRLW club is keeping a close eye on her development.

[unapologetic pedant]

35 minutes ago, BroncoFan said:

An NRLW club is keeping a close eye on her development.

Tantalizing.

I'll plump for Raiders.

[The Blues Ox]

I don't think Huddersfield were left much choice regarding contracts as it would have meant them losing some more players as Amelia could have easily gone to Leeds in the off season so credit to her as well for sticking with Huddersfield. Whether they can bridge that gap between the top teams remains to be seen but they have made some strong signings for this coming season that should at least see them been a lot closer to been competitive against the top teams than they have been in previous years.

[BroncoFan]

9 hours ago, unapologetic pedant said:

Tantalizing.

I'll plump for Raiders.

Correct

[meast]

Having watched the development of the team over the last few years and seeing some of the big defeats, it will be interesting to see how the Giants go this season with a bit of an overhaul and some better quality and experienced players added.