Full name | Samantha Wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samantha Wood is an Australian rugby union and rugby league player and former football (soccer) player.
Wood started playing rugby league and football from a young age. During her football career, she represented Newcastle Jets and Canberra United in the Australian W-League and Australia at youth level. Her time at Newcastle Jets was cut short by a boating accident, which caused her to require surgery for a fractured skull. Following her career in football, Wood switched to rugby league and played in the inaugural City vs Country Origin match after signing for Queanbeyan Blues in 2017. One year after, she started a career in rugby union too and played in the inaugural Super W season for the Brumbies.