Wallaroos captain and Olympic rugby sevens gold medallist Shannon Parry will team up with students of popular music, dentistry and sport management in the Griffith University team to contest the inaugural Women’s Aon Uni 7s Series.
The 26-strong Griffith University squad was announced at the Gold Coast campus today (Monday) and features 12 current students lining up alongside 14 players based with clubs outside the Griffith ranks. The squad has been developed in partnership with Griffith Uni Colleges Knights Rugby Club and Sunnybank Rugby Union Club.
Each of the eight universities competing in the national competition is strengthened by two elite players from the Australian Women’s Sevens set up, with Shannon Parry and Demi Hayes donning the Griffith jersey.
Both have notable incentives to guide Griffith to success. Shannon (below) graduated from Griffith with an education degree, while Demi is currently on leave of absence from her business studies at Griffith to fulfil
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