{"id":267960,"date":"2023-02-03T05:37:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T06:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=267960"},"modified":"2023-02-03T15:57:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T15:57:35","slug":"frustrated-aussie-bobsledders-surprising-career-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=267960","title":{"rendered":"'Frustrated' Aussie bobsledder's surprising career move"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Olympic class bobsledder has made a surprising career change, signing to play rugby league with the Wests Tigers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ashleigh Werner, 30, a powerhouse outside back, has represented Australia for the past six years and qualified for the past two Olympic games.<\/p>\n

"I missed one with COVID and the other because Australia decided not to send a women's team so it's been incredibly frustrating," Werner told Wide World of Sports.<\/p>\n

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"That's why I am so chuffed to get this chance at rugby league and so grateful to the Tigers.<\/p>\n

\"Ashleigh<\/p>\n

"I lost heart for a while there but have my competitive spirit back again."<\/p>\n

Werner makes her Tigers debut in the NSW Cup on Saturday against Cronulla at Campbelltown and appears certain to earn a contract for the club's step up to the NRLW later in the year.<\/p>\n

"It was a real challenge, changing sports and training styles," she said.<\/p>\n

"For the last few years I haven't run further than 60 metres at any one time.<\/p>\n

\"Ashleigh<\/p>\n

"Our first training session at the Tigers, we did a 1.5km time trial and that was tough.<\/p>\n

"I've played two trials and scored three tries, but I think the best part of my game is my defence and that's what I like to concentrate on.<\/p>\n

"I played some rep touch football and also played for North Sydney a few years back so I'm not a total stranger to league."<\/p>\n

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An Olympic class bobsledder has made a surprising career change, signing to play rugby league with the Wests Tigers. Ashleigh Werner, 30, a powerhouse outside […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=267960"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267965,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267960\/revisions\/267965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=267960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=267960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=267960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}