The Canberra Raiders are pleased to announce the signing of Jordyn Preston for the 2025 NRLW season.
Preston made her NRLW debut for the St George-Illawarra Dragons in 2024, playing two games after being called into the Dragons squad late due to injuries.
She was also named the Illawarra Steelers Player of the Year in 2024 and was part of the Steelers’ Harvey Norman NSW Women’s Premiership-winning team last year.
Preston’s signing completes the Raiders Top 24 squad for 2025, with the 22-year-old taking the final place in the squad after Claudia Finau was ruled out for the season following an ACL injury.
Raiders NRLW coach Darrin Borthwick is excited to have Preston join the squad for the 2025 NRLW season.
“Obviously we lost Claudia Finau with an injury earlier on in the junior representative season and I went to work looking for someone who offered similar attributes to what Claudia was going to add to our team,” Borthwick said.
“I was watching a lot of the Steelers in their performances last year and them winning the Harvey Norman NSW Women’s Premiership and a few of their players stood out and Jordyn was one of them.
“She’s got a good work ethic. Part of her story is that she started on the wing, moved into the centres, is now playing back row and I’m quite comfortable she could move in the middle and do a good job. She’s a terrific person as well and someone who I think will fit into what we are building here.
“While she is very young still, she’s quite level-headed as well. I think that level of maturity will be good for our squad. She’ll complement us footy-wise but she’ll also do a really good job with how we carry ourselves as a team as far as attitude and all those things that we look for. I think she’s not only got a lot to add on the field, she’s someone that I feel will offer us quite a bit off the field as well.”
Preston is excited to make the move to Canberra in the coming weeks before pre-season kicks off in early May.
“I’m very excited. I can’t wait to get down there and just get into training,” Preston said.
“It’s been a range of emotions. I was very excited to start with, then I was a bit nervous. I’ve always been at Steelers so I’ve never been at a different club. I’m excited to learn things from a different perspective.”
