Renee Taylor

After a stellar 2015 season where her team, the Queensland Scorchers, won the prestigious Australian Hockey League Championships, Renee Taylor was dubbed one to watch.

The defender debuted with the Hockeyroos in early 2015 in a test series against China. She then went on to play her first major international tournament at the 2014-15 World League Final in Argentina.

In 2016, she was a member of the talented Australian side that took bronze at the Junior World Cup in Chile and in 2017 she secured the gold medal at the Oceania Cup.

The 24-year-old made her first Commonwealth Games team in 2018, where the Australian side claimed the silver medal on home soil. She backed this up with another silver medal at the 2019 FIH Pro League tournament.

Renee made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, as part of the Hockeyroo side that travelled to the Games. Showcasing her defensive expertise, the Australian team would complete a dominant opening five games, remaining undefeated and only conceding one goal in their 3-1 victory over Spain. This set up a quarter-final clash against India which Australia would narrowly lose 1-0. Earning Australia fifth overall in the tournament and Taylor's debut game.

The result inspired the Hockeyroos to work even harder and in 2022 they collected bronze in the FIH Women’s World Cup and silver at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. They were undefeated in the pool games in Birmingham and after defeating India in a penalty shootout in the semi-final, they went down to England 2-1 in the gold medal game.

In 2023, the Hockeyroos finished third in the Women’s International Pro League, before clinching a place at the Paris Olympics by winning the Oceania Cup series against New Zealand.

Renee is renowned for her technical ability and game awareness, her relentless, mistake-free effort and her potency from penalty corners.

Away from the hockey field, she works as a legal assistant and is studying a double degree in law and commerce, majoring in accounting.