Suspended Raiders captain Simaima Taufa fears missing NRLW finals may impact her Jillaroos selection for the World Cup.
After missing the NRLW finals through suspension, Raiders captain Simaima Taufa feared that may count against her retaining her Jillaroos jersey for a tilt at a third World Cup.
Taufa's three-match ban for a hip drop tackle on Eels fullback Abbi Church in Round 10 meant she missed the Raiders' last regular season game and their first ever finals series, where they beat Wests Tigers before pushing eventual premiers the Roosters to the limit in the prelim.
"It was hard but when we had the conversations about building women's rugby league a few years ago, it's moments like these where we spoke about of next player up - developing the talent so someone could step in," Taufa told NRL.com.
"We had to do our job to make sure the next person was ready. And Sophie (Holyman), Chloe...