{"id":893820,"date":"2026-09-16T07:28:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T07:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/893820\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T07:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T07:28:46","slug":"nrlw-news-2026-millie-elliott-and-corban-baxter-announce-retirement-sydney-roosters-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/893820\/","title":{"rendered":"NRLW news 2026 | Millie Elliott and Corban Baxter announce retirement; Sydney Roosters comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roosters<\/a> premiership-winning duo Millie Elliott<\/a> and Corban Baxter have announced they will hang up the boots at season\u2019s end. <\/p>\n

The pair fronted the media on Wednesday to announce their retirement, both citing the desire to spend more time with family as a reason for their decision.<\/p>\n

\"Elliott<\/p>\n

Elliott has 49 caps so far for the Roosters.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

Baxter, 32, was only contracted with the Roosters until the end of the season, while Elliott, 28, still had one year remaining on her deal.<\/p>\n

Asked why she opted to depart the game earlier, Elliott admitted that over the past two months with her family it had become clear \u201cit was time\u201d to quit. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt has never been something that I had thought of before,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am really content with what I have achieved in rugby league. I am very lucky that I\u2019ve been able to live out my childhood dream of being a rugby league player alongside some of my best friends and teammates. <\/p>\n

\u201cHaving my daughter Gigi and being able to bring her along the ride has been very special, but it is time to move on to the next chapter of my career and life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be a mum and continue having kids. I\u2019ve been grateful to bring Gigi along the way, but everyone who is a parent knows how tough juggling all that is. I really want to be all in being a mother.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Baxter, it was her injury troubles that brought around retirement thoughts. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve struggled the last couple of years when returning from an ACL,\u201d the Roosters\u2019 first premiership-winning captain said as the tears began to fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy body has started to slow down. I have tried to push through it the last couple of seasons … but also having a young family, it is a long time away from them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been doing it my whole life with my 15-year-old son. It was a bit of a family decision too to make sure that I can have some more time with them. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy career has been a bit of a rollercoaster, but the Roosters have always had my back, which is something I am so grateful for. It wasn\u2019t solidified until earlier this season.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Corban Baxter is brought to tears announcing her retirement.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

Baxter and Elliott will remain around the club in different capacities, with Elliott joking the Roosters will not be able to get rid of them that easily. <\/p>\n

Baxter is hoping to take the next steps in her media career and also her coaching career with the junior pathways, while Elliott kept her focus on her family. <\/p>\n

The NSW star added her retirement does not mean she is ruling herself out of selection for the Jillaroos ahead of the home rugby league World Cup in October. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf that opportunity were to come up, I\u2019d love to finish playing by representing Australia,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a great honour to be able to do that. But right now, I\u2019m just focused on finishing up here at the Roosters on a high.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elliott will end her career as a four-time premiership winner and Jillaroos star. Baxter will leave as a premiership winner and inaugural Roosters captain. <\/p>\n

The Roosters have this week off before an NRLW preliminary final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roosters premiership-winning duo Millie Elliott and Corban Baxter have announced they will hang up the boots at season\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-893820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}