How a coffee order made Parramatta the next NRLW superstar
Parramatta’s mission to find a replacement for injured full-back Botille Vette-Welsh was completed within minutes of drinking a sugary caffeine drink in a cafe west of Sydney earlier this year. When Gayle Broughton, the former New Zealand rugby sevens star who collected gold medals at last year’s Tokyo Olympics, flew to Sydney to meet the Eels, it didn’t take long for her to sign on the dotted line. “They told me to have a caramel latte, no sugar, coconut milk,” laughed Broughton. “And if the coffee shop doesn’t have coconut milk, I usually opt for whole-wheat milk, and that’s how Parra got me.” However, as fate would have it, Broughton and Eels were a match made in heaven from the start with the 26-year-old finishing in the Black Ferns neighborhood full-time earlier this year to move to Australia. Broughton is considered one of the best seven rugby players in the world with his footwork and vision poised to light up the NRLW in the coming seasons. He has one goal in mind to reunite wi