Joanna Alphonso

Joanna Alphonso
Joanna Alphonso
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Hometown:
    Ajax, ON
  • Position:
    Prop
  • Eligibility:
    4
  • Program:
    BA 4
  • Prev. Team:
    Toronto Scottish RFC
News mentions
StFX secures semifinal berth with win over Pronghorns
StFX secures semifinal berth with win over Pronghorns

Looking to repeat as U SPORTS women’s rugby champions, the top-seeded StFX X-Women exerted their size and strength, moving on to semifinals with a 39-12 win over the host Lethbridge Pronghorns.

Alphonso and Beals named U SPORTS 1st team All-Canadians
Alphonso and Beals named U SPORTS 1st team All-Canadians

X-Women prop Joanna Alphonso and wing June Beals were honored as U SPORTS first team All-Canadians at the rugby championship breakfast today.

20th U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship:  X-Women in search of second straight Monilex Trophy
20th U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship: X-Women in search of second straight Monilex Trophy

The reigning champion StFX X-Women will head into the 20th U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship as tournament favourites, looking to capture a second straight national banner.

X-Women claim Birks trophy as 2017 AUS champions
X-Women claim Birks trophy as 2017 AUS champions

On the strength of four tries by AUS most valuable player Joanna Alphonso (Ajax, ON), the StFX X-Women defeated the Acadia Axewomen 58-21 to win the 2017 Subway AUS championship Friday night, taking home the Birks Memorial trophy.

Joanna Alphonso named conference MVP for third consecutive season
Joanna Alphonso named conference MVP for third consecutive season

Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2017 women's rugby major award winners and all-stars as selected by the conference's four head coaches following the regular season. Fourth-year StFX prop Joanna Alphonso has been named the Atlantic University Sport most valuable player for the third consecutive season. This is the 11th time in the past 13 seasons that a member of the StFX X-Women has earned the honour.

Photo courtesy Acadia Athletics
X-Women cap off 6-0 season with win over Axewomen

The U SPORTS No. 1 ranked StFX X-Women finished the AUS regular season with a 6-0 record, capped by a 51-12 win over the second place Acadia Axewomen.

File photo
X-Women handle Concordia 74-15

The U SPORTS No. 1 ranked StFX X-Women defeated the Concordia Stingers by a lopsided 74-15 margin in exhibition play Saturday afternoon in Montreal.

Photo courtesy Lauren Tidd
X-Women earn lopsided win over UPEI

On a beautiful Homecoming Sunday autumn afternoon at Oland Stadium, the U SPORTS No. 1 ranked X-Women defeated the UPEI Panthers by a score of 93-0. 

Joanna Alphonso named Subway AUS female athlete of the week
Joanna Alphonso named Subway AUS female athlete of the week

Joanna Alphonso of the U SPORTS No. 1-ranked StFX X-Women rugby team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport female athlete of the week for the week ending Sept. 24, 2017.

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X-Women top Axewomen 57-14 in the battle of AUS top teams

On a warm fall afternoon at Oland Stadium the Acadia Axewomen felt the heat of the U SPORTS No. 1 ranked StFX X-Women as the home squad played to a 57-14 win, improving to 3-0 on the season and taking sole possession of first place in the AUS standings over the nationally ranked No. 10 Axewomen (2-1).

Courtesy UPEI Athletics
X-Women rugby earn another big win

The defending national champion X-Women rugby team earned their second consecutive lopsided victory in AUS competition this season, this time a 90-0 win over the UPEI Panthers. 

Courtesy Lauren Tidd
Defending national champs open season with a bang

The defending national champion X-Women rugby team opened the 2017 varsity season with a bang as they defeated the Saint Mary’s Huskies 105-0 Friday night at StFX Oland Stadium.