Australia women's national rugby league team

Australian Jillaroos
Badge of Australian Jillaroos team
Team information
NicknameThe Jillaroos
Governing bodyAustralian Rugby League Commission
RegionAsia-Pacific
Head coachBrad Donald
CaptainKezie Apps
Ali Brigginshaw
Most capsTahnee Norris (32)
Top try-scorerSam Bremner (14)
Isabelle Kelly (14)
Top point-scorerAli Brigginshaw (74)
IRL ranking1st
Uniforms
First colours
Second colours
Team results
First international
 Australia 14-18 New Zealand 
(Lidcombe Oval, Sydney, 1 July 1995)
Biggest win
 Australia 92–0 France 
(York, England; 6 November 2022)
Biggest defeat
 Australia 6-50 New Zealand 
(England; 18 November 2000)
World Cup
Appearances6 (first time in 2000)
Best resultChampions (2013, 2017, 2021)

The Australia women's national rugby league team, also known as the Australian Jillaroos, or Harvey Norman Jillaroos for sponsorship reasons,[1] represents Australia in women's rugby league. They played their first formal international in 1995 under the administration of the Australian Women's Rugby League. The AWRL affiliated with the Australian Rugby League in the late 1990s, with AWRL reports included in ARL annual reports.[2] Since the advent of the Australian Rugby League Commission in February 2012, the team has been administered by that body and the National Rugby League.

The Australian Jillaroos are current world champions, having won the last three Women's Rugby League World Cup tournaments. Their first World Cup victory came in the fourth tournament, in 2013.[3][4][5][6] The Jillaroos won on home soil in 2017 and again in the postponed 2021 tournament held in November 2022. Appointed in 2016, the current head coach of the Jillaroos is Brad Donald.[7]

Matches have been broadcast on free-to-air networks since 2014 (Nines) and 2015 (Test Match).[8][9][10]

The Jillaroos squad is selected by a panel of national selectors. There are specific tournaments and matches that act as selection trials.[11] These include:

  1. ^ "Harvey Norman signs Jillaroos naming rights partnership". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  2. ^ White, Veronica (2000). "Australian Women's Rugby League". Australian Rugby League Annual Report. 17: 25 – via State Library of New South Wales.
  3. ^ Priest, Evin. "Jillaroos win Women's Rugby League World Cup". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  4. ^ "Jillaroos win Women's World Cup". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  5. ^ "awrljillaroos.leaguenet.com.au". Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  6. ^ "Women's Rugby League". NRL.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  7. ^ Webeck, Tony (19 November 2016). "Jillaroos' first steps to World Cup defence". NRL.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Jillaroos on GEM in Brisbane". NRL.com. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  9. ^ "Jillaroos join rugby league's frontline". NRL.com. 2015-05-13. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  10. ^ "Jillaroos to feature on free-to-air television". NRL.com. 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  11. ^ "How can I Play? « Play NRL". Archived from the original on 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2016-05-13.

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