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Australia women's national rugby union team

Australia women's national rugby union team

Women's rugby team

For the men's team, see Australia national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Australia women's national rugby sevens team.

The Australia women's national rugby union team, also known as the Wallaroos, has competed at all Women's Rugby World Cups since 1998, with their best result finishing in third place in 2010.

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Australia at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Australian women have been playing rugby since the late 1930s, in regional areas of New South Wales. In 1992 the first National Women's Tournament was held in Newcastle, NSW. The following year the Australian Women's Rugby Union was established, and it was declared that the national women's team would be called the Wallaroos. It was chosen because it was the name of one of Australia's oldest clubs, the Wallaroo Football Club, which was formed in 1870.[2]

History

The Wallaroos played their first international in 1994 against New Zealand, also known as the Black Ferns.[2] The match was played at North Sydney Oval, and New Zealand won the game 37 to 0. The team placed fifth at their first World Cup appearance in 1998 in the Netherlands. They placed fifth at the 2002 event in Barcelona, Spain also.

In 2014, The Wallaroos played two Test matches in New Zealand against their Tasman rivals, the Black Ferns, and North American outfit, Canada. Although losing both of these matches, the Wallaroos took this experience into the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. The Australian team was second in the pool stage behind host team France and was narrowly defeated by the United States in the first playoff, but beat Wales in their last match to finish the tournament in seventh place.

In 2022, Australia reached the quarter-finals of the 2021 Rugby World Cup, defeating Scotland and Wales in the group stages. They would go down to England in Auckland

Records

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Rugby World Cup

Main article: Australia women at the Rugby World Cup
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Overall

See also: List of Australia women's national rugby union team matches

(Full internationals only)

Summary of matches, updated to 10 May 2022:

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Players

Recent squad

Australia announced their final squad on 19 September 2023 for the inaugural WXV 1 tournament in New Zealand.[4]

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Notable players

Main article: List of Australian women's national rugby union players

Cheryl McAfee is the first Wallaroo to be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2021.[5][6] She led the Australian women's sevens team in the inaugural Women’s Rugby World Cup Sevens competition that was held in Dubai in March 2009.[6] Later that year, she was invited by World Rugby to become a member of the bid team that successfully campaigned for the inclusion of rugby sevens in the Olympics. She also captained the Wallaroos from 2006 to 2010, including at the 2010 Rugby World Cup where they achieved their best result of third place.[6]

Previous squads

Award winners

The following Australia players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2001:[7]

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Captains

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Coaches

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As of 12th December 2023.

See also

References

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