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The Australia men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is the representative men's national team in the sport of rugby union for the nation of Australia. The team first played at Sydney in 1899, winning their first test match against the touring British Isles team.
List of Australia national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Australia national rugby union team. [ 1 ] Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test debut, not necessarily the position for which he is best known.
As of 27 September 2024, 217 players have represented the Wallaroos.The "first" Wallaroo was Karla Matua, while the most recent Wallaroo is Tiarah Minns — #217. Caitlyn Halse became the youngest-ever Australian to play test rugby, male or female, at 17 years, 242 days.
Below is a list of current team squads that compete in the National Rugby League of Australia and New Zealand. Brisbane Broncos ...
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.
[74] [75] A team of Australians was then selected from the two clubs, to play a team of Fijian women on Tuesday, 5 October 1993. Played in torrential rain, the Australian team defeated the Fijian team, 16, to 4. [76] In 2019, the National Rugby League announced that the players in this 1993 match had been credited as members of the Foundation team.
The Australian Rugby League administered the team and maintained the Australian national rugby league team or "The Kangaroos" players register, assigning each player an individual cap number [1] until 2012 when this was taken over by the Australian Rugby League Commission. [2]
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 .