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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.
Test Date Opponent PF PA Venue Event 1: 2 September 1994 New Zealand 0: 37: North Sydney Oval, Sydney: 1994 Laurie O'Reilly Cup: 2: 22 July 1995 New Zealand 0: 64: Waitemata Park, Auckland
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.
[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 Queensland Reds Women are an Australian women's rugby union team based in Brisbane, Queensland that compete in the annual Super Rugby Women's competition. A female rugby union competition, is considered to be the female equivalent of the Super Rugby, however only holds Australian teams (until 2022).
The Australian women's national rugby union team, also known as the Wallaroos, did not compete in the first two Rugby World Cups in 1991 and 1994. They made their first World Cup appearance in 1998, in the Netherlands, and finished in fifth place. [1] [2] The Wallaroos have competed in every tournament since their debut. They made the semi ...
The team was formed after Rugby Australia announced that a 15-a-side women's rugby competition would be launched in 2018. [1] [2] In their seven seasons in the competition, the Rebels won only one match and finished with a 1-22 win-loss record, as well as one draw. In October 2024, Rugby Australia announced that Melbourne Rebels Women would not ...
The team played as the Western Force Women in the inaugural season of the Super W competition, finishing third overall. [1] They played under the name RugbyWA during the 2019 and 2020 seasons after their re-branding. The side returned to their "roots" by wearing the traditional black and gold state colours. [1]