Australia women's national rugby league team

Australian Jillaroos
Nickname The Jillaroos
Governing body Australian Rugby League Commission
Region Asia-Pacific
Head coach Brad Donald
Captain Ruan Sims, Steph Hancock[1]
Most caps Tahnee Norris
RLIF ranking 2nd
Colours

The Australia women's national rugby league team, also known as the Australian Jillaroos, and Harvey Norman Jillaroos, represents Australia in Women's rugby league. They are administered by the Australian Rugby League Commission and Australian Women's Rugby League. The Australian Jillaroos won the Women's Rugby League World Cup in 2013 after coming second in three consecutive World Cups.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] They are the current world champions.[10] Brad Donald recently replaced Steve Folkes as the Head Coach of the Jillaroos.,[11] with Jamie Feeney as Assistant Coach. Kezie Apps won the 2016 Female Dally M Player of the Year award, which is the second ever award for a female.,[12][13] naming her as Australia's best female player. Former Jillaroo Karyn Murphy is currently supporting the team in a mentoring & development role.[14]

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

2016 Anzac Test squad

The Australian Jillaroos team squad selected for the 2016 Anzac Test:[15][16][17]

1 Samantha Bremner

2 Chelsea Baker - QLD Central Division

3 Corban McGregor - Helensburgh

4 Annette Brander - QLD Central Division

5 Karina Brown - South-East Queensland

6 Allana Ferguson - Helensburgh

7 Maddie Studdon

8 Simaima Taufa - Mt Druitt PCYC

9 Brittany Breayley - Magpies, South-East Queensland

10 Heather Ballinger - Cairns, South-East Queensland

11 Kezie Apps - Helensburgh

12 Vanessa Foliaki - Mt Druitt PCYC

13 Ruan Sims (Captain) - Helensburgh

14 Libby Cook-Black

15 Kody House - QLD Central Division

16 Casey Karklis - South-East Queensland

17 Emma Young

18 Caitlyn Moran

Players

For more details on this topic, see List of Australian Jillaroos team players.

Other Jillaroos

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Coaches

The current coach of the Australian team is Steve Folkes. Previous coaches have included Paul Dyer and Graham Murray.

Results

Full internationals

Year Team Score Opposition Tournament Venue
1995 Australia - New Zealand 2 Test Series Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe, New South Wales
Australia - New Zealand Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
1996 Australia - Great Britain 3 Test Series
Australia - Great Britain
Australia - Great Britain
1997 Australia -- New Zealand 2 Test Series
Australia - New Zealand
1998 Australia - Fiji 2 Test Series
Australia - Fiji
1999 Australia - New Zealand 3 Test Series
Australia - New Zealand
Australia - New Zealand
2000 Australia - 2000 WRLWC Great Britain
2001 Australia - New Zealand Test Match
2002 Australia -- Great Britain 3 Test Series
Australia - Great Britain
Australia - Great Britain
2003 Australia -- New Zealand Māori Test Match
2004 Australia -- New Zealand 2 Test Series
Australia - New Zealand
2005 Australia - 2005 WRLWC New Zealand
2008 Australia – France 2008 WRLWC Australia
Australia - Russia Australia
Australia - England Australia
Australia 0 - 38 New Zealand Suncorp Stadium, Queensland, Australia
2011 Australia 42 - 14 Samoa Test Match Apia, Samoa
Australia - New Zealand Test Match Gold Coast, Queensland
2013 Australia 14 - 6 England 2013 WRLWC The Tetley's Stadium, England
Australia 72 - 0 France Post Office Road, England
Australia 6 - 14 New Zealand Fox's Biscuits Stadium, England
Australia 22 - 12 New Zealand Headingley Stadium, Leeds
2014 Australia 8 - 12 New Zealand Four Nations curtain-raiser WIN Stadium, Wollongong, Australia
2015 Australia 4 - 8 New Zealand NRL Auckland Nines Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Australia 4 - 16 New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Australia 8 - 7 New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Australia 22 - 14 New Zealand Anzac Test Curtain-raiser Suncorp Stadium, Queensland, Australia
2016 Australia 11 – 4 New Zealand NRL Auckland Nines Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Australia 0 – 9 New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Australia 7 – 21 New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Australia 16 - 26 New Zealand Anzac Test Hunter Stadium, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

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See also

References

  1. ↑ "International Domains - New gTLDs - Corporate Domain Services - Domain Management - Hosting & DNS Services - Domain Security - IDNs".
  2. ↑ "Jillaroos win Women's Rugby League World Cup". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  3. ↑ "Jillaroos win Women's World Cup". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  4. ↑ "Harvey Norman signs Jillaroos naming rights partnership". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120418055247/http://awrljillaroos.leaguenet.com.au/. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "Jillaroos on GEM in Brisbane". NRL.com. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  7. ↑ "Jillaroos join rugby league's frontline". NRL.com. 2015-05-13. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  8. ↑ "Women's Rugby League". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  9. ↑ "Jillaroos to feature on free-to-air television". NRL.com. 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  10. ↑ "How can I Play? « Play NRL".
  11. ↑ http://www.nrl.com/jillaroos-first-steps-to-world-cup-defence/tabid/10874/newsid/102658/default.aspx
  12. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/swoop/kezie-apps-bags-2016-female-dally-m-medal-after-just-three-seasons/news-story/62fa8a2efa776c8e2a643cdec61cd6bd
  13. ↑ http://www.begadistrictnews.com.au/story/4196130/apps-named-best-at-dally-m/
  14. ↑ http://www.nrl.com/jillaroos-coaching-staff-announced/tabid/10874/newsid/102551/default.aspx
  15. 1 2 "Player Profiles".
  16. ↑ "Australian Jillaroos team named". 2 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Women ready for Origin battle".
  18. ↑ "Kiwis flip script against Jillaroos".
  19. ↑ "Kiwis shade Jillaroos". 6 May 2016.
  20. ↑ "Australia lose women's RL Test to Kiwis".
  21. ↑ "Auckland Nines 2016: Amazing try by Jillaroos". 7 February 2016.
  22. ↑ "Jillaroos excited by Anzac Test double-header status". 6 May 2016.

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