The Australia women's national rugby league team , also known as the Australian Jillaroos , or Harvey Norman Jillaroos for sponsorship reasons, 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. 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 .
26-604: 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 . 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 . Matches have been broadcast on free-to-air networks since 2014 (Nines) and 2015 (Test Match). The Jillaroos squad
52-694: A better points difference, as well as two wins to one from the phase one pools, advanced to the semi-final. In the consolation pool, Niue (one win, one draw) led Tokelau (one win) and Tonga (one draw). The Plate and Bowl semi-finals featured Cook Islands, Tokelau, Samoa and Niue. Curiously, the source article in Rugby League Review does not elaborate on why Tonga replaced Niue in the Bowl Final. However, Niue's point were higher so they stay in Plate category while Tonga went to Bowl Bowl Final Plate Final At
78-418: A change in the format with the reductions of teams to four meant that there was only one group with the top two qualifying for the final. The following edition saw the return to a two-group format with the six teams being separated in two groups of three with an inter-group game so that they have still played three games as in previous tournaments. The semi-final round will be brought back for this tournament with
104-513: A match: 24 Tries scored in a match: 6 Goals kicked in a match: 10 Notes: Since 2015 a Female Player of the Year award has been included in the Dally M Awards . Men Women's Governance and History Women's Teams Women's Competitions Women%27s Rugby League World Cup The Women's Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league tournament, contested by the women's national teams of
130-402: A pool. The other pool included Great Britain (2nd), Māori (4th) and Cook Islands (6th). Bowl and Plate Semi-Finals The New Zealand - Australia - Samoa phase two pool finished in that order, New Zealand with two wins, Australia one and Samoa nil. The other qualifying pool finished with Māori on top with two wins, and Great Britain and Cook Islands drawing their match. Great Britain, who had
156-555: A score of 22–12 to win their first world cup. The 2017 World Cup was held in Australia , with all matches at Endeavour Field in Cronulla, New South Wales apart from the final, which was held at Lang Park in Brisbane, Queensland. The number of teams was increased from the previous tournament to 6. Despite taking part in the previous two tournaments, France did not feature, making England
182-481: A score of 23–16. On 18 July 2019, the teams for the 2021 World Cup were announced with the tournament being expanded once again to eight teams. The tournament was played alongside the men's and wheelchair competitions and took place in England. Teams from England, France, Australia, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Canada and Brazil took part. For the first time, teams from four different continents will play in
208-464: A score of 58–0. New Zealand went through the tournament unbeaten with only four points scored against them. The 2008 World Cup was held was held in Australia , with all matches at Sunshine Coast Stadium apart from the final, which was held at Lang Park in Brisbane . Teams from Australia, New Zealand , England, Samoa, Tonga, Pacific Islands, France and Russia participated in the tournament. This
234-407: A second phase, with the six teams divided into two pools. The bottom three teams from the first phase played a round-robin of consolation matches. After the second phase, the top two teams from each second phase pool entered the semi-finals. In 2008, the eight teams was split into two groups of four with the top two of each group progressing through semi-final and final rounds. The 2013 tournament saw
260-472: Is selected by a panel of national selectors. There are specific tournaments and matches that act as selection trials. These include: The current coach of the Australian team is Brad Donald. Previous coaches have included Paul Dyer, Graham Murray , and Steve Folkes . Table last updated 11 November 2024. The squad for the 2024 Pacific Championships was announced on 7 October 2024. Players' ages are as at
286-421: Is the only one that has not been run alongside the men's tournament, all of the others taking place at the same time and using some of the same stadiums. The 2017 final was significant in that it was the first final to be played as a curtain-raiser to the men's final, this final taking place at Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane . 2003 Women%27s Rugby League World Cup The 2003 Women's Rugby League World Cup
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#1732852260783312-595: The Australian Rugby League to officially recognize the Australian Women's Rugby League . New Zealand Women's Rugby League were officially recognized by the governing body New Zealand Rugby League Inc in 1995. This is partially the reason for no Women's World Cup being held until the year 2000 when these organizations collectively came together to organize it. The 2000 World Cup was held in England . The final
338-688: The International Rugby League (IRL). The competition has been held since 2000 and was incorporated into the Festival of World Cups in 2008 until 2017 when it became a centrepiece event along with the men's competition . Under the current format, eight teams are separated into two groups of four with the top two in each group qualifying for the semi-finals. Throughout the six editions, the Women's Rugby League World Cup has been won by two teams. New Zealand has won three times while Australia has also won
364-505: The 2005 final seeing a devastation of the New Zealand Maori team by 58 points. New Zealand in turn would be crushed 54 - 4 by Australia in the 2022 final. In the first two World Cups, the home nations competed as Great Britain just as they did in the men's equivalent tournament up to the expansion of the competition in 1995. Since then, England have competed in GB's place. The 2005 tournament
390-430: The bottom team of each group being eliminated at the first stage. Australia and New Zealand have been the most successful teams in the tournament's history, winning all 6 of the 6 World Cups that have been staged between them, with Australia coming out on top in the last three tournaments beating New Zealand in each of the 3 finals. In two of the finals (2005, 2008) NZ would even prevent their opponents from scoring, with
416-504: The competition. The inclusion of Brazil means a team from South America will take part in for the first time in any Rugby League World Cup. For the first time, all matches of the tournament would be broadcast live. In May 2023, France withdrew as the host of the 2025 World Cup . As a result, in August, it was announced the tournament would be postponed until 2026 . During this announcement, International Rugby League stated that 2026 will be
442-657: The date that the table was last updated, 11 November 2024. Notes: In August 2024 the NRL announced the induction of six former Jillaroos players into the National Rugby League Hall of Fame . This was the first induction of women since the inception of the Hall of Fame in 2008. Note: The lists of clubs in the above table is incomplete. This section last updated 18 October 2024 Games played: 32 Points scored: 74 Tries scored: 16 Goals kicked: 31 Points scored in
468-444: The first phase were New Zealand (1st, 4 points, +140 differential), Great Britain 4 (2nd, 4, +70), Australia (3rd, 4, +62), New Zealand Māori (4th, 2, +40), Samoa (5th, 2, +24), Cook Islands (6th, 2, -50), Tokelau (7th, 0, -90), Tonga (8th, 0, -94) and Niue (9th, 0, -101). Phase two The three teams without a win in the first phase were placed in the same pool. Samoa (5th after phase one) joined Australia (3rd) and New Zealand (1st) in
494-400: The last World Cup that is held alongside the men's tournament, and starting in 2028 the women's tournament would be its own event. In 2000 three teams participated. There had been an intention that New Zealand Maori would participate as a fourth team, however this did not happen. In 2003 nine teams participated, initially in three groups of three. The top two teams in each pool progressed to
520-434: The sole representative of Europe. For the first time in the tournament's history, Canada would take part thus becoming the first team from North America to feature. Canada performed well, beating Papua New Guinea and reaching the semi-finals, eventually losing 58–6 to Australia. For the first time, the final was held as a double-header with the men's World Cup final with Australia defending their title by beating New Zealand by
546-637: The title three times, including the most recent one ( 2021 ). Women's Rugby League had been played in both Oceania and the United Kingdom for several years but it was not until 1985 in Britain and 1993 in Australia and New Zealand where female only organizations and governing bodies were established and while the Rugby Football League recognized the British women in 1985 it took another five years for
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#1732852260783572-455: Was contested between Great Britain and New Zealand with New Zealand being crowned champions by a score of 26–4. The 2003 World Cup was held in Albany, New Zealand and was contested by teams from Australia , Great Britain , Tokelau , Tonga , Cook Islands , Niue , Samoa , New Zealand Māori and New Zealand . New Zealand would eventually win the competition, beating New Zealand Maori by
598-456: Was held in England with all four venues being in the county of West Yorkshire . For the tournament, the number of teams was reduced from eight to just four with Australia, New Zealand, England and France taking part. France performed particularly poorly in the competition, conceding 202 points in their three games and scoring just 4. The final was held at Headingley Stadium , Leeds and was contested by Australia and New Zealand. Australia won by
624-447: Was the first tournament in which Great Britain didn't participate, their place being taken by England. It was also the first tournament to feature more than one team from Europe with France and Russia. To date, this is the only tournament that Russia has participated in. New Zealand won the 2008 World Cup defeating Australia 34–0 in the final. Up to this point, New Zealand had won all three world cups that had been held. The 2013 World Cup
650-546: Was the second staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup . The tournament was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 28 September, culminating in the final between New Zealand and New Zealand Maori on 12 October. It was held at North Harbour Stadium and the nearby Marist Rugby ground. Nine teams took part Australia , Great Britain , Tokelau , Tonga , Cook Islands, Niue , Samoa , New Zealand Maori and New Zealand . The initial format
676-485: Was three pools of three, with the top six teams moving into two subsequent pools of three. The top four teams then contested elimination semi-finals. Phase one The nine teams were grouped into three pools of three. Great Britain (two wins) led Samoa (one win) and Tonga in their pool. Australia (two wins) led Māori (one win) and Niue. New Zealand (two wins) led the Cook Islands (one win) and Tokelau. Standinsgs after
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