Womens Rugby

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• National Women's Championship
• Paper To Paper Wallaroos

Iliseva Batibasaga playing for Wallaroos in First Test against NZ, 2008

Tricia Brown in action for Queensland

AUS v NZ Final - Alex Hargreaves bursts through. Photo by Zoom Photography

There are a number of opportunities for Women to get involved with playing Rugby.

Girls up to 12 years of age can play junior club Rugby and participate in mixed gender modified competitions.

Teenage girls between the ages of 13 and 18, participate in school-based Rugby competitions. If you are in this age group and wanting to play rugby, encourage your school to get involved with a competition. EdRugby can provide resources for Schools to run their own Walla Rugby Challenge.

From 18 years, Women can play Club and Representative Rugby. There may be the option for talented younger players to train/play with Womens Team earlier than this, as part of the Senior Rugby Policy.

Please contact your local Rugby Union to discuss options.

'In highschool I was into Touch Football but I needed something more & my father played rugby for Fiji back in the day so I thought I'd give it a go. At 16 I was too young to play in the womens competition so I trained with the Womens team at my local club for 2 years until I was old enough to play & I haven't looked back since.'

Iliseva Batibasaga - Current Australian Wallaroo

Representative Opportunities

 Note: Players must be 18 years old to take part in these representative teams.

National Women's Championship - 29 June-3 July 2009

This year's championship will return to Tallebudgera Sport & Recreation Centre in the Gold Coast. Nine Representative Teams from around Australia will participate in a new format which involves 2 divisions.

Paper To Paper Wallaroo Squad

The Australian Women's Team will look to travel to Samoa later this year, needing the beat the Samoan team to claim a spot in the 2010 iRB Womens World Cup. Details to be confirmed.   

The Australian Women's Team played New Zealand  in Canberra in October, 2008. The two-test match series was the second year in succession that these trans-tasman rivals have played for the Laurie O'Reilly Memorial Trophy .
 

 Match Schedule

14 October 2008 v Black Ferns - 6pm Vikings Park, Canberra ACT

NZ Black Ferns 37 def Wallaroos 3

 
18 October 2008 v Black Ferns - 3pm Vikings Park, Canberra ACT

NZ Black Ferns 22 def Wallaroos 16

Click here for more on the Wallaroos 

Paper To Paper Womens 7s Squad

The Australian Women's Team has been crowned World Cup Sevens champions and secured their place in history winning the first ever Womens 7's World Cup Title. Cheryl Soon can put her name down as the third Australian Captain to bring back a World Cup in Rugby Union. Find out more

Want To Play?

For more information on womens rugby in your State/Territory, click here:

Australian Capital Territory 
New South Wales - Sydney 
Northern Territory 
Queensland 
South Australia
Tasmania 
Victoria 
Western Australia

Or to use our Find a Club feature, click here.

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