Australia women's national rugby league team

The Australia women's national rugby league team, also known as the Australian Jillaroos, or Harvey Norman Jillaroos for sponsorship reasons,[2] represents Australia in women's rugby league. They are administered by the Australian Rugby League Commission and Australian Women's Rugby League.

Australian Jillaroos

Team information
Nickname	The Jillaroos
Governing body	Australian Rugby League Commission
Region	Asia-Pacific
Head coach	Brad Donald
Captain	Ali Brigginshaw
Most caps	Tahnee Norris (32)
Top try-scorer	Steph Hancock (13)
Top point-scorer	Ali Brigginshaw (60)
RLIF ranking	1st
Uniforms
First colours Second colours
Team results
First international
1995
Biggest win
Australia 88–0 Canada  (Sydney, Australia; 22 November 2017)[1]
Biggest defeat
Australia 6-50  New Zealand England; 2000
World Cup
Appearances	5 (first time in 2000)
Best result	Champions (2013, 2017)

The Australian Jillaroos are current world champions, having won the last two Women's Rugby League World Cup tournaments, in 2013[3][4][5][6] and 2017. Appointed in 2016, the current head coach of the Jillaroos is Brad Donald,[7] with Jamie Feeney as Assistant Coach.

Matches have been broadcast on free-to-air networks since 2014 (Nines) and 2015 (Test Match).[8][9][10]

The Jillaroos squad is selected by a panel of national selectors. There are specific tournaments and matches that act as selection trials.[11] These include:

• NSW vs QLD Interstate Challenge (State of Origin)
• All Stars match
• Affiliated States Championships (VIC, SA, WA, NT)

Current squad

The Australia national team squad for the 2019 October Test match against New Zealand Kiwi Ferns.[12]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
Fullback	Corban McGregor	10 April 1996	Sydney Roosters
Wing	Tiana Penitani	12 January 1996	St George Illawarra Dragons
Centre	Jessica Sergis	15 September 1997	St George Illawarra Dragons
Centre	Isabelle Kelly	20 September 1996	Sydney Roosters
Wing	Shakiah Tungai	29 November 1996	St George Illawarra Dragons
Five-eighth	Kirra Dibb	23 July 1997	Sydney Roosters
Halfback	Ali Brigginshaw	1 December 1989	Brisbane Broncos
Prop	Simaima Taufa	28 April 1994	Sydney Roosters
Hooker	Keeley Davis	5 July 2000	St George Illawarra Dragons
Prop	Millie Boyle	19 May 1998	Brisbane Broncos
Second-row	Kezie Apps	4 February 1991	St George Illawarra Dragons
Second-row	Annette Brander	21 January 1993	Brisbane Broncos
Lock	Hannah Southwell	4 March 1999	Sydney Roosters
interchange	Botille Vette-Welsh	13 September 1996	St George Illawarra Dragons
interchange	Chelsea Lenarduzzi	26 November 1995	Brisbane Broncos
interchange	Holli Wheeler	28 January 1990	St George Illawarra Dragons
interchange	Tallisha Harden	21 August 1992	Sydney Roosters

Coaches

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

Name	Tests						Nines						Ref.
	Span	Matches	W	D	L	W%	Span	Matches	W	D	L	W%
Graham Willard	1995–	?	?	?	?	?	N/A						[13]
Mark Donkin	–1998–	?	?	?	?	?	N/A
Terry Borland	–2002	?	?	?	?	?	N/A						[14]
Dave Leat	2003–	?	?	?	?	?	N/A						[15]
Karen Stuart	c2008–09	?	?	?	?	?	N/A
Graham Murray	c2010–11	1	1	0	0	100%	N/A						[16]
Paul Dyer	2013	4	3	0	1	75%	N/A						[17]
Steve Folkes	2014–16	3	1	0	2	33%	2015–16	6	2	0	0	33%	[18]
Brad Donald	2017–18	7	7	0	0	100%	2017–18	7	7	0	0	100%	[19]

Results

Full internationals

Date	Opponent	Score	Tournament	Venue	Ref.
1 July 1995	New Zealand	14 - 18	2 Test Series	Lidcombe Oval
8 July 1995	New Zealand	6 - 14		Hawker Oval, Canberra	CT[20]
Aug-Sep 1996	Great Britain	?	3 Test Series (lost 1-2)	Australia
	Great Britain	?
	Great Britain	?			LT[21] Ind[22]
1997	New Zealand	26 – 34	2 Test Series	Petone Recreation Ground, Wellington	NZRL[23]
	New Zealand	16 – 40		Carlaw Park,Auckland
20 Sep 1998	Fiji	68 – 0	2 Test Series	Suva, Fiji	CM[24]
late Sep 1998	Fiji	72 – 0		Fiji
23 Sep 1999	New Zealand	10 – 20	3 Test Series	Leichhardt Oval
27 Sep 1999	New Zealand	22 – 20		Penrith Stadium
29 Oct 1999	New Zealand	14 – 26		Ericsson Stadium Auckland
Nov 2000	New Zealand	6 – 10	2000 WRLWC	England	NZRL[23]
14 Nov 2000	Great Britain	10 – 14		Dewsbury	Ind[25]
Nov 2000	New Zealand	6 – 50		England	NZRL[23]
Nov 2000	Great Britain	lost		England
23 Sep 2001	New Zealand	8 – 42	Test Match	Carlaw Park, Auckland	CM[26]
14 July 2002	Great Britain	?	3 Test Series	Ringrose Park, Wentworthville
20 July 2002	Great Britain	14 – 10		Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	CSM[27]
27 July 2002	Great Britain	14 – 5		Bruce Stadium, Canberra	RLW[28] CT[29]
8 August 2003	New Zealand Maori	20 – 14	Test Match	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	RLW[30]
28 September 2003	New Zealand Maori	28 – 24	2003 WRLWC	North Harbour Stadium	RLW[31] NZH[32]
2 October 2003	Niue	58 – 0			RLW[33]
6 October 2003	New Zealand	4 – 44			NZRL[23]
8 October 2003	Samoa	40 – 12			DT[34]
10 October 2003	New Zealand Maori	4 – 12			DT[35]
14 August 2004	New Zealand	12 – 28	2 Test Series	Bendigo Bank Oval, Ipswich	RLW[36]
21 August 2004	New Zealand	20 – 30		Davies Park, Brisbane
2007	Twelve debutants in 2007[37]
6 November 2008	France	60 – 0	2008 World Cup	Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast
8 November 2008	Russia	72 – 0
10 November 2008	England	22 – 4
12 November 2008	Pacific Islands	32 – 6
15 November 2008	New Zealand	0 – 38		Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
2009	New Zealand	18 – 16	2009 Tour	Ellerslie Domain, Auckland	QT[38]
	New Zealand Maori	14 – 18
3 September 2011	Western Samoa	42 – 14	Test Match	Apia Park, Apia	NRL[39]
15 Oct 2011	New Zealand	Cancelled	Test Match	Gold Coast	[40]
5 July 2013	England	14 – 6	2013 World Cup	The Tetley's Stadium, Dewsbury	RLWC[41]
8 July 2013	France	72 – 0		Post Office Road, Featherstone	RLWC[42]
11 July 2013	New Zealand	6 – 14		Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley	RLWC[43]
14 July 2013	New Zealand	22 – 12		Headingley, Leeds	RLWC[44]
9 November 2014	New Zealand	8 – 12	Four Nations curtain-raiser	WIN Stadium, Wollongong	stuff[45] YT[46]
3 May 2015	New Zealand	22 – 14	Anzac Test	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	ABC[47]
6 May 2016	New Zealand	16 – 26	Anzac Test	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle	TA[48]
5 May 2017	New Zealand	16 – 4	Anzac Test	GIO Stadium, Canberra	NZRL[49]
16 November 2017	Cook Islands	58 – 4	2017 World Cup	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	RLWC[50]
19 November 2017	England	38 – 0			RLWC[51]
22 November 2017	Canada	88 – 0			RLWC[52]
26 November 2017	Canada	58 – 6			RLWC[53]
2 December 2017	New Zealand	23 – 16		Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	TG[54] NZRL[55]
13 October 2018	New Zealand	26 – 24	Trans-Tasman Test	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland	NRL[56] Ch9[57]
25 October 2019	New Zealand	28 – 8	Trans-Tasman Test	WIN Stadium, Wollongong	NRL[58] Ch9[59]

[60][61][62]

Other international matches

Date	Opponent	Score	Tournament	Venue	Ref.
4 Nov 2017	Papua New Guinea	42 – 4	Curtain-raiser to men's PM's XIII	National Football Stadium	APRL[63]
6 Oct 2018	Papua New Guinea	40 – 4	Women's PM's XII match	National Football Stadium	NRL[64]
11 Oct 2019	Fiji	22 – 14	Women's PM's XII match	ANZ National Stadium, Suva	NRL[65]

Nines

Date	Opponent	Score	Tournament	Venue	Ref.
31 January 2015	New Zealand	4 – 8	2015 Auckland Nines	Eden Park, Auckland
1 February 2015		4 – 16
		8 – 7
6 February 2016		11 – 4	2016 Auckland Nines		[66]
7 February 2016		0 – 9			[67]
		7 – 21			[68]
4 February 2017		20 – 4	2017 Auckland Nines
5 February 2017		8 – 0
		14 – 4
23 February 2018	Samoa	26 – 4	2018 Commonwealth Championship	Dolphin Oval, Redcliffe	[69]
	Fiji	24 – 0
24 February 2018	Cook Islands	14 – 8			[70]
	Samoa	14 – 8
18 October 2019	New Zealand	22 – 8	2019 International Nines	Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta
19 October 2019	England	42 – 4
	Papua New Guinea	30 – 6
	New Zealand	15 – 17			[71]

Individual Awards

Since 2015 a Female Player of the Year award has been included in the Dally M Awards.

Year	Player	Rep Teams	Club Teams	Ref.
2015	Jenni-Sue Hoepper	Jillaroos QLD		QRL[72]
2016	Kezie Apps	Jillaroos NSW	Helensburgh Tigers	DT[73] BDN[74]
2017	Samaima Taufu	Jillaroos NSW	Mounties	MMM[75]
2018	Brittany Breayley	Jillaroos QLD	Brisbane Broncos	NRL[76]
2019	Jessica Sergis	Jillaroos NSW	St George-Illawarra Dragons Helensburgh Tigers	NRL[77]
2020	Ali Brigginshaw	QLD[nb 1]	Brisbane Broncos	NRL[78]

1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia the interstate match was postponed from June to November, after the presentation of the award in October

Individual Records

Games played: 32

• Tahnee Norris

Points scored: 60

• Ali Brigginshaw

Tries scored

• Steph Hancock

Goals kicked: 18

• Caitlin Moran

Points scored in a match: 20

• Sam Bremner (5 tries) vs  France, World Cup, 8 July 2013
• Maddie Studdon (1 try, 8 goals) vs  Canada, World Cup, 22 November 2017

Tries scored in a match: 5

• Sam Bremner vs  France, World Cup, 8 July 2013

Goals kicked in a match: 8

• Ali Brigginshaw vs  France, World Cup, 8 July 2013
• Maddie Studdon vs vs  Canada, World Cup, 22 November 2017

See also

• Australian Kangaroos
• Australian Aboriginal rugby league team
• Junior Kangaroos
• Australian Schoolboys
• Prime Minister's XIII
• Women's rugby league in Australia
• New South Wales women's rugby league team
• Queensland women's rugby league team

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External links

• Official website