Australia women's national rugby union team
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The Australia national women's rugby union team, also known as the Wallaroos, are the national women's rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 team of Australia
Australia
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. The Wallaroos have competed at three Women's Rugby World Cup
Women's Rugby World Cup
The Women's Rugby World Cup is the premier international competition in rugby union for women. The tournament is organised by the sport's governing body the International Rugby Board...

s in the past; in 1998, 2002, 2006 and the current 2010 event.

Australian women have been playing rugby since thet late 1930s, in regional areas of New South Wales. In 1992 the first National Women's Tournament as 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.

The Wallaroos played their first international in 1994, against New Zealand, also known as the Black Ferns
Black Ferns
The Black Ferns is New Zealand's national women's rugby union team.- The name :The name comes from the use of the colour black and the silver fern as New Zealand sporting symbols...

. The match was played at North Sydney Oval
North Sydney Oval
-Development:* The first cricket pitch was laid on 6 December 1867, making it one of the oldest cricket grounds in Australia.* The first structure built, in 1879, was a simple pavilion overlooking the cricket ground...

, and NZ won the game 37 to 0. The team placed fifth at their first world cup appearance in 1998 in the Netherlands, they placed fifth at the 2002 event in Barcelona
Barcelona
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, Spain
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 also.

In March 2009 the Wallaroos won the inaugural Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament, beating New Zealand 15 - 10.

Summary

(Full internationals only)
Rugby: Australia internationals 1994-
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
1998 4 0 0 4 0.00%
1998 3 1 0 2 33.33%
Ireland
Ireland women's national rugby union team
The Ireland rugby union team, represents both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in rugby union-Squad:Squad for 2011 Women's RBS 6 Nations*Niamh Briggs *Niamh Kavanagh *Lynne Cantwell...

1998 2 2 0 0 100.00%
1994 11 0 0 11 0.00%
2009 1 1 0 0 100.00%
1998 2 2 0 0 100.00%
2006 2 2 0 0 100.00%
1998 1 0 0 1 0.00%
1997 4 0 0 4 0.00%
2002 2 2 0 0 100.00%
Summary 1994- 32 10 0 22 31.25%

Full internationals

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering.

Current Squad

Position Player Date of Birth/Age Club
Prop Danielle Meskell Warringah (NSW)
Prop Lindsay Morgan Royals (ACT)
Prop Se'ei S'au West Bulldogs (QLD)
Prop/No. 8 Caroline Vakalahi Australian Services Rugby Union
Hooker Silei Poluleuligaga Wests (QLD)
Hooker Margaret Watson Newcastle University (NSW)
Lock Rebecca Clough Cottesloe (WA)
Lock Kate Porter Australian Services Rugby Union
Lock Chris Ross Warringah (NSW)
Flanker Alexandra Hargreaves Tuggeranong Vikings (ACT)
Flanker Shannon Parry Easts (QLD)
Flanker Megan Shanahan Orange Emus (NSW)
Flanker Rebecca Trethowan Narromine Gorillas (NSW)
No. 8 Debby Hodgkinson (WA)
Halfback Iliseva Batibasaga Brothers (QLD)
Halfback Cheryl Soon Warringah (NSW)
Flyhalf Tobie McGann Newcastle Uni (NSW)
Centre Cheyenne Campbell Easts (QLD)
Centre Cobie-Jane Morgan Warringah (NSW)
Centre Sharni Williams Royals (ACT)
Centre/Wing Ruan Sims Warringah (NSW)
Wing Nicole Beck Sydney University (NSW)
Wing Kristy Giteau Tuggeranong Vikings (ACT)
Fullback Tricia Brown University of Queensland (QLD)
Utility Back Ashleigh Hewson Sydney University (NSW)
Utility Back Tui Ormsby Warringah (NSW)
  • Coach: John Manenti

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