Australia women's national lacrosse team
| Medal record | ||
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| FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup | ||
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1982 Nottingham, England | |
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1986 Philadelphia, USA | |
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1989 Perth, Australia | |
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1993 Edinburgh, Scotland | |
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1997 Tokyo, Japan | |
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2001 High Wycombe, England | |
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2005 Annapolis, USA | |
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2009 Prague, Czech Republic | |
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2013 Oshawa, Ontario | |
| The World Games | ||
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2017 Wrocław, Poland | |
The Australia women's national lacrosse team represents Australia at women's lacrosse. It is governed by Lacrosse Australia and is a full member of the World Lacrosse.[1] They have won the Women's Lacrosse World Cup twice, in 1986 and 2005, and have been runners-up 4 times.[2] They are currently ranked fourth in the world, finishing behind the United States, Canada and England at the 2017 FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup, which was held in Guildford, Surrey, England,[3] while also finishing third in the 2017 World Games women's lacrosse tournament, held in Wrocław, Poland, behind the United States and Canada, but ahead of Great Britain.[4]
Squad
[edit]| Australia senior women's national lacrosse team 2017[5] | ||||
| Number | Name | Club | State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Rebecca Banyard | Wembley | WA | |
| 1 | Abbie Burgess | Footscray | Vic | |
| 18 | Verity Clough | Footscray | Vic | |
| 20 | Elizabeth Hinkes | Wembley | WA | |
| 16 | Ashtyn Hiron | Phoenix | WA | |
| 2 | Courtney Hobbs | Glenelg | SA | |
| 21 | Lauren Hunter | Williamstown | Vic | |
| 24 | Bree Hussey | Newport | Vic | |
| 4 | Stella Justice-Allen | Footscray | Vic | |
| 5 | Rachel Kirchheimer | Newport | Vic | |
| 12 | Theadora Kwas | Footscray | Vic | |
| 3 | Rebecca Lane | Footscray | Vic | |
| 23 | Stephanie McNamara | Newport | Vic | |
| 9 | Sarah Mollison | Footscray | Vic | |
| 7 | Hannah Nielsen | Brighton | SA | |
| 19 | Beth Varga | Brighton | SA | |
| 6 | Bonnie Wells | Glenelg | SA | |
| 8 | Sachiyo Yamada | Caulfield | Vic | |
| alternates | ||||
| 11 | Sarah Lowe | Burnside | SA | |
| selected but withdrew through injury | ||||
| 14 | Sue McSolvin | Caulfield | Vic | |
| 10 | Hayley Sofarnos | Newport | Vic | |
| Team Personnel | ||||
| head | Trish Adams | |||
| asst | Meredith Carre | |||
| manager | Kate Simpson | |||
| medical officer | Megan Barnet | |||
| physiotherapist | Cara Gleeson | |||
| myotherapist | Kiara DiPierto | |||
| strength and conditioning |
James Hooper | |||
| photography | Erin Gregory | |||
U-19 Team
[edit]The Australian U19 women's national lacrosse team won the gold medal at the 1995 Under-19 World Lacrosse Championship. As of 2019, their head coach has been Jen Adams.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "World Lacrosse Members". World Lacrosse. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "World Event History & Results | FIL". Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Еnglishlacrosse.co.uk new site open - Evaluate UK lacrosse betting sites".
- ^ "The World Games 2017, Wrocław (POL) | IWGA".
- ^ "Home of the Australian Women's Team 2017". lacrosse.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Australia has high hopes at World U19 Women's Field Lacrosse Championship Mike Davies (The Peterborough Examiner), 13 July 2019. Accessed 18 June 2020.
External links
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