Australia women's national rugby union team

Australia
Union	Australian Rugby Union
Nickname(s)	Wallaroos
Coach(es)	Paul Verrell
Captain(s)
Most caps	(-)
Top scorer	(-)
Team kit	Change kit
First international
	Australia 0-37 New Zealand ; (Sydney, Australia 2 September 1994)
Largest win
	Australia 87-0 Samoa ; (Samoa, 08 August 2009)
Largest defeat
	New Zealand 64-0 Australia ; (Auckland, New Zealand 22 July 1995)
World Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1998)
Best result	3rd place, 2010

The Australia national women's rugby union team, also known as the Wallaroos, are the national women's rugby union team of Australia. The Wallaroos have competed at the past five Women's Rugby World Cups in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010, and 2014.

Australian women have been playing rugby since the 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. The match was played at North Sydney Oval, 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, Spain also.

In 2014, The Wallaroos played two Test matches in New Zealand against their Tasman rivals, the Black Ferns, and North American outfit, Canada. Although losing both of these matches, the Wallaroos took this experience into the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. The Australian team was narrowly defeated by the United States in the fight for fifth place.

Results

World Cup

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	PF	PA
1991	Did Not Enter
1994	Did Not Enter
1998	Quarter-finals	5th	5	3	0	2	84	70
2002	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	63	54
2006	Plate semi-final	7th	5	2	0	3	118	85
2010	Third place	rd	5	3	0	2	115	67
2014	Plate semi-final	7th	5	3	0	2	104	49
2017	Qualified
Total	5/7	3rd	24	13	0	11	484	325

Overall

Summary of matches (full internationals only):

Opposition	First game	Played	Won	Lost	% Won
Canada	2014	1	0	1	0.00%
England	1998	4	0	4	0.00%
France	1998	4	1	3	25.00%
Ireland	1998	2	2	0	100.00%
New Zealand	1994	14	0	14	0.00%
Samoa	2009	1	1	0	100.00%
Scotland	1998	2	2	0	100.00%
South Africa	2006	3	3	0	100.00%
Spain	1998	1	0	1	0.00%
United States	1997	5	0	5	0.00%
Wales	2002	4	4	0	100.00%
Summary	1994	41	13	28	31.71%

Full internationals

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Other matches

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Current squad

2016 Wallaroos squad composition for the 2016 Bledisloe Cup.^[1]^[2]

Squad:

1. Louise Burrows
2. Alanna Patison
3. Hanna Ngaha
4. Alisha Hewett
5. Chloe Butler
6. Grace Hamilton
7. Ariana Kaiwai
8. Mollie Gray
9. Iliseva Batibasaga
10. Ash Hewson
11. Madeline Putz
12. Sarah Riordan
13. Katrina Barker
14. Cobie-Jane Morgan
15. Chloe Leaupepe

Finishers:

16. Ivy Kaleta
17. Emily Robinson
18. Danielle Meskell
19. Michelle Bailey
20. Liz Patu
21. Kirby Sefo
22. Nareta Marsters
23. Cheyenne Campbell

Squad to 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup:^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Club/province
Louise Burrows	Hooker	11 March 1978	Royals RU
Margaret Watson	Hooker	18 December 1986	University of Newcastle
Danielle Meskell	Prop	13 November 1973	Warringah Rats
Shannon Parry	Prop	27 October 1989	Redlands RUC
Oneata Schwalger	Prop	4 July 1985	Melbourne Unicorns
Caroline Vakalahi	Prop	4 January 1983	Australian Services RU
Sharni Williams	Prop	2 March 1988	Royals RU
Rebecca Clough	Lock	14 November 1988	Cottesloe RUC
Alisha Hewett	Lock	26 December 1985	Australian Services RU
Brooke Saunders	Lock	23 April 1985	Australian Services RU
Chloe Butler	Flanker	11 April 1987	Parramatta Two Blues
Dalena Dennison	Flanker	26 December 1985	Sunnybank Dragons
Mollie Gray	Flanker	29 September 1989	Australian Services RU
Michelle Milward	Flanker	10 January 1986	Queanbeyan Whites
Liz Patu	Flanker	15 July 1989	Western Bulldogs
Rebecca Smyth	Flanker	8 February 1985	Dubbo Rhinos
Nita Maynard	Scrum-half	7 July 1992	Parramatta Two Blues
Tui Ormsby	Scrum-half	20 January 1978	Warringah Rats
Cheyenne Campbell	Centre	10 September 1986	Redlands RUC
Ashley Marsters	Centre	2 November 1993	Melbourne Unicorns
Cobie-Jane Morgan	Centre	29 June 1989	Warringah Rats
Natasha Haines	Wing	23 December 1981	Cottesloe RUC
Madeline Putz	Wing	18 September 1989	Kalamunda RUC
Tricia Brown	Fullback	14 March 1979	University of Queensland
Ashleigh Hewson	Fullback	18 December 1979	Sydney University

References

^ http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/wednesdays-rugby-news-155/
^ http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2016/10/25/00/00/wallaroos-black-ferns-albany-team-announcement
^ IRB (2014). "Australia Squad". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

[1] ttp://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/wednesdays-rugby-news-155/

[2] ttp://www.rugby.com.au/news/2016/10/25/00/00/wallaroos-black-ferns-albany-team-announcement

[3] IRB (2014). "Australia Squad". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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