Australia women's national rugby union team

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Australia

Union

Australian Rugby Union

Nickname(s)

Wallaroos

Coach

Steven Hamson

Captain

Most caps

(-)

Top scorer

(-)





Team colours





Change colours

First international

Australia 0-37

New Zealand
(1994)

Largest win

Australia 68-12

South Africa
(2006)

Worst defeat

Australia 0-64

New Zealand
(1995)

World Cup

Appearances

3 (First in 1998)

Best result

5th 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup
5th 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup

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 three Women's Rugby World Cups in the past; in 1998, 2002 and the current 2006 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. 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.

1 Results
- 1.1 Summary
- 1.2 Full internationals
2 External links

[edit] Results

[edit] Summary

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Australia internationals 1994-
Opponent	First game	Played	Won	Lost	Percentage
England	1998	3	0	3	0.00%
France	1998	2	0	2	0.00%
Ireland	1998	2	2	0	100.00%
New Zealand	1994	8	0	8	0.00%
Scotland	1998	2	2	0	100.00%
South Africa	2006	1	1	0	100.00%
Spain	1998	1	0	1	0.00%
United States	1997	4	0	4	0.00%
Wales	2002	1	1	0	100.00%
Summary 1994-		24	6	18	25.00%

[edit] Full internationals

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

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	1994-09-02	Australia	0-37	New Zealand	Sydney	[1/8/1]

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	1995-07-22	New Zealand	64-0	Australia	Auckland	[9/2/2]

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	1996-08-31	Australia	5-28	New Zealand	Sydney	[3/10/3]

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	1997-08-02	Australia	24-28	United States	Brisbane	[4/24/1]

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	1997-08-16	New Zealand	44-0	Australia	Dunedin	[15/5/4]

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	1998-05-02 (WC)	Australia	21-0	Ireland	Amsterdam	[6/22/1]

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	1998-05-05 (WC)	Australia	8-10	France	Amsterdam	[7/46/1]

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	1998-05-09 (WC)	Australia	13-30	England	Amsterdam	[8/44/1]

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	1998-05-12 (WC)	Australia	17-15	Spain	Amsterdam	[9/18/1]

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	1998-05-16 (WC)	Australia	25-15	Scotland	Amsterdam	[10/33/1]

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	1998-08-29	Australia	3-27	New Zealand	Sydney	[11/21/5]

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	2001-05-26	Australia	19-41	England	T.G.Milner, Eastwood, Sydney	[12/73/2]

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	2001-06-02	Australia	5-15	England	Newcastle, NSW	[13/74/3]

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	2002-05-13 (WC)	Australia	30-0	Wales	Barcelona	[14/64/1]

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	2002-05-18 (WC)	Australia	3-36	New Zealand	Barcelona	[15/30/6]

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	2002-05-21 (WC)	Australia	0-18	United States	Barcelona	[16/43/2]

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	2002-05-25 (WC)	Australia	30-0	Scotland	Barcelona	[17/66/2]

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	2006-08-31 (WC)	Australia	68-12	South Africa	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[18/7/1]

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	2006-09-04 (WC)	Australia	10-24	France	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[19/108/2]

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	2006-09-08 (WC)	Australia	6-10	United States	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[20/57/3]

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	2006-09-12 (WC)	Australia	12-29	United States	St. Albert Rugby Park, St. Albert	[21/58/4]

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	2006-09-16 (WC)	Australia	18-14	Ireland	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	[22/79/2]

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	2007-10-16	New Zealand	21-10	Australia	Cooks Gardens, Wanganui	[48/23/7]

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	2007-10-20	New Zealand	29-12	Australia	Wellington	[49/24/8]

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	2008-07-22	Australia	-	New Zealand	Canberra	[25/50/9]

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	2008-07-26	Australia	-	New Zealand	Sydney	[26/51/10]

[edit] External links

v • d • e Rugby union in Australia

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Main Competitions	Super Rugby • Australian Rugby Championship (defunct) • Australian Provincial Championship • Australian Rugby Shield • Australia Sevens

Intrastate Competitions	Shute Shield • Tooheys New Cup (defunct) • Queensland Premier Rugby • ACTRU Premier Division • Brisbane Club Rugby

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