Women's rugby league in Australia

Women's rugby league in Australia
Country	Australia
National team	Australia

Women's rugby league is a popular women's sports in Australia. The sport has a high level of participation in the country both recreational and professional. Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) is the national governing body of the sport in Australia, organising the Australian Women's Rugby League, the Australian women's national team, and the nine state governing bodies of the game, among other duties. Women's participation of modern rugby league has been recorded since the early 1920s. It has since become one of Australia's most popular women's team sports.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

History

The Women's State of Origin is the Women's rugby league version of the game and has been running since 1999 and they play for the Nellie Doherty Cup.

The 2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the first held in Australia from 26 October, culminating in the final between Australian Jillaroos and the Kiwi Ferns on 22 November. It was held at Stockland Park alongside the Police World Cup. Eight teams took part including defending champions New Zealand.

The 2011 All Stars match included a the first Women's All Stars exhibition match which was won by the NRL Women's All Stars 22-6.^[7][8]

In 2016 the first local derby by NRL clubs was played Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and St. George Illawarra Dragons had a Women's rugby league nines match at Southern Cross Group Stadium witch aired on Fox Sports it was a curtain-raiser for the main game Sharks won 16-12.^{[9][10][11][12][13][12][14][15][16][17][18]}

The New South Wales Rugby League announced the creation of a nine-a-side under-18s women’s league for 2017 Named the Tarsha Gale Nines after the former Australian Jillaroos and NSW captain of the 1990s.^{[19][20][21][22][23][24][25]}

For the first time in the sport's history the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup will be held concurrently with the men’s tournament.^[26][27]

Competitions

• Australian Women's Rugby League
• Brisbane and District Women's Rugby League
• Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League

See also

• Rugby league in Australia
• Women's rugby league

References

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