The Adelaide Rush is a women's

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team in the

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, which is the highest level national competition in

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. The team is based in

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History

Before the AWIHL

The Adelaide Assassins were one of the four founding teams in the

, which officially began in

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after two showcase season were held previously. As the Assassins, Adelaide won both the 2005–06 Showcase Series and the 2006–07 Showcase Series.

AWIHL

The newly formed

had its inaugural season in the 2007–08 season, where the Adelaide Assassins would again win the championship. At this time the championship trophy awarded to the winners of the finals was the West Lakes Trophy, made by Westlakes Trophies and Framing. On August 8, 2011, the Adelaide Assassins merged with the

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ice hockey club. The move was made to increase the exposure of women's hockey in

with the help of associating with an already well known brand with which they could share resources with. Before the 2016 season began, the Adrenaline were re branded as Adelaide Rush.

Logo and uniform

2005–2009 Adelaide Assassins

In their first year, and the first Showcase Series that lead to the inaugural AWIHL season, the Adelaide Assassins wore a predominantly red uniform with black and red stripes.

2010–2015 Adelaide Adrenaline

On August 8, 2011, the Adelaide Assassins merged with the

ice hockey club and would use the same logo and a red variant of the

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team.

Season by season results

Players

Current roster

''For the

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Captains

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Candice Mitchell (C) * 2013–14 Candice Mitchell (C), Bethanie Kavanagh (A), Sari Lehmann (A) * 2014–15 Candice Mitchell (C), Bethanie Kavanagh (A), Sari Lehmann (A) * 2015–16 Candice Mitchell (C), Bethanie Kavanagh (A), Kate Tihema (A) * 2016–17 Sari Lehmann (C), Kelly Harris (A), Tess Reynolds (A), Kirsty Venus (A)

Head coaches

* 2013–14 Josef Rezek * 2014–15 Josef Rezek * 2015–16 Josef Rezek * 2016–17 Mitch Kelleher * 2018–19 Jamie Holland * 2019–20 Hayden Crafter * 2020–20 Joey McDougall

References

External links

Australian Women's Hockey League official site

Adelaide Rush official siteBrisbane Goannas official site

Melbourne Ice official Site

Sydney Sirens official Site
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