Australia Women's National Rugby League Team

The Australia women's national rugby league team, also known as the Australian Jillaroos, or Harvey Norman Jillaroos for sponsorship reasons, represents Australia in women's rugby league.
They played their first formal international in 1995 under the administration of the Australian Women's Rugby League. The AWRL affiliated with the Australian Rugby League in the late 1990s, with AWRL reports included in ARL annual reports. Since the advent of the Australian Rugby League Commission in February 2012, the team has been administered by that body and the National Rugby League.

The Australian Jillaroos are current world champions, having won the last three Women's Rugby League World Cup tournaments. Their first World Cup victory came in the fourth tournament, in 2013. The Jillaroos won on home soil in 2017 and again in the postponed 2021 tournament held in November 2022. Appointed in February 2025, the current head coach of the Jillaroos is Jess Skinner.

Matches have been broadcast on free-to-air networks since 2014 (Nines) and 2015 (Test Match).

The Jillaroos squad is selected by a panel of national selectors. There are specific tournaments and matches that act as selection trials. These include:
* The Women's State of Origin between Queensland and New South Wales teams.
* The NRL Women's Premiership
* All Stars match
* The National Championships
* Affiliated States Championships (VIC, SA, WA, NT)

Coaches

Full internationals

The current coach of the Australian team is Jess Skinner. Previous coaches have included Paul Dyer, Graham Murray, and Steve Folkes.

Notes
* Table last updated 16 May 2025.
* John Taylor was head trainer in 1995. Player recollection confirmed his involvement as head coach in 1996. The 1997 NZRL Annual records Taylor as Australia's head coach during the four-match tour.
* A report in the 2001 ARL Annual Report records that Graham Arndt and Daniel Lindeburg were joint coaches at a pre-tour training camp. Player recollection confirmed their involvement in Auckland where the one-off Test was played.

Nines

Players

Current squad

The squad for the upcoming international against England in Las Vegas on 1 March 2025 was announced on 7 February 2025. Jersey numbers and positions were announced on 25 February 2025. Tallies in the table include the match against England on 1 March 2025.

Players' ages are as at the date that the table was last updated, 2 March 2025.

Notes:
* Two members of the squad have previously played for other nations:
** : Sarah Togatuki (in 2019).
** : Tiana Penitani (in 2023, having played for Australia in 2019).
* Eight of the 21 squad members have played for Queensland, twelve for New South Wales. The one player yet to play Origin, Whitfeld qualifies for New South Wales.
* The number of squad members with other representative credits are:
** Indigenous All Stars 4 (Dodd, Joseph, Murphy, Upton)
** Māori All Stars 1 (Mato)
** NRL All Stars: 4 (Apps, Brigginshaw, Kelly and Taufa)
** Prime Minister's XIII: 10
** NSW City 6 (Dodd, Murphy, Penitani, Sergis, Taufa, Togatuki)
** NSW Country 4 (Apps, Davis, Higgins, Kelly).

Hall of Fame

In August 2024 the NRL announced the induction of six former Jillaroos players into the National Rugby League Hall of Fame. This was the first induction of women since the inception of the Hall of Fame in 2008.

Note: The lists of clubs in the above table is incomplete.

Records

Games played: 32
* Tahnee Norris

Points scored: 76
* Isabelle Kelly

Tries scored: 19
* Isabelle Kelly

Goals kicked: 31
* Lauren Brown

Points scored in a match: 24
* Julia Robinson (6 tries) vs , Pacific Championships, 18 October 2024

Tries scored in a match: 6
* Julia Robinson vs , Pacific Championships, 18 October 2024

Goals kicked in a match: 11
* Tarryn Aiken vs , International Test series, 2 March 2025

Competitive record

Head to head records

Notes:
* Table last updated 2 March 2025.
* Share is the portion of "For" points compared to the sum of "For" and "Against" points.

Results

Full internationals

Upcoming fixtures

* in October 2025.

Other international matches

Nines

Individual awards

Since 2015 a Female Player of the Year award has been included in the Dally M Awards.

IRL Rankings

See also

Men
* Australian Kangaroos
* Australian Aboriginal rugby league team
* Junior Kangaroos
* Australian Schoolboys
* Prime Minister's XIII
Women's Governance and History
* Women's rugby league in Australia
Women's Teams
* Indigenous All Stars
* Queensland women's rugby league team
* New South Wales women's rugby league team
* City New South Wales women's rugby league team
* Country New South Wales women's rugby league team
Women's Competitions
* Tier 1 NRL Women's Premiership
* Tier 2 QRL Women's Premiership
* Tier 2 NSWRL Women's Premiership
* Tier 3 Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League
* Tier 3 Brisbane and District Women's Rugby League

References

External links

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