Australia women's national rugby league team

For the men's team, see Australia national rugby league team.

Australian Jillaroos

Team information
Nickname	The Jillaroos
Governing body	Australian Rugby League Commission
Region	Asia-Pacific
Head coach	Brad Donald
Captain	Kezie Apps Sam Bremner Ali Brigginshaw
Most caps	Tahnee Norris (32)
Top try-scorer	Sam Bremner (14) Isabelle Kelly (14)
Top point-scorer	Ali Brigginshaw (74)
IRL ranking	1st
Uniforms
First colours Second colours
Team results
First international
Australia 14-18 New Zealand   (Lidcombe Oval, Sydney, 1 July 1995)
Biggest win
Australia 92–0 France   (York, England; 6 November 2022)
Biggest defeat
Australia 6-50 New Zealand   (England; 18 November 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first time in 2000 )
Best result	Champions ( 2013, 2017, 2021 )

The Australia women's national rugby league team, also known as the Australian Jillaroos, or Harvey Norman Jillaroos for sponsorship reasons, ^[1] represents Australia in women's rugby league. They are administered by the Australian Rugby League Commission and Australian Women's Rugby League.

The Australian Jillaroos are current world champions, having won the last two Women's Rugby League World Cup tournaments, in 2013 ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} and 2017. Appointed in 2016, the current head coach of the Jillaroos is Brad Donald. ^[6]

Matches have been broadcast on free-to-air networks since 2014 (Nines) and 2015 (Test Match). ^{[7] [8] [9]}

The Jillaroos squad is selected by a panel of national selectors. There are specific tournaments and matches that act as selection trials. ^[10] 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)

Head to Head Records

Opponent	FM	MR	M	W	D	L	Win%	PF	PA	Share
New Zealand	1995	2023	28	11	0	17	39.29%	435	600	42.03%
Great Britain	1996	2002	8	3	0	5	37.50%	100	111	47.39%
Fiji	1998	1998	2	2	0	0	100.00%	120	0	100.00%
New Zealand Māori	2003	2009	6	3	0	3	50.00%	90	104	46.39%
Niue	2003	2003	1	1	0	0	100.00%	58	0	100.00%
Samoa	2003	2011	2	2	0	0	100.00%	82	26	75.93%
France	2008	2022	3	3	0	0	100.00%	224	0	100.00%
Russia	2008	2008	1	1	0	0	100.00%	72	0	100.00%
England	2008	2017	3	3	0	0	100.00%	74	10	88.10%
Pacific Islands	2008	2008	1	1	0	0	100.00%	32	6	84.21%
Cook Islands	2017	2022	2	2	0	0	100.00%	132	4	93.55%
Canada	2017	2017	2	2	0	0	100.00%	146	6	96.05%
Papua New Guinea	2022	2022	1	1	0	0	100.00%	82	0	100.00%
Totals	1995	2023	60	35	0	25	58.33%	1,647	867	65.51%

Notes:

• Table last updated 29 October 2023.
• Share is the portion of "For" points compared to the sum of "For" and "Against" points.

Current roster

Further information: List of Australian Jillaroos team players

The squad for the 2023 Pacific Championships was announced on 3 October 2023. ^[11]
Players' ages are as at the date that the table was last updated, 29 October 2023.

J#	Player	Age	Position(s)	Jillaroos						NRLW							Other Reps
				Dbt	M	T	G	F	Pts	2023 Club	CM	TM	T	G	F	Pts
1	Tamika Upton	26	Fullback	2023	2	2	0	0	8	Knights	16	27	19	0	0	76	5 1
2	Jaime Chapman	21	Wing , Centre	2022	5	5	0	0	20	Titans	9	23	16	0	0	64	2 3 1 1
3	Jessica Sergis	26	Centre	2019	7	8	0	0	32	Roosters	18	28	15	0	0	60	7 3 1
4	Isabelle Kelly	27	Centre	2017	13	14	0	0	56	Roosters	30	32	14	0	0	56	10 1 3
5	Jakiya Whitfeld	22	Wing	2023	1	0	0	0	0	Tigers	9	11	4	0	0	16	1
6	Tarryn Aiken	24	Five-eighth , Halfback	2022	6	5	1	0	22	Roosters	10	29	11	1	0	46	5
7	Ali Brigginshaw	33	Halfback , Lock	2009	23	7	23	0	74	Broncos	33	33	12	35	0	118	14 6 1
8	Shannon Mato	25	Prop	2022	5	0	0	0	0	Titans	18	22	3	0	0	12	5 3
9	Lauren Brown	28	Hooker , Halfback	2022	7	0	31	0	62	Titans	16	26	2	37	2	84	3 1
11	Kezie Apps	32	Prop , Second-row	2014	15	2	0	0	8	Tigers	7	26	7	0	0	28	11 2 7 1
15	Yasmin Clydsdale	29	Second-row , Centre	2022	6	0	0	0	0	Knights	18	29	9	0	0	36	5
12	Olivia Kernick	22	Second-row	2022	6	2	0	0	8	Roosters	23	23	7	0	0	28	3 1 2 2
13	Simaima Taufa	29	Lock	2014	14	0	0	0	0	Raiders	9	31	9	0	0	36	9 2 2
14	Emma Tonegato	28	Fullback , Five-eighth	2013	9	8	0	0	32	Sharks	9	22	8	0	0	32	5 1
10	Jessika Elliston	26	Prop , Second-row	2023	2	0	0	0	0	Titans	22	27	5	0	0	20	4 1
16	Kennedy Cherrington	24	Lock	2022	6	2	0	0	8	Eels	17	21	2	0	0	8	3 2 2 1
17	Emma Manzelmann	21	Hooker	2023	1	0	0	0	0	Cowboys	9	21	5	0	0	20	2 1
18	Shaylee Bent	23	Second-row , Centre	2022	4	1	0	0	4	Titans	11	30	4	0	0	16	4 5 4
19	Shenae Ciesiolka	26	Centre , Fullback	2022	3	4	0	0	16	Broncos	24	24	12	0	0	48	5 1
20	Teagan Berry	21	Fullback	—	0	0	0	0	0	Dragons	23	23	21	1	0	86	2 1
21	Keeley Davis	23	Hooker	2018	6	1	0	0	4	Roosters	9	32	3	0	0	12	4 5 1
–	Caitlan Johnston	22	Second-row , Prop	2022	4	2	0	0	8	Knights	18	21	3	0	0	12	1 4 2 1
–	Keilee Joseph	21	Lock , Second-row	2022	2	0	0	0	0	Roosters	22	22	3	0	0	12	2 3
–	Julia Robinson	25	Wing , Fullback	2018	6	8	0	0	32	Broncos	24	24	14	0	0	56	4

Notes:

• Keilee Joseph replaced original selection Evania Pelite, who withdrew due to injury, as announced by the NRL on 6 October 2023.
• Jakiya Whitfeld, Shenae Ciesiolka, and Teagan Berry joined the squad ahead of the 28 October 2023 match, replacing Julia Robinson (personal reasons), Keilee Joseph (personal reasons), and Caitlan Johnston (injury). ^{[12] [13]}

Coaches

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

Name	Tests						Nines						Ref.
	Span	Matches	W	D	L	W%	Span	Matches	W	D	L	W%
Graham Willard	1995–	?	?	?	?	?	N/A						[14]
Mark Donkin	–1998–	2	2	0	0	100%	N/A
Terry Borland	–2002	?	?	?	?	?	N/A						[15]
Dave Leat	2003–	?	?	?	?	?	N/A						[16]
Karen Stuart	2008–09	7	5	0	2	71%	N/A
Graham Murray	c2010–11	1	1	0	0	100%	N/A						[17]
Paul Dyer	2013	4	3	0	1	75%	N/A						[18]
Steve Folkes	2014–16	3	1	0	2	33%	2015–16	6	2	0	0	33%	[19]
Brad Donald	2017–	15	14	0	1	93%	2017–19	11	10	0	1	91%	[20]

Table last updated 29 October 2023.

Results

Full internationals

Date	Opponent	Score	Tournament	Venue	Video	Report(s)
1 July 1995	New Zealand	14 - 18	2 Test Series	Lidcombe Oval	—
8 July 1995	New Zealand	6 - 14		Hawker Oval, Canberra	—	[21]
21 July 1996	Great Britain	16 – 14	3 Test Series	Phillip Oval, Canberra	[22]	[23]
28 July 1996	Great Britain	12 – 18		Gilbert Park, Brisbane	—
3 August 1996	Great Britain	18 – 20		Redfern Oval, Sydney	[24]	[25] [26] [27]
20 September 1997	New Zealand	26 – 34	2 Test Series	Petone Recreation Ground, Wellington	—	[28] [29]
24 September 1997	New Zealand	16 – 40		Carlaw Park,Auckland	—	[30]
19 September 1998	Fiji	68 – 0	2 Test Series	Suva, Fiji	—	[31] [32]
26 September 1998	Fiji	52 – 0		Fiji	—	[33]
23 September 1999	New Zealand	10 – 20	3 Test Series	Leichhardt Oval	—	[34]
27 September 1999	New Zealand	22 – 20		Penrith Stadium	[35]	[36]
29 October 1999	New Zealand	14 – 26		Ericsson Stadium Auckland	—	[37]
10 November 2000	New Zealand	6 – 10	2000 World Cup	South Leeds Stadium	[38]	[39]
14 November 2000	Great Britain	10 – 14		Rams Stadium, Dewsbury	[40]	[41] [42]
18 November 2000	New Zealand	6 – 50		Rams Stadium, Dewsbury	—	[28] [43]
21 November 2000	Great Britain	0 – 4		The Jungle, Castleford	—	[44]
23 September 2001	New Zealand	8 – 42	Test Match	Carlaw Park, Auckland	—	[45] [46]
14 July 2002	Great Britain	16 – 26	3 Test Series	Ringrose Park, Wentworthville	—	[47]
20 July 2002	Great Britain	14 – 10		Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	—	[48]
27 July 2002	Great Britain	14 – 5		Bruce Stadium, Canberra	—	[49] [50]
8 August 2003	New Zealand Māori	20 – 14	Test Match	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	—	[51]
28 September 2003	New Zealand Māori	28 – 24	2003 World Cup	North Harbour Stadium	—	[52] [53]
2 October 2003	Niue	58 – 0			—	[54]
6 October 2003	New Zealand	4 – 44			—	[55]
8 October 2003	Samoa	40 – 12			—	[56]
10 October 2003	New Zealand Māori	4 – 12			—	[57]
14 August 2004	New Zealand	12 – 38	2 Test Series	Bendigo Bank Oval, Ipswich	—	[58] [59]
21 August 2004	New Zealand	20 – 30		Davies Park, Brisbane	[60]	[61]
31 October 2007	New Zealand Māori	20 – 16	2 Test Series	Rotorua	—	[62] [63]
3 November 2007	New Zealand Māori	4 – 20		Rotorua	—	[64]
6 November 2008	France	60 – 0	2008 World Cup	Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast	—
8 November 2008	Russia	72 – 0			—
10 November 2008	England	22 – 4			—
12 November 2008	Pacific Islands	32 – 6			—
15 November 2008	New Zealand	0 – 34		Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	[65]
16 September 2009	New Zealand Māori	14 – 18	2009 Tour		—
23 September 2009	New Zealand	18 – 16		Ellerslie Domain, Auckland	—	[66]
3 September 2011	Samoa	42 – 14	Test Match	Apia Park, Apia	—	[67]
15 October 2011	New Zealand	Cancelled	Test Match	Gold Coast	—	[68]
5 July 2013	England	14 – 6	2013 World Cup	The Tetley's Stadium, Dewsbury	[69]	[70]
8 July 2013	France	72 – 0		Post Office Road, Featherstone	[71]
11 July 2013	New Zealand	6 – 14		Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley	[72]
14 July 2013	New Zealand	22 – 12		Headingley, Leeds	[73]
9 November 2014	New Zealand	8 – 12	Test Match (4NCR)	WIN Stadium, Wollongong	[74] [75]	[76]
3 May 2015	New Zealand	22 – 14	Anzac Test	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	—	[77]
6 May 2016	New Zealand	16 – 26	Anzac Test	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle	—	[78] [79] [80]
5 May 2017	New Zealand	16 – 4	Anzac Test	GIO Stadium, Canberra	[81]
16 November 2017	Cook Islands	58 – 4	2017 World Cup	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	[82]
19 November 2017	England	38 – 0			[83]	[84] [85]
22 November 2017	Canada	88 – 0			[86]	[87]
26 November 2017	Canada	58 – 6			[88]
2 December 2017	New Zealand	23 – 16		Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	[89]	[90] [91]
13 October 2018	New Zealand	26 – 24	Trans-Tasman Test	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland	[92]	[93]
25 October 2019	New Zealand	28 – 8	Trans-Tasman Test	WIN Stadium, Wollongong	[94]	[95]
2 November 2022	Cook Islands	74 – 0	2021 World Cup	York Community Stadium, York	[96]	[97] [98]
6 November 2022	France	92 – 0			[99]	[100] [101]
10 November 2022	New Zealand	10 – 8			[102]	[103] [104]
14 November 2022	Papua New Guinea	82 – 0			[105]	[106] [107]
19 November 2022	New Zealand	54 – 4		Old Trafford, Manchester	[108]	[109] [110]
14 October 2023	New Zealand	16 – 10	2023 Pacific Champs	Qld Country Bank Stadium, Townsville	[111]	[112]
28 October 2023	New Zealand	6 – 12		AAMI Park, Melbourne	[113]	[114] [115]

Other international matches

Date	Opponent	Score	Tournament	Venue	Video	Report(s)
4 Nov 2017	Papua New Guinea	42 – 4	Curtain-raiser to men's PM's XIII	National Football Stadium	—	[116]
6 Oct 2018	Papua New Guinea	40 – 4	Women's PM's XIII match	National Football Stadium	[117]
11 Oct 2019	Fiji	22 – 14	Women's PM's XIII match	ANZ National Stadium, Suva	[118]	[119]
25 Sep 2022	Papua New Guinea	64 – 6	Women's PM's XIII match	Suncorp Stadium	[120]	[121] [122]
23 Sep 2023	Papua New Guinea	56 – 4	Women's PM's XIII match	National Football Stadium	[123]	[124] [125]

Nines

Date	Opponent	Score	Tournament	Venue	Video	Report(s)
31 January 2015	New Zealand	4 – 8	2015 Auckland Nines	Eden Park, Auckland	—
1 February 2015		4 – 16			—
		8 – 7			[126]
6 February 2016		11 – 4	2016 Auckland Nines		[127]	[128]
7 February 2016		0 – 9			[129]	[130]
		7 – 21			[131]	[132]
4 February 2017		20 – 4	2017 Auckland Nines		[133]
5 February 2017		8 – 0			[134]
		14 – 4			—
23 February 2018	Samoa	26 – 4	2018 Commonwealth Championship	Dolphin Oval, Redcliffe	—	[135]
	Fiji	24 – 0			—
24 February 2018	Cook Islands	14 – 8			—	[136]
	Samoa	14 – 8			—
18 October 2019	New Zealand	22 – 8	2019 International Nines	Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta	[137]
19 October 2019	England	42 – 4			[138]
	Papua New Guinea	30 – 6			[139]
	New Zealand	15 – 17			[140]	[141]

Individual awards

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

Year	Player	Rep Teams	NRL Club	State Club	References
2015	Jenni-Sue Hoepper	Jillaroos QLD	—	Townsville Brothers	[142]
2016	Kezie Apps	Jillaroos NSW	—	Helensburgh Tigers	[143] [144]
2017	Samaima Taufu	Jillaroos NSW	—	Mounties	[145]
2018	Brittany Breayley	Jillaroos QLD	Brisbane Broncos	Ipswich Brothers	[146]
2019	Jessica Sergis	Jillaroos NSW	St George-Illawarra Dragons	Helensburgh Tigers	[147]
2020	Ali Brigginshaw	QLD [nb 1]	Brisbane Broncos	Ipswich Brothers	[148]
2021 [nb 2]	Millie Boyle	NSW	Brisbane Broncos	Burleigh Bears	[149]
	Emma Tonegato	—	St George-Illawarra Dragons	—
2022	Raecene McGregor	Kiwi Ferns	Sydney Roosters	North Sydney Bears	[150]
2023	Tamika Upton	QLD	Newcastle Knights	Newcastle Knights	[151]

1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia the interstate match was postponed from June to November, after the presentation of the award in October
2. The award for the 2021 Season, which was held between 27 February and 10 April 2022, was tied with duel winners announced.

Individual Records

This section last updated 29 October 2023

Games played: 32

• Tahnee Norris

Points scored: 74

• Ali Brigginshaw

Tries scored: 14

• Sam Bremner
• Isabelle Kelly

Goals kicked: 31

• Lauren Brown

Points scored in a match: 20

• Sam Bremner (5 tries) vs   France, World Cup, 8 July 2013
• Maddie Studdon (1 try, 8 goals) vs   Canada, World Cup, 22 November 2017
• Lauren Brown (10 goals) vs   France, World Cup, 6 November 2022

Tries scored in a match: 5

• Sam Bremner vs   France, World Cup, 8 July 2013

Goals kicked in a match: 10

• Lauren Brown vs   France, World Cup, 6 November 2022

See also

• Australia portal
• Sports portal

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

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