Indigenous Australian women's rugby league team

Last updated

Indigenous All Stars
Team information
Governing body Australian Rugby League Commission
Head coachJess Skinner
Captain Quincy Dodd
Most caps Rebecca Young (8)
Tallisha Harden (8)
Top try-scorer Jaime Chapman (5)
Top point-scorer Kirra Dibb (20)
Jaime Chapman (20)
Team results
First international
Indigenous All Stars Women 6-20 NRL All Stars Women, 2011
Biggest win
Indigenous All Stars Women 14-4 NRL All Stars Women, 2017
Indigenous All Stars Women 18-8 Māori All Stars Women, 2022
Biggest defeat
Indigenous All Stars Women 6-38 NRL All Stars Women, 2013

The Indigenous Australian women's rugby league team (also known as the Indigenous Women's All Stars) is a rugby league football team that represents Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. The team was first formed in late 2010 for their first match in February 2011. [1] The team currently plays in an annual All Stars Match against a National Rugby League Māori All Stars women's team.

Contents

Current squad

The following players played in the 15 February 2025 match against the Māori All Stars. [2] [3] All twenty players spent time on the field during the game.
Players' ages are as at the date that the table was last updated, 16 February 2025.

J#PlayerAgePosition(s)Indigenous All StarsNRLWOther Reps
DbtMTGFPts2025 ClubCMTMTGFPts
1 Jaime Chapman 22 Fullback 2021550020 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Titans 1731190076 Australian colours.svg 5 New South Wales colours.svg 5 City colours.svg 1 Australian colours.svg 2
2 Nakia Davis-Welsh 28 Wing 201371004 Cronulla colours.svg Sharks 462008 Australian colours.svg 4 New South Wales colours.svg 3 City colours.svg 1
3 Bobbi Law 27 Centre 202050000 St. George Illawarra colours.svg Dragons 132670028 Country colours.svg 4 Australian colours.svg 1
4 Jasmine Peters 22 Centre 202150000 North Queensland colours.svg Cowboys 1826110044
5Monique Donovan Wing 202131004 Parramatta colours.svg Eels 151580032
6Taliah Fuimaono25 Five-eighth 202150000 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Titans 8212008 Canterbury colours.svg 1 Australian colours.svg 3 New South Wales colours.svg 5
7 Kirra Dibb 27 Halfback 20224010020 North Queensland colours.svg Cowboys 18364632144 Australian colours.svg 1 New South Wales colours.svg 2 Country colours.svg 5 Australian colours.svg 2
8 Tallisha Harden 32 Prop 201480000 North Queensland colours.svg Cowboys 18362008 Australian colours.svg 4 Queensland colours.svg 5 Australian colours.svg 2
9 Quincy Dodd 24 Hooker 201970000 Cronulla colours.svg Sharks 2038110044 Australian colours.svg 1 New South Wales colours.svg 5 City colours.svg 7 Australian colours.svg 3
10 Keilee Joseph 23 Prop 202151004 Brisbane colours.svg Broncos 103230012 Australian colours.svg 5 Queensland colours.svg 4
11 Olivia Kernick 24 Second-row 202130000 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Roosters 3434130052 Australian colours.svg 6 New South Wales colours.svg 6 Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg 2 Country colours.svg 2
12 Mahalia Murphy 31 Second-row 201150000 Parramatta colours.svg Eels 182160024 Australian colours.svg 3 New South Wales colours.svg 1 City colours.svg 1
13 Bree Chester 22 Lock 202220000 North Queensland colours.svg Cowboys 171730012 Australian colours.svg 1
14Taneka Todhunter Hooker , Halfback 202420000 Parramatta colours.svg Eels 13130000 Australian colours.svg 1
15 Grace Kemp 23 Lock 202420000 Canberra colours.svg Raiders 181830012 New South Wales colours.svg 3 Australian colours.svg 1
16Tommaya Kelly-Sines30 Prop 201941004 Canberra colours.svg Raiders 12160000 City colours.svg 2
17 Essay Banu 22 Prop , Second-row 202320000 North Queensland colours.svg Cowboys 880000 Papua New Guinea colours.svg 8 Papua New Guinea colours.svg 3
18Evah McEwen18 Second-row 202510000 Newcastle colours.svg Knights 221004 Canterbury colours.svg 3
19 Ella Koster 19 Prop , Second-row 202511004 St. George Illawarra colours.svg Dragons 141450020 Australian colours.svg 1
20Lailani Montgomery18 Five-eighth , Centre 202510204 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Titans 550000

Results

DateOpponentScoreTournamentVenueVideoRef.
12 Feb 2011 Queanbeyan United Colours.png Women's All Stars
6–20
All Stars match Flag of Queensland.svg Skilled Park, Gold Coast
13 Feb 2012 Queanbeyan United Colours.png Women's All Stars
10–10
All Stars match Flag of Queensland.svg Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
9 Feb 2013 Queanbeyan United Colours.png Women's All Stars
6–38
All Stars match Flag of Queensland.svg Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
2 May 2014 Queanbeyan United Colours.png Women's All Stars
0–24
All Stars match Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney [4]
12 Feb 2015 Queanbeyan United Colours.png Women's All Stars
8–26
All Stars match Flag of Queensland.svg Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast [5]
13 Feb 2016 Queanbeyan United Colours.png Women's All Stars
4–24
All Stars match Flag of Queensland.svg Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane [6]
10 Feb 2017 Queanbeyan United Colours.png Women's All Stars
14–4
All Stars match Flag of New South Wales.svg McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle [7] [8] [9]
15 Feb 2019Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg Māori Women's All Stars
4–8
All Stars match Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg AAMI Park, Melbourne [10] [11]
22 Feb 2020Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg Māori Women's All Stars
10–4
All Stars match Flag of Queensland.svg Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast [12] [13]
20 Feb 2021Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg Māori Women's All Stars
0–24
All Stars match Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland Country Bank Stadium [14] [15]
12 Feb 2022Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg Māori Women's All Stars
18–8
All Stars match Flag of New South Wales.svg CommBank Stadium [16] [17] [18]
11 Feb 2023Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg Māori Women's All Stars
12–16
All Stars match Flag of New Zealand.svg Rotorua International Stadium [19] [20] [21]
16 Feb 2024Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg Māori Women's All Stars
26–4
All Stars MatchFlag of Queensland.svg Queensland Country Bank Stadium [22] [23] [24]
15 Feb 2025Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg Māori Women's All Stars
20–18
All Stars MatchFlag of New South Wales.svg CommBank Stadium [25] [26] [27]

See also

References

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