National Women's Rugby Championship

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National Women's Rugby Championship
Australian National Women's Rugby Championship logo.png
Sport Rugby union
Institutedc. 2000 [1]
Ceased2018
Number of teams8
CountryAustralia

The National Women's Championship was the highest-tier competition of women's rugby union in Australia through the 2017 season. It was superseded as the top level of the women's sport by the new Super W competition from the 2018 season forward. [2]

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The annual tournament was contested by teams from every state, except Tasmania. The Championship acted as a selection tool for the Australia women's national rugby union team that competes at the Women's Rugby World Cup. [3] [4]

Teams

The teams that competed for the National Women's Championship, as of 2013, were: [3]

Champions

The tournament was contested from at least 2000 onwards [1] until the 2017 season.

Winners of the National Women's Championship (since 2003):

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