National Women's Rugby Championship
National Women's Rugby Championship | |
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Sport | Rugby union football |
Instituted | c. 2000[1] |
Number of teams | 8 |
Country | Australia |
Holders |
Sydney (2015) |
The National Women's Championship is the highest-tier competition of women's rugby union in Australia.
The annual tournament is contested by teams from every state, and acts as a selection tool for the Wallaroos national team that competes for Australia at the Women's Rugby World Cup.[2][3]
Teams
The teams that compete for the National Women's Championship, as of 2013, are:[2]
- ACT and Southern New South Wales
- Australian Services
- New South Wales Country
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Sydney
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Champions
The tournament has been contested from at least 2000 onwards.[1]
Winners of the National Women's Championship (since 2003):
- 2003 Sydney Gold[4]
- 2004 Sydney White[5]
- 2005 Sydney Gold[6]
- 2006 Queensland[7]
- 2007 Sydney[8]
- 2008 Sydney[9]
- 2009 Queensland[10]
- 2010 Sydney[11]
- 2011 Queensland[12]
- 2012 Sydney[13]
- 2013 Sydney[14]
- 2014 not held[15]
- 2015 Sydney[16]
- 2016 Sydney[17]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Annual Report" (PDF). Western Australian Rugby. 2000. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF 1.9 MB) on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- 1 2 Donnelly, Alison (30 September 2013). "Australia start World Cup prep". Scrum Queens. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Annual Report – The Year in Detail" (PDF). Australian rugby. 2003. p. 69. Archived from the original (PDF 0.3 MB) on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ "Annual Report – The Year in Detail" (PDF). Australian rugby. 2004. p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF 0.3 MB) on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ "Annual Report" (PDF). Australian rugby. 2005. p. 81. Archived from the original (PDF 8.4 MB) on 5 August 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ "Annual Report – The Year in Detail" (PDF). Australian rugby. 2006. p. 82. Archived from the original (PDF 0.7 MB) on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ "Australian Rugby Union National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2007. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Australian Rugby Union National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2008. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Australian Rugby Union National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Australian Rugby Union National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Australian Rugby Union National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2011. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Australian Rugby Union National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Australian Rugby Union National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2013. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ Callinan, Josh (27 January 2015). "National championship to boost Australian women's rugby playing stocks". Maitland Mercury. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ↑ "Sydney win 2015 Women's National XVs Championship". Australian Rugby. 2015. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ↑ "Ruthless Sydney claim Buildcorp Women's National XVs Championship". Daily Telegraph. 27 June 2016. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
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