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 and 2015.
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 women's rugby league team|New South Wales] teams.
- The NRL Women's Premiership
- All Stars match
- The National Championships
- Affiliated States Championships
Coaches
Full internationals
The current coach of the Australian team is Jess Skinner. After coaching the team on an interim basis in early 2025, Skinner was subsequently confirmed as coach through to the World Cup in October–November 2026. Previous coaches have included Paul Dyer, Graham Murray, and Steve Folkes.| Name | Span | W | D | L | W% | - | ||
| Name | 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | ||
| 19961997 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20.00% | - | ||
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | - | ||
| 19992000 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14.29% | - | ||
| and | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | - | |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | - | ||
| 200307 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 50.00% | - | ||
| 200809 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 71.43% | - | ||
| 201011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | - | ||
| 2013 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00% | - | ||
| 201416 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | - | ||
| 20172024 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 94.44% | - | ||
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | - |
Notes
- Table last updated 10 Nov 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
| Name | Span | W | D | L | W% | ||
| 201516 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33% | ||
| 201719 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 91% |
Players
Current squad
The squad for the 2025 Pacific Championships was announced on 6 October 2025. A revised squad, with two changes, was announced on 10 October 2025.Jersey numbers in the table reflect selections for the
Players' ages are as at the date that the table was last updated, 9 November 2025.
Notes:
- Two members of the squad have previously played for other nations:
- * : Sarah Togatuki,
- * : Tiana Penitani.
- Sienna Lofipo was named to play for Australia in the initial announcement on 6 October, but pledged her allegiance to Samoa and the next, day, 7 October 2025 was named in the Samoan squad. Consequently, Lofipo withdrew from the Jillaroos squad.
- On 10 October, the NRL announced two changes to the squad, with Emma Verran as well as Lofipo withdrawing. They were replaced by Abbi Church and Makenzie Weale.
- Six of the 21 squad members have played for Queensland, thirteen for New South Wales. The two players yet to play Origin, Butler and Whitfeld qualify for New South Wales.
- On 31 October, Tamika Upton was ruled out of Round 3 of the Pacific Cup with New Zealand with a calf strain. Abbi Church has been named as her replacement for her Test Debut. Makenzie Weale withdrew from the squad for the remainder of the tournament with a pelvis injury and Newcastle hooker Olivia Higgins was called in as her replacement in the squad.
- The number of squad members with other representative credits are:
- * Indigenous All Stars 4
- * Māori All Stars 2
- * NRL All Stars: 4
- * Prime Minister's XIII: 10
- * NSW City 5
- * NSW Country 5.
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.
Competitive record
Head to head records
Notes:- Table last updated 10 November 2025. Share is the portion of "For" points compared to the sum of "For" and "Against" points.
Upcoming fixtures
Australia has qualified for the 2026 World Cup to be held in October-November 2026. All three of the Jillaroo's pool games have been scheduled within a multi-match game day, albeit separate from the Kangaroos. The Jillaroos headline double-headers in rounds one and two, and begin a triple-header in round three.Records
Games played: 32- Tahnee Norris
- * Ali Brigginshaw has 29 Tests as at 2 November 2025.
Tries scored: 22
Goals kicked: 31
Points scored in a match: 24
- Julia Robinson vs, Pacific Championships, 18 October 2024
- Julia Robinson vs, Pacific Championships, 18 October 2024
- Tarryn Aiken vs, International Test series, 2 March 2025
Margins and streaks
Biggest winning margins| Margin | Score | Opponent | Venue | Date |
| 92 | 920 | LNER Community Stadium | 6 Nov 2022 | |
| 88 | 880 | Southern Cross Group Stadium | 22 Nov 2017 | |
| 86 | 904 | Allegiant Stadium | 1 Mar 2025 | |
| 84 | 840 | Suncorp Stadium | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 82 | 820 | LNER Community Stadium | 14 Nov 2022 | |
| 74 | 740 | LNER Community Stadium | 2 Nov 2022 | |
| 72 | 720 | LD Nutrition Stadium | 8 July 2013 | |
| 72 | 720 | Sunshine Coast Stadium | 8 Nov 2008 | |
| 68 | 680 | National Stadium, Suva | 19 Sep 1998 | |
| 60 | 600 | Sunshine Coast Stadium | 6 Nov 2008 | |
| 60 | 600 | Suncorp Stadium | 26 Oct 2025 | |
| 58 | 580 | North Harbour Stadium | 2 Oct 2003 | |
| 54 | 584 | Southern Cross Group Stadium | 16 Nov 2017 | |
| 52 | 586 | Southern Cross Group Stadium | 26 Nov 2017 | |
| 52 | 520 | National Stadium | 26 Sep 1998 | |
| 50 | 544 | Old Trafford | 19 Nov 2022 |
Biggest losing margins
| Margin | Score | Opponent | Venue | Date | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 44 | 650 | OneBore Stadium | 18 Nov 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40 | 444 | North Harbour Stadium | 4 Oct 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | 842 | Carlaw Park | 22 Sept 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | 034 | Suncorp Stadium | 15 Nov 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | 1238 | North Ipswich Reserve | 14 Aug 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | 1640 | Petone Recreation Ground | 20 Sep 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Golden BootSince 2018 an International Female Player of the Year award has been included in the International Rugby League Golden Boot Award. |