National Women's Rugby Championship

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 It is set to be superseded as the top level of the women's sport by the new Super W competition from the 2018 season forward.[2]

National Women's Rugby Championship
SportRugby union
Institutedc. 2000[1]
Number of teams8
CountryAustralia
HoldersSydney (2015)

The annual tournament is contested by teams from every state, except Tasmania. The Champsionship acts 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 compete for the National Women's Championship, as of 2013, are:[3]

  • ACT and Southern New South Wales
  • New South Wales Country
  • Northern Territory
  • 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):

See also

References
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  16. Callinan, Josh (27 January 2015). "National championship to boost Australian women's rugby playing stocks". Maitland Mercury. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  17. "Sydney win 2015 Women's National XVs Championship". Australian Rugby. 2015. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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