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 It was superseded as the top level of the women's sport by the new Super W competition from the 2018 season forward.[1]

National Women's Rugby Championship
SportRugby union
Instituted1996
Inaugural season1996
Ceased2018
Number of teams8
CountryAustralia

The annual tournament was contested by teams from every state except Tasmania. The Championship also acted as a selection tool for the Australia women's national rugby union team, that competes at the Women's Rugby World Cup.[2][3]

Teams

The teams that competed for the National Women's Championship, as of 2013, were:[2]

  • Australian Capital Territory ACT and Southern New South Wales
  • New South Wales New South Wales Country
  • Northern Territory Northern Territory
  • Queensland Queensland
  • South Australia South Australia
  • New South Wales Sydney
  • Victoria (state) Victoria
  • Western Australia Western Australia

Champions

The tournament was contested from 1996 onwards[4] until the 2017 season.

Winners of the National Women's Championship:

  • 1996 Queensland
  • 1997 Queensland
  • 1998 Queensland
  • 1999 New South Wales
  • 2000 New South Wales
  • 2003 Sydney Gold[5]
  • 2004 Sydney White[6]
  • 2005 Sydney Gold[7]
  • 2006 Queensland[8]
  • 2007 Sydney[9]
  • 2008 Sydney[10]
  • 2009 Queensland[11]
  • 2010 Sydney[12]
  • 2011 Queensland[13]
  • 2012 Sydney[14]
  • 2013 Sydney[15]
  • 2014 not held[16]
  • 2015 Sydney[17]
  • 2016 Sydney[18]
  • 2017 Sydney[19]

See also

References
  1. "Rugby Australia unveils 'Super W', will bid for 2021 Women's World Cup". ESPN (UK). 12 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. Donnelly, Alison (30 September 2013). "Australia start World Cup prep". Scrum Queens. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  3. "National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  4. "Annual Report" (PDF). Western Australian Rugby. 2000. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF 1.9 MB) on 15 June 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  5. "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.
  6. "Annual Report – The Year in Detail" (PDF). Australian rugby. 2004. p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF 0.3 MB) on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  7. "Annual Report" (PDF). Australian rugby. 2005. p. 81. Archived from the original (PDF 8.4 MB) on 5 August 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  8. "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.
  9. "Australian Rugby Union National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2007. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  10. "Australian Rugby Union National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2008. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  11. "Australian Rugby Union National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  12. "Australian Rugby Union National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  13. "Australian Rugby Union National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2011. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  14. "Australian Rugby Union National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2012. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  15. "Australian Rugby Union National Women's Championship". Australian Rugby. 2013. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  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.
  18. "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.
  19. "Sydney grab a hat-trick at women's nationals". Australian Rugby. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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