Indigenous Australian women's rugby league team

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Indigenous All Stars
Team information
Governing body Australian Rugby League Commission
Head coach Ben Jeffries
Captain Quincy Dodd
Most caps Rebecca Young (8)
Top try-scorerLatoya Billy (2)
Jaime Chapman (2)
Top point-scorerKirra Dibb (10)
Team results
First international
Indigenous All Stars Women 6-20 NRL All Stars Women, 2011
Biggest win
Indigenous All Stars Women 14-4 NRL All Stars Women, 2017
Indigenous All Stars Women 18-8 Māori All Stars Women, 2022
Biggest defeat
Indigenous All Stars Women 6-38 NRL All Stars Women, 2013

The Indigenous Australian women's rugby league team (also known as the Indigenous Women's All Stars) is a rugby league football team that represents Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. The team was first formed in late 2010 for their first match in February 2011. [1] The team currently plays in an annual All Stars Match against a National Rugby League Māori All Stars women's team.

Contents

Current squad

The following players were selected and played in the 11 February 2023 match against the Māori All Stars. [2]

PlayerAgePositionNRLW Club2022 ClubDebutMTGP
Jaime Chapman 20 Fullback Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Western Suburbs colours.svg Tweed Seagulls20213208
Bobbi Law 25 Wing Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights20203000
Mia Middleton— Centre — Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights20231000
Jasmine Peters20 Centre Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans North Queensland colours.svg NQ Stars20213000
Jada Taylor19 Wing Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Central Coast Roosters20231104
Kirra Dibb 25 Five-eighth Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears202220510
Tahlulah Tillett 24 Halfback — North Queensland colours.svg NQ Stars20222000
Keilee Joseph 21 Prop Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Central Coast Roosters20213104
Quincy Dodd 22 Hooker St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks20195000
Sareka Mooka23 Prop — North Queensland colours.svg NQ Stars20231000
Kaitlyn Phillips 25 Second-row Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Western Suburbs colours.svg Tweed Seagulls20204000
Shaylee Bent 22 Second-row St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls20195000
Shaniah Power 25 Lock Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters North Queensland colours.svg NQ Stars20204000
Taliah Fuimaono23 interchange St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Wellington colours.svg Mounties20213000
Ahlivia Ingram— interchange ——20231000
Shakiah Tungai 26 interchange Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Australian colours.svg Stingrays of Shellnarbour20193104
Essay Banu20 interchange — Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls20231000
Bree Chester— interchange — Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights20221000

Note: * = Player's age estimated based on previous articles on various news and rugby league websites.

Results

DateOpponentScoreTournamentVenueRef.
12 Feb 2011 Queanbeyan United Colours.png Women's All Stars
6–20
All Stars match Skilled Park, Gold Coast
13 Feb 2012 Queanbeyan United Colours.png Women's All Stars
10–10
All Stars match Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
9 Feb 2013 Queanbeyan United Colours.png Women's All Stars
6–38
All Stars match Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
2 May 2014 Queanbeyan United Colours.png Women's All Stars
0–24
All Stars match Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney NRL [3]
12 Feb 2015 Queanbeyan United Colours.png Women's All Stars
8–26
All Stars match Cbus Super Stadium, Gold CoastNRL [4]
13 Feb 2016 Queanbeyan United Colours.png Women's All Stars
4–24
All Stars match Suncorp Stadium, BrisbaneNRL [5]
10 Feb 2017 Queanbeyan United Colours.png Women's All Stars
14–4
All Stars match McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
15 Feb 2019Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg Māori Women's All Stars
4–8
All Stars match AAMI Park, Melbourne NRL [6] NRL [7]
22 Feb 2020Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg Māori Women's All Stars
10–4
All Stars match Cbus Super Stadium, Gold CoastNRL [8] QRL [9]
20 Feb 2021Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg Māori Women's All Stars
0–24
All Stars match Queensland Country Bank Stadium NRL [10]
12 Feb 2022Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg Māori Women's All Stars
18–8
All Stars match CommBank Stadium NRL [11] [12] Ch9 [13]
11 Feb 2023Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg Māori Women's All Stars
12–16
All Stars match Rotorua International Stadium NRL [14]

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "Harvey Norman All Stars squad lists". NRL. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Kennedy, Chris (2 May 2014). "Women's All Stars too strong in historic clash". NRL. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Webeck, Tony (13 February 2015). "NRL Women too strong for Indigenous All Stars". NRL. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Webeck, Tony (13 February 2016). "Experience wins out in Women's clash". NRL. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Walter, Brad (15 February 2019). "Rota puts personal anguish aside to inspire Maori All Stars". NRL. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Match Highlights: Indigenous Women's All Stars v NZ Maori Women's All Stars". NRL. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  8. ↑ Gould, Joel (22 February 2020). "Davis-Welsh, Harden lead Indigenous Women's All Stars to glory". NRL. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Match Highlights: Indigenous All Stars v Maori Ferns". QRL. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Match Highlights: Indigenous Women v Maori Women". NRL. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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