Indigenous Australian women's rugby league team

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.

For the men's team, see Indigenous All Stars (rugby league).
Indigenous All Stars
Team information
Governing bodyAustralian Rugby League Commission
Most capsRebecca Young (8)
Top try-scorerLatoya Billy (2)
Jaime Chapman (2)
Top point-scorerLatoya Billy (8)
Jaime Chapman (8)
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

Current squad

The following players were selected to play in the February 2022 match against the Māori All Stars.[2][3]

Pos. Player Age NRLW Club 2021 Club
FullbackTamika Upton24 Brisbane Broncos Burleigh Bears
Wing, FullbackJaime Chapman19 St George Illawarra Tweed Heads Seagulls
Centre, WingBobbi Law24 Newcastle Knights Central Coast Roosters
CentreJasmine Peters19 Gold Coast Titans Stars
Wing, CentreRhiannon Revell-Blair20 Stars
Five-eighthKirra Dibb24 Newcastle Knights North Sydney Bears
HalfbackTahlulah Tillett23 Newcastle Knights Stars
PropTommaya Kelly-Sines26* Parramatta Eels Mounties
HookerQuincy Dodd21 St George Illawarra Cronulla Sharks
Prop, LockCaitlan Johnston21 Newcastle Knights Central Coast Roosters
Second-rowShaniah Power24 Gold Coast Titans Stars
Second-row, CentreShaylee Bent21 St George Illawarra Tweed Heads Seagulls
Lock, Second-rowKeilee Joseph19* Sydney Roosters Central Coast Roosters
interchange, Five-eighthSarah Field22 Stars
interchange, HookerJanelle Williams32 St George Illawarra Mounties
interchange, Second-rowKaitlyn Phillips24 Sydney Roosters Tweed Heads Seagulls
interchange, PropKyra Simon19* Newcastle Knights Newcastle Knights
interchange, Five-eighthTaliah Fuimaono22 St George Illawarra Mounties
interchange, Second-rowBree Chester19* Newcastle Knights

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

Results
DateOpponentScoreTournamentVenueRef.
12 Feb 2011 Women's All Stars
6–20
All Stars matchSkilled Park, Gold Coast
13 Feb 2012 Women's All Stars
10–10
All Stars matchSuncorp Stadium, Brisbane
9 Feb 2013 Women's All Stars
6–38
All Stars matchSuncorp Stadium, Brisbane
2 May 2014 Women's All Stars
0–24
All Stars matchAllianz Stadium, SydneyNRL[4]
12 Feb 2015 Women's All Stars
8–26
All Stars matchCbus Super Stadium, Gold CoastNRL[5]
13 Feb 2016 Women's All Stars
4–24
All Stars matchSuncorp Stadium, BrisbaneNRL[6]
10 Feb 2017 Women's All Stars
14–4
All Stars matchMcDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
15 Feb 2019 Māori Women's All Stars
4–8
All Stars matchAAMI Park, MelbourneNRL[7]NRL[8]
22 Feb 2020 Māori Women's All Stars
10–4
All Stars matchCbus Super Stadium, Gold CoastNRL[9]QRL[10]
20 Feb 2021 Māori Women's All Stars
0–24
All Stars matchQueensland Country Bank StadiumNRL[11]
12 Feb 2022 Māori Women's All Stars
18–8
All Stars matchCommBank StadiumNRL[12][13] Ch9[14]

See also

References
  1. "Women Brace For Historic Clash". NRL.com. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. "2022 Harvey Norman All Stars teams announced". NRL. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. Walter, Brad (1 February 2022). "Indigenous, Maori name powerful squads for All Stars showpiece". NRL. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  4. Kennedy, Chris (2 May 2014). "Women's All Stars too strong in historic clash". NRL. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  5. Webeck, Tony (13 February 2015). "NRL Women too strong for Indigenous All Stars". NRL. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  6. Webeck, Tony (13 February 2016). "Experience wins out in Women's clash". NRL. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  7. Walter, Brad (15 February 2019). "Rota puts personal anguish aside to inspire Maori All Stars". NRL. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  8. "Match Highlights: Indigenous Women's All Stars v NZ Maori Women's All Stars". NRL. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  9. Gould, Joel (22 February 2020). "Davis-Welsh, Harden lead Indigenous Women's All Stars to glory". NRL. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  10. "Match Highlights: Indigenous All Stars v Maori Ferns". QRL. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  11. "Match Highlights: Indigenous Women v Maori Women". NRL. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  12. Lenehan, Martin (12 February 2022). "Chapman doubles up as Indigenous All Stars storm home". NRL. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  13. Kennedy, Chris (12 February 2022). "Best in the world: Fullback duel lights up All Stars". NRL. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  14. "NRLW Highlights: Indigenous All Stars v Maori All Stars - NRL on Nine". YouTube. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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