2007 National Women’s Championships

Still no WA this year :(

Wallaroos selection on the line

July 05, 2007 - 8:17am
Story by: ARU

Australia’s top 200 female Rugby players will be competing for Wallaroos selection when the 2007 National Women’s Championships kicks off at Macquarie University in Sydney today.

The annual National Women’s Championship (previously the Australian Women’s Invitational Tournament) is contested over three days and brings together Australia’s best women’s representative rugby teams.

This years tournament will serve as the primary selection phase for the Australian Wallaroo squad that will tour New Zealand for twelve days in October. The tour will feature a warm up match against the Wellington Hurricanes and a two Test series against the current World Champion “Black Ferns”.

A 22 player squad and shadows will be announced following the Championship Final on Sunday.

The Wallaroos Squad will be put through an intensive training in the lead up to the New Zealand tour and will spend three days in camp at the Sydney Academy of Sport at Narrabeen.

Wallaroos Head Coach Steve Hamson will head up the selection panel with fellow selectors Assistant Coach John Manenti and ARU Coach Education Manager Warren Robilliard.

Hamson says the selection panel has a tough job ahead of them and they’re expecting plenty of strong performances at the tournament.

“The Championships are a really important part of women’s rugby and it’s fair to say the players will be giving it all they’ve got.”

“We’ve had 45 players in training since the start of the year and we’ve been closely monitoring their fitness and skills development. It will definitely be a hard-fought competition.”

“Coming off the World Cup last year there is a lot of strength on the field and it’s great to see how far the game has come over the past twelve months. Every year it just gets better. We’re seeing higher quality of play for much longer periods.”

“The tournament is a great opportunity for anyone interested in playing the game to come down and have a look.”

The 2007 National Women’s Championship gets underway at Macquarie University in Sydney at 11:00am today (Thursday, 5 July). The public is welcome to attend all matches and entry is FREE.

2007 National Women’s Championship

Thursday 5th July, Friday 6th & Sunday 8th July 2007

University and Campbell Ovals, Macquarie University, Sydney


Teams & Seedings:

1. Queensland

2. Victoria

3. Sydney 1st XV

4. NSW Country

5. Sydney 2nd XV

6. Brumbies

7. National Indigenous

8. Australian Services

National Womens Championship Results - Day One

July 05, 2007 - 5:09pm
Story by: ARU

Results from Day One of the National Women's Champonship at Macquarie University in Sydney.

NSW Country 66 (Tobie McGann 3, Holly Smith 2, Rebecca Schofield, Rebecca Trethowan, Amy Smith, Alana Thomas, Kelly Ducker tries; Alana Thomas 8 cons) defeated Sydney 2nd XV 12 (Felicity Goodwin, Susan Fuimaono tries; Mihi Ashby con)

Half-time: NSW Country 45-0

Queensland 88 (Selena Worsley 3, Cassie Nunn 3, Amanda Murphy 3, Tricia Brown 2, Shelley Fox , Debby Hodgkinson, Brenda Johnston tries; Sarah Hind 6 cons, Deborah Lovely 3 cons) defeated Australian Services 0

Half-time: Queensland 31-0.

Victoria 22 (Tegan French 3, Joanne Thomas tries; Joanne Linklater con) defeated National Indigenous 5 (Donna Sutton try)

Half-time: Victoria 12-5.

Sydney 1st XV 68 (Ruan Sims 3, Alexandria Hargreaves 2, Caroline Layt 2, Kate Lancaster 2, Amy Kermode, Losa Fangupo, Lisa Fiaola tries; Rochelle Pirie 2 cons, Tui Ormsby 2 cons) defeated Brumbies 0

Half-time: Sydney 1st XV 39-0.


Friday's Schedule:

11.00 Brumbies v National Indigenous

12.25 Australian Services v Sydney 2nd XV

1.50 Sydney 1st XV v Victoria

3.15 Queensland v NSW Country

Queensland to play Sydney 1st XV in final of National Women’s Championship

July 06, 2007 - 4:58pm
Story by: ARU

Queensland and Sydney 1st XV will play in the final of the National Women’s Championship after winning their respective semi finals at Macquarie University in Sydney this afternoon.

In today’s matches Sydney 1st XV crushed Victoria 72-0, while reigning champions Queensland disposed of NSW Country 35-16.

In other games, Brumbies defeated National Indigenous 34-10 and Sydney 2nd XV ran out to a 41-5 victory.

The final will be played at Macquarie University Sportsfields at 12.25pm on Sunday. Entry is FREE.

Day Two Results

Brumbies 34 (Kim Wilson, Pip Butt, Megan Valler, Tara Stanford tries; Megan Valler 3 cons, pen) defeated National Indigenous 10 (Sophie Cubillo, Lesley Shanberg tries)

Half-time: Brumbies 19-5.

Sydney 2nd XV 41 (Faryaneh Hayati 2, Melanie Sione, Franscine Simpson, Jane Shaw, Amy Davis, Jodi Russell tries; Mihi Ashby 3 cons) defeated Australian Services 5 (L. Midgley try)

Half-time: Sydney 2nd XV 15-5

Sydney 1st XV 72 (Losa Fangupo 3, Cheryl Soon 3, Rachelle Pirie 2 ,Delana Dennison 2, Alexandria Hargreaves, Caroline Layt tries; Rachelle Pirie 4 cons, Tui Ormsby 1 con) defeated Victoria 0

Half-time: Sydney 1st XV 29-0.

Queensland 35 (Cassie Nunn, Iliseva Batibasaga, Brenda Johnston, Kara Moore, Tasileta Bethell tries; Sarah Hind 2 cons, 2 pens) defeated NSW Country 16 (Carmen Landkauf, Holy Smith tries; Alana Thomas 2 pens)

Half-time: Queensland 18-6.

Sunday’s Schedule

5th v 6th Playoff Brumbies v Sydney 2nd XV

7th v 8th Playoff National Indigenous v Australian Services

3rd v 4th Playoff Victoria v NSW Country

Final Sydney 1st XV v Queensland