The Australia women's national lacrosse team represents Australia at women's lacrosse. It is governed by Lacrosse Australia and is a full member of the World Lacrosse.[1] They have won the Women's Lacrosse World Cup twice, in 1986 and 2005, and have been runners-up 4 times.[2] They are currently ranked fourth in the world, finishing behind the United States, Canada and England at the 2017 FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup, which was held in Guildford, Surrey, England,[3] while also finishing third in the 2017 World Games women's lacrosse tournament, held in Wrocław, Poland, behind the United States and Canada, but ahead of Great Britain.[4]
| Australia senior women's national lacrosse team 2017[5] | ||||
| Number | Name | Club | State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Rebecca Banyard | Wembley | WA | |
| 1 | Abbie Burgess | Footscray | Vic | |
| 18 | Verity Clough | Footscray | Vic | |
| 20 | Elizabeth Hinkes | Wembley | WA | |
| 16 | Ashtyn Hiron | Phoenix | WA | |
| 2 | Courtney Hobbs | Glenelg | SA | |
| 21 | Lauren Hunter | Williamstown | Vic | |
| 24 | Bree Hussey | Newport | Vic | |
| 4 | Stella Justice-Allen | Footscray | Vic | |
| 5 | Rachel Kirchheimer | Newport | Vic | |
| 12 | Theadora Kwas | Footscray | Vic | |
| 3 | Rebecca Lane | Footscray | Vic | |
| 23 | Stephanie McNamara | Newport | Vic | |
| 9 | Sarah Mollison | Footscray | Vic | |
| 7 | Brighton | SA | ||
| 19 | Beth Varga | Brighton | SA | |
| 6 | Bonnie Wells | Glenelg | SA | |
| 8 | Sachiyo Yamada | Caulfield | Vic | |
| alternates | ||||
| 11 | Sarah Lowe | Burnside | SA | |
| selected but withdrew through injury | ||||
| 14 | Sue McSolvin | Caulfield | Vic | |
| 10 | Hayley Sofarnos | Newport | Vic | |
| Team Personnel | ||||
| head | Trish Adams | |||
| asst | Meredith Carre | |||
| manager | Kate Simpson | |||
| medical officer | Megan Barnet | |||
| physiotherapist | Cara Gleeson | |||
| myotherapist | Kiara DiPierto | |||
| strength and conditioning | James Hooper | |||
| photography | Erin Gregory | |||
The Australian U19 women's national lacrosse team won the gold medal at the 1995 Under-19 World Lacrosse Championship.As of 2019, their head coach has been Jen Adams.[6]