National Women's Rugby Championship Explained

National Women's Championship
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Sport:	Rugby union
Founded:	1996
Inaugural:	1996
Folded:	2018
Teams:	8
Country:	Australia

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 It was superseded as the top level of the women's sport by the new Super W competition from the 2018 season forward.^[1]

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.

Teams

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

• ACT and Southern New South Wales
• New South Wales Country
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Sydney
• Victoria
• Western Australia

Champions

The tournament was contested from 1996 onwards 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
• 2004 Sydney White
• 2005 Sydney Gold
• 2006 Queensland
• 2007 Sydney
• 2008 Sydney
• 2009 Queensland
• 2010 Sydney
• 2011 Queensland
• 2012 Sydney
• 2013 Sydney
• 2014 not held
• 2015 Sydney
• 2016 Sydney
• 2017 Sydney

See also

• Australia women's national rugby union team
• Australia women's national rugby sevens team
• Super W
• Women's rugby union in Australia

Notes and References

1. News: Rugby Australia unveils 'Super W', will bid for 2021 Women's World Cup . . 12 December 2017 . 13 December 2017.