Women's rugby league
| Highest governing body | Rugby League International Federation |
|---|---|
| Nicknames | Rugger, Footy, The Greatest Game of All |
| Characteristics | |
| Contact | Full Contact |
| Team members | Thirteen |
| Mixed gender | Single |
| Type | Team sport, Outdoor |
| Equipment | Rugby ball |
| Venue | Rugby league playing field |
Women's Rugby League is the female-only version of the game rugby league football. There are currently clubs for female only participation running in Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand which are overseen by the various individual organisations of those separate countries and internationally by the Women & Girls Rugby League.
At international level Australia, France, England and New Zealand compete on a regular basis with a Women's Rugby League World Cup held at a regular interval after first being established in 2000.
The Women & Girls Rugby League is the international governing body of women's rugby league and was established in 2000 in conjunction with the first Women's Rugby League World Cup.
The organization currently oversees the running of the international game for women's rugby league and helps organize rugby league domestically in several countries.
The Australian Women's Rugby League is the governing body of female rugby league in Australia and other parts of Oceania and was established in 1993. It currently falls under the Australian Rugby League which oversees its running and management but it took the association five years to be recognized by the ARL.
The AWRL is run at state level by its own governing organizations in the Queensland Women's Rugby League, New South Wales Women's Rugby League, Canberra Women's Rugby League and the Western Australian Women's Rugby League. The main women's competitions in Australia are the Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League and the Brisbane and District Women's Rugby League.
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