Australia women's national lacrosse team

The Australia women's national lacrosse team represents Australia at women's lacrosse. It is governed by the Australian Lacrosse Association and is a full member of the Federation of International 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 women's national lacrosse team
Medal record
FIL Women's Lacrosse World Cup
1982 Nottingham, England
1986 Philadelphia, USA
1989 Perth, Australia
1993 Edinburgh, Scotland
1997 Tokyo, Japan
2001 High Wycombe, England
2005 Annapolis, USA
2009 Prague, Czech Republic
2013 Oshawa, Ontario
The World Games
2017 Wrocław, Poland

Squad
Australia senior women's national lacrosse team 2017[5]
NumberNameClubState
17RebeccaBANYARDWembleyWA
1AbbieBURGESSFootscrayVic
18VerityCLOUGHFootscrayVic
20ElizabethHINKESWembleyWA
16AshtynHIRONPhoenixWA
2CourtneyHOBBSGlenelgSA
21LaurenHUNTERWilliamstownVic
24BreeHUSSEYNewportVic
4StellaJUSTICE-ALLENFootscrayVic
5RachelKIRCHHEIMERNewportVic
12TheadoraKWASFootscrayVic
3RebeccaLANEFootscrayVic
23StephanieMcNAMARANewportVic
9SarahMOLLISONFootscrayVic
7HannahNIELSENBrightonSA
19BethVARGABrightonSA
6BonnieWELLSGlenelgSA
8SachiyoYAMADACaulfieldVic
alternates
11SarahLOWEBurnsideSA
selected but withdrew through injury
14SueMcSOLVINCaulfieldVic
10HayleySOFARNOSNewportVic
Team Personnel
headTrishADAMS
asstMeredithCARRE
managerKateSIMPSON
medical officerMeganBARNET
physiotherapistCaraGLEESON
myotherapistKiaraDiPIETRO
strength and
conditioning		JamesHOOPER
photographyErinGREGORY

U-19 Team

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]

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References
  1. http://www.filacrosse.com/?fileid=nations
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.englishlacrosse.co.uk/RWLC17
  4. https://theworldgames2017.com/en/results
  5. "Home of the Australian Women's Team 2017". lacrosse.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  6. Australia has high hopes at World U19 Women's Field Lacrosse Championship Mike Davies (The Peterborough Examiner), 13 July 2019. Accessed 18 June 2020.
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