[citation needed] In 1976, a Women's Rugby League team from Manurewa in Auckland, New Zealand toured Australia.
[16][17] In the early part of the 1990s Women's Rugby League competitions were run in Sydney, the Illawarra and the Australian Capital Territory.
Other participating clubs included the Albion Park Outlaws, Calwell Colts, North Sydney, Northern Districts Illawarra, Warilla Warriors, Woden Valley and the Wollongong Wildcats.
[21] Competition rules for the 1995 Sydney Women's Rugby League season had modifications to team size.
[23][24] In 1996, Australia hosted a seven match, three Test tour by the Great Britain women's national rugby league team.
Australia beat New Zealand for the first time in the Second Test at Penrith, but the Kiwi Ferns won the series, 2–1.
The 1998 tournament was held at Pizzey Park, Burleigh Heads and included teams from Sydney, Canberra, Illawarra, Brisbane, Ipswich and for the first time Western Australia.
New South Wales beat Queensland in the final, ahead of Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory.
Although this ongoing series was occasionally referred to in the media as the Women's State of Origin the respective teams were selected on a residential basis until 2017.
[37] Australia participated in the inaugural Women's Rugby League World Cup in November 2000, playing two matches each against Great Britain & Ireland and New Zealand.
[38][39] National Championships were held at Belmont, Western Australia in 2000, Rooty Hill, New South Wales in 2001, Ipswich, Queensland in 2002, West Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory in 2003, Runaway Bay, Queensland in 2005, and Queanbeyan, New South Wales in 2006.
[40][41][42] The 2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the first held in Australia from 26 October, culminating in the final between Australian Jillaroos and the Kiwi Ferns on 22 November.
In 2016 the first local derby by NRL clubs was played Cronulla Sharks and St. George Illawarra Dragons had a Women's rugby league nines match at Southern Cross Group Stadium which aired on Fox Sports it was a curtain-raiser for the main game Sharks won 16–12.
[53][54][55][56][57][58][59] For the first time in the sport's history the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup was held concurrently with the men's tournament.
[62][63] The Women's Rugby League Australian National Championships have continually evolved since their establishment in the early 1990s.
With the advent and success of the NRL Women's Premiership NRLW, the tournament was revised to have a development focus on emerging talent.