Women's rugby league in Australia

Women's rugby league in Australia
CountryAustralia
National team(s)Australia
First played1921
Registered players180,000[1]
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Women's rugby league is a popular women's sport in Australia. The sport has a high level of participation in the country both recreational and professional. Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) is the national governing body of the sport in Australia, organising the Australian Women's Rugby League, the Australian women's national team, and the nine state governing bodies of the game, among other duties. Women's participation of modern rugby league has been recorded since the early 1920s. It has since become one of Australia's most popular women's team sports.[2]

  1. ^ http://www.nrl.com/News/tabid/11678/contentid/54/Default.aspx [dead link]
  2. ^ "Women & Girls News". Qrl.com.au. Retrieved 2016-07-15.