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
17Rebecca BanyardWembleyWA
1Abbie BurgessFootscrayVic
18Verity CloughFootscrayVic
20Elizabeth HinkesWembleyWA
16Ashtyn HironPhoenixWA
2Courtney HobbsGlenelgSA
21Lauren HunterWilliamstownVic
24Bree HusseyNewportVic
4Stella Justice-AllenFootscrayVic
5Rachel KirchheimerNewportVic
12Theadora KwasFootscrayVic
3Rebecca LaneFootscrayVic
23Stephanie McNamaraNewportVic
9Sarah MollisonFootscrayVic
7Hannah NielsenBrightonSA
19Beth VargaBrightonSA
6Bonnie WellsGlenelgSA
8Sachiyo YamadaCaulfieldVic
alternates
11Sarah LoweBurnsideSA
selected but withdrew through injury
14Sue McSolvinCaulfieldVic
10Hayley SofarnosNewportVic
Team Personnel
headTrish Adams
asstMeredith Carre
managerKate Simpson
medical officerMegan Barnet
physiotherapistCara Gleeson
myotherapistKiara DiPierto
strength and
conditioning		James Hooper
photographyErin Gregory

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]

References
  1. http://www.filacrosse.com/?fileid=nations
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Еnglishlacrosse.co.uk new site open - Evaluate UK lacrosse betting sites".
  4. "The World Games 2017, Wrocław (POL) | IWGA".
  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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