Indigenous Australian women's rugby league team
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| Governing body | Australian Rugby League Commission |
| Head coach | Jess Skinner |
| Captain | Quincy Dodd |
| Most caps | Rebecca Young (8) Tallisha Harden (8) |
| Top try-scorer | Jaime Chapman (5) |
| Top point-scorer | Kirra Dibb (20) Jaime Chapman (20) |
| Team results | |
| First international | |
| Indigenous All Stars Women 6-20 NRL All Stars Women, 2011 | |
| Biggest win | |
| Indigenous All Stars Women 14-4 NRL All Stars Women, 2017 Indigenous All Stars Women 18-8 Māori All Stars Women, 2022 | |
| Biggest defeat | |
| Indigenous All Stars Women 6-38 NRL All Stars Women, 2013 | |
The Indigenous Australian women's rugby league team (also known as the Indigenous Women's All Stars) is a rugby league football team that represents Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. The team was first formed in late 2010 for their first match in February 2011.[1] The team currently plays in an annual All Stars Match against a National Rugby League Māori All Stars women's team.
Coaches
Missing matches are 2012 and 2015.
| Name | Span | M | W | D | L | W% | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Brough | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | |
| Dennis Moran | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | [2] |
| Ken Nagas | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | [3] |
| Dean Widders | 2016-2019 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | [4][5][6] |
| Ben Jeffries | 2020, 2022-2023 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | [7][8] |
| Ian Bourke | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | [9] |
| Jess Skinner | 2024-2026 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | [10][11] |
Current squad
The following players were selected to play in the 15 February 2026 match against the Māori All Stars.[12][13]
All twenty players spent time on the field during the game.
Players' ages are as at the date that the table was last updated, 16 February 2026.
| J# | Player | Age | Position(s) | Indigenous All Stars | NRLW | Other Reps | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dbt | M | T | G | F | Pts | 2026 Club | CM | TM | T | G | F | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Jada Taylor | 22 | Fullback | 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Sharks | 14 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 2 | Krystal Blackwell | 23 | Wing | 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Raiders | 0 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 3 | Jaime Chapman | 23 | Centre | 2021 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | Titans | 22 | 36 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 5 8 1 3 |
| 4 | Jasmine Peters | 23 | Centre | 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cowboys | 30 | 38 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 3 1 |
| 5 | Phoenix-Raine Hippi | 19 | Wing | 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Titans | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 6 | Taliah Fuimaono | 26 | Five-eighth | 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dragons | 0 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 1 5 |
| 7 | Kirra Dibb | 28 | Halfback | 2022 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 24 | Knights | 12 | 45 | 6 | 85 | 2 | 196 | 1 2 5 3 |
| 8 | Caitlan Johnston-Green | 25 | Prop | 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sharks | 3 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 4 2 1 |
| 9 | Quincy Dodd | 25 | Hooker | 2019 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sharks | 27 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 2 5 7 4 |
| 10 | Keilee Joseph | 24 | Prop | 2021 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Eels | 0 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 6 |
| 11 | Shaylee Bent | 25 | Second-row | 2019 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Titans | 32 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 4 4 2 |
| 12 | Tallisha Harden | 33 | Second-row | 2014 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cowboys | 29 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 5 2 |
| 13 | Bree Chester | 23 | Lock | 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cowboys | 29 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| 14 | Lailani Montgomery | 21 | Fullback, Five-eighth | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Titans | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Mahalia Murphy | 32 | Second-row, Centre | 2011 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eels | 26 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 1 1 |
| 16 | Essay Banu | 23 | Second-row, Prop | 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cowboys | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 3 4 |
| 17 | Grace Kemp | 24 | Prop, Lock | 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Raiders | 26 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 1 |
| 18 | Rhiannon Byers | 26 | Second-row, Centre | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sharks | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 19 | Ella Koster | 20 | Second-row, Lock | 2025 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Dragons | 0 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 20 | Caitlin Turnbull | 25 | Fullback, Wing | 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Tigers | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
Results
See also
References
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