Laurie O'Reilly Cup

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O'Reilly Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Laurie O'Reilly Cup
SportRugby union
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
No. of teams2
Countries Australia
 New Zealand
Most recent
champion(s)		 New Zealand
(2023)
Most titles New Zealand (14 titles)

The Laurie O'Reilly Cup is the trophy competed for by the women's rugby union teams of Australia and New Zealand. The two nations met annually between 1994 and 1998, with New Zealand winning all games, often by significant margins, as a result of which the series fell into abeyance, but was revived in 2007.[1][2][3]

History[edit]

The Cup is named in honour of Laurie O’Reilly, New Zealand's first women's Selector and National coach who died in 1998.[4][5] It was formerly known as the Laurie O'Reilly Memorial Trophy.[6] It has been contested between New Zealand and Australia since its inception in 1994. The Black Ferns has won every fixture so far and are the current holders of the O’Reilly Cup with a total of 17 wins.[5]

In 2018, the Black Ferns and the Wallaroos played both Tests as curtain-raisers to both Bledisloe Cup Tests in Sydney and Auckland. The crowd at the end of both women's Tests swelled to about 28,000. The women's double-header concept was deemed as a success by NZR CEO Steve Tew who is open to repeating the concept. For the equivalent match at Eden Park in 2016, also before the men's clash, the crowd size peaked at 12,500.[7]

In 2020, All planned test matches for the Wallaroos were cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as was the September tour to New Zealand in 2021.[8]

After a two year absence due to the pandemic, it was confirmed that the competition would return. The Black Ferns hosted the first test and the Wallaroos the second test in 2022. The second match was played as a curtain raiser to the Wallabies and Springboks test in Adelaide.[9][10] The Black Ferns won the first test in Christchurch and retained the O'Reilly Cup.[11][12][13] They then won the series after winning the second test.[14][15][16]

Results[edit]

Year Date Home Score Away Cup Winner Venue
1994 2 September Australia 0–37 New Zealand New Zealand Sydney
1995 22 July New Zealand 64–0 Australia New Zealand Auckland
1996 31 August Australia 5–28 New Zealand New Zealand Sydney
1997 16 August New Zealand 44–0 Australia New Zealand Dunedin
1998 29 August Australia 3–27 New Zealand New Zealand Sydney
2007 16 October New Zealand 21–10 Australia New Zealand Cooks Gardens, Wanganui
20 October New Zealand 29–12 Australia New Zealand Wellington
2008 14 October Australia 3–37 New Zealand New Zealand Canberra
18 October Australia 16–22 New Zealand New Zealand Sydney
2014 1 June New Zealand 38–3 Australia New Zealand Rotorua International Stadium
2016 22 October New Zealand 67–3 Australia New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland
26 October New Zealand 29–3 Australia New Zealand QBE Stadium, Auckland
2017 13 June New Zealand 44–17 Australia New Zealand Rugby Park, Christchurch
2018 18 August Australia 11–31 New Zealand New Zealand ANZ Stadium, Sydney
25 August New Zealand 45–17 Australia New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland
2019 10 August Australia 10–47 New Zealand New Zealand Optus Stadium, Perth
17 August New Zealand 37–8 Australia New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland
2022 20 August New Zealand 52–5 Australia New Zealand Orangetheory Stadium
27 August Australia 14–22 New Zealand New Zealand Adelaide Oval
2023 29 June Australia 0–50 New Zealand New Zealand Brisbane
30 September New Zealand 43–3 Australia New Zealand Waikato Stadium, Hamilton

Matches[edit]

Venue Played Won by Drawn Total points
 Australia  New Zealand Australia New Zealand
Australia Australia 9 0 9 0 62 301
New Zealand New Zealand 12 0 12 0 81 513
Overall 21 0 21 0 143 814

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "What's up with JJ?". www.allblacks.com. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Evans happy with Black Ferns first match". www.allblacks.com. 2 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
  3. ^ Rattue, Chris (5 August 2005). "Anna Richards sick of retirement questions". NZ Herald.co.nz.
  4. ^ "31 years since first official New Zealand women's team took to the field". allblacks.com. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b "All Blacks and Black Ferns announce bumper international home Test schedule". allblacks.com. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  6. ^ "How Laurie O'Reilly's 'larger than life' passion for rugby helped women's game soar". www.rugbyworldcup.com. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Bledisloe Cup Japan fixture could suffer after All Blacks win series". ESPN Scrum. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  8. ^ Mitchell, Brittany (17 August 2021). "Rugby Australia risk losing some of their best talent to NRLW". ESPN. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Black Ferns confirmed to play Australia in Adelaide for Laurie O'Reilly Cup test". Stuff. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  10. ^ "2022 eToro Rugby Championship fixtures confirmed". wallabies.rugby. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Wallaroos walloped by Black Ferns in eight-try romp at Christchurch". the Guardian. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Wallaroos outclassed in heavy defeat to Black Ferns". ABC News. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  13. ^ Pearson, Joseph (20 August 2022). "Black Ferns retain O'Reilly Cup after flattening lacklustre Wallaroos 52-5 in Christchurch". Stuff. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  14. ^ Burnes, Campbell (27 August 2022). "Black Ferns made to work hard in Adelaide". allblacks.com. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Black Ferns come from behind to defeat Wallaroos". 1 News. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  16. ^ Shannon, Kris (27 August 2022). "Work to be done: Black Ferns not at their best in scrappy win". NZ Herald. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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