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Laurie O'Reilly Cup

Field	Value
name	O'Reilly Cup
title	O'Reilly Cup
upcoming_season	2025 Laurie O'Reilly Cup
sport	Rugby union
founded
teams	2
countries

champion
champ_season	2025
most_champs	(16 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.

History

The Cup is named in honour of Laurie O’Reilly, New Zealand's first women's Selector and National coach who died in 1998. It was formerly known as the Laurie O'Reilly Memorial Trophy. 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.

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.

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.

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. The Black Ferns won the first test in Christchurch and retained the O'Reilly Cup. They then won the series after winning the second test.

Results

Year	Date	Home	Score	Cup Winner	Venue	Event
1994	2 September		0–37		Sydney
1995	22 July		64–0		Auckland
1996	31 August		5–28		Sydney
1997	16 August		44–0		Dunedin
1998	29 August		3–27		Sydney
2007	16 October		21–10		Cooks Gardens, Wanganui
20 October		29–12		Wellington
2008	14 October		3–37		Canberra
18 October		16–22		Sydney
2014	1 June		38–3		Rotorua International Stadium
2016	22 October		67–3		Eden Park, Auckland
26 October		29–3		QBE Stadium, Auckland
2017	13 June		44–17		Rugby Park, Christchurch
2018	18 August		11–31		ANZ Stadium, Sydney
25 August		45–17		Eden Park, Auckland
2019	10 August		10–47		Optus Stadium, Perth
17 August		37–8		Eden Park, Auckland
2022	20 August		52–5		Orangetheory Stadium
27 August		14–22		Adelaide Oval
2023	29 June		0–50		Brisbane	Pacific Four Series
30 September		43–3		Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
2024	25 May		67–19		North Harbour Stadium	Pacific Four Series
14 July		0–62		Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
2025	10 May		12–38		McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle	Pacific Four Series
12 July		37–12		Sky Stadium, Wellington

Matches

Venue	Played	Won by	Drawn	Total points	Australia	New Zealand	Overall	25	0	25	0	186	1,018
Australia Australia	11	0	11	0	86	401
New Zealand New Zealand	14	0	14	0	100	617

References

(2014-09-02). "What's up with JJ?".
(2014-06-02). "Evans happy with Black Ferns first match".
Rattue, Chris. (2005-08-05). "Anna Richards sick of retirement questions".
(2020-07-22). "31 years since first official New Zealand women’s team took to the field".
(2022-04-26). "All Blacks and Black Ferns announce bumper international home Test schedule".
(2020-08-22). "How Laurie O’Reilly’s ‘larger than life’ passion for rugby helped women’s game soar".
(27 August 2018). "Bledisloe Cup Japan fixture could suffer after All Blacks win series". [[ESPN Scrum]].
(17 August 2021). "Rugby Australia risk losing some of their best talent to NRLW".
(2022-05-02). "Black Ferns confirmed to play Australia in Adelaide for Laurie O'Reilly Cup test".
(2022-05-01). "2022 eToro Rugby Championship fixtures confirmed".
(2022-08-20). "Wallaroos walloped by Black Ferns in eight-try romp at Christchurch".
(2022-08-20). "Wallaroos outclassed in heavy defeat to Black Ferns". ABC News.
Pearson, Joseph. (2022-08-20). "Black Ferns retain O'Reilly Cup after flattening lacklustre Wallaroos 52-5 in Christchurch".
Burnes, Campbell. (2022-08-27). "Black Ferns made to work hard in Adelaide".
(2022-08-27). "Black Ferns come from behind to defeat Wallaroos".
Shannon, Kris. (2022-08-27). "Work to be done: Black Ferns not at their best in scrappy win".

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