Women's Rugby League World Cup Australia v England: women’s Rugby League World Cup – live Updates as the Jillaroos and England meet at HBF Park Kick-off time in Perth is 5.05pm local/8.05pm AEDT/10.05am BST Any thoughts?

with an email LIVE Updated 3m ago Megan Maurice Sat 24 Oct 2026 09.22 BSTFirst published on Sat 24 Oct 2026 09.05 BST Share Key events 9m ago Team List: England 13m ago Team List: Australia 19m ago Preamble Olivia Kernick runs with the ball before Australia’s Jillaroos face England in a women’s Rugby League World Cup Pool A match at HBF Park in Perth.

Follow for live scores and updates from Aus vs Eng.

Kick-off time is 5.05pm local/8.05pm AEDT/10.05am BST.

Photograph: Mark Evans/AAP Olivia Kernick runs with the ball before Australia’s Jillaroos face England in a women’s Rugby League World Cup Pool A match at HBF Park in Perth.

Photograph: Mark Evans/AAP Key events 9m ago Team List: England 13m ago Team List: Australia 19m ago Preamble A few changes to the Jillaroos from the team that took on Samoa last weekend.

Julia Robinson shifts from the wing to the centre, replacing Jess Sergis, while Abbi Church comes in on the wing.

Tiana Penitani Gray moves from the bench to the second row, replacing Kezie Apps.

And the interchange bench has had a complete refresh.

I’m interested to see Tarryn Aiken continuing to hold the halfback position, I thought Jesse Southwell might get her first shot of the tournament tonight, but she will have to wait.

1.

Fran Goldthorp 2.

Anna Davies 3.

Molly Jones 4.

Connie Boyd 5.

Amelia Brown 6.

Isabel Rowe 7.

Jenna Foubister 8.

Liv Wood 9.

Keara Bennett 10.

Hollie-Mae Dodd 21.

Lucy Murray 12.

Eva Hunter 13.

Megan Williams Interchange 14.

Jodie Cunningham 15.

Vicky Whitfield 16.

Georgia Roche 17.

Lucie Sams 1.

Tamika Upton 2.

Jaime Chapman 3.

Julia Robinson 4.

Isabelle Kelly 5.

Abbi Church 6.

Jocelyn Kelleher 7.

Tarryn Aiken 8.

Millie Elliott 9.

Olivia Higgins 10.

Simaima Taufa 11.

Tiana Penitani Gray 12.

Shaylee Bent 13.

Olivia Kernick Interchange 14.

Quincy Dodd 15.

Sarah Togatuki 16.

Makenzie Weale 17.

Sariah Paki Hello and welcome back to the Rugby League World Cup!

It has been a lot of fun so far, with plenty of fans getting behind the teams and lots of colour and excitement across the venues.

Tonight we have the Australian Jillaroos taking on England for the first time since that very memorable match in Las Vegas in 2025 when the Jillaroos won 90-4.

I was in the live blog hotspot for that one and it was a real challenge to keep up with that many tries being scored.

I don’t think we’ll see a scoreline like that tonight – both the English team and my typing fingers will be grateful if we don’t.

Both teams had extremely dominant wins in round 1.

Australia shook off an error-ridden start to defeat Samoa 40-0, while England piled on the tries against Wales to win 70-6.

Isabel Rowe was the standout for England in that win, with two tries and nine conversions to her name.

The 19-year-old halfback plays for the Wigan Warriors in the Women’s Super League and will be instrumental to England’s chances against the reigning World Cup champions tonight.

The match is being played in Perth – not traditional rugby league territory – but with the Perth Bears set to enter the NRLM next year, it is a good opportunity to win over some fans.

We’ve got plenty to cover before kick off, so let’s get into it!

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