Wallaroos join Bledisloe action

RUGBY UNION: Back-to-back double-headers for the Wallabies and Wallaroos against New Zealand in August will be another step in Australia’s bid to host the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup.

The Australian women’s team will play a double-header with the men’s team on home soil for the first time when they tackle the world champion Black Ferns before the Wallabies and All Blacks clash in the first Bledisloe Cup Test at ANZ Stadium on Saturday, August 11.

The teams will then travel to Auckland for the second leg of trans-Tasman Tests at Eden Park on Saturday, August 18.