Australia national rugby league team

The **Australia national rugby league team**, nicknamed the **Kangaroos**, represents Australia in international rugby league. Australia has the most successful international rugby league team in the world, having won the Rugby League World Cup 12 times, having reached the final in 16 of the 17 World Cups (only failing to reach the final at the first World Cup in 1954).

The Kangaroos ranked first in the IRL Men's World Rankings and have a win percentage of 69% and a win percentage of at least 50% against every team they have ever played. Only six teams have ever beaten the Kangaroos.

### Current squad

The Australian Kangaroos squad for the 2023 Pacific Championships. The squad was announced on 3 October with updates on 4 October and 6 October 2023.

Statistics in this table are compiled from the website, Rugby League Project and are up to 5 November 2023, including the Final of the 2023 Pacific Championships. Jersey numbers are those used in that Final.
|rowspan=2|J#|rowspan=2 align=left|Player|rowspan=2 align=center|Age|rowspan=2 align=center|Position(s)|colspan=6 align=center|Kangaroos|rowspan=2 align=center|Club|colspan=2 align=center|NRL|rowspan=2 align=center|Other Reps|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||30||2018|13|9|0|0|36|Sydney Roosters|136|226|22  6  1  2|||
|2||27||2023|3|1|0|0|4|Penrith Panthers|131|131||||
|3||22||2023|3|2|0|0|8|Dolphins (NRL)|20|70|4  1  1|||
|4||25||2023|3|1|5|0|14|Brisbane Broncos|100|100|1  1  3|||
|5||28||2016|21|20|22|0|124|North Queensland Cowboys|74|179|16|||
|6||29||2017|12|4|0|0|16|Melbourne Storm|195|195|18|||
|7||34||2011|21|5|3|0|26|Manly Warringah Sea Eagles|305|305|22  2|||
|8||23||2019|4|1|0|0|4|Brisbane Broncos|104|104|11  1|||
|9||33||2014|15|4|0|0|16|St. George Illawarra Dragons|125|312|17  4|||
|10||23||2022|7|1|0|0|4|Gold Coast Titans|63|90|12  1  3|||
|17||24||2022|5|0|0|0|0|North Queensland Cowboys|59|59|4  2  1|||
|12||26||2022|7|3|0|0|12|Penrith Panthers|104|104|9|||
|13||28||2022|8|2|0|0|8|Penrith Panthers|220|220|11  1|||
|14||25||2022|8|1|0|0|4|Melbourne Storm|62|77|8|||
|15||27||2022|6|3|0|0|12|Sydney Roosters|90|90|9|||
|16||25||2022|8|0|0|0|0|Brisbane Broncos|83|83|6|||
|18||27||2023|2|0|0|0|0|Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks|46|82|1  3  1|||
|19||24||2023|1|0|0|0|0|Brisbane Broncos|96|96|3  2|||
|11||25||2019|8|7|0|0|28|South Sydney Rabbitohs|147|147|13  1|||
|20||21||2023|1|0|0|0|0|Brisbane Broncos|49|49|4  3  1|||
|21||29||2016|13|2|0|0|8|Manly Warringah Sea Eagles|200|200|16  4|||

### War cry

From 1908 to 1967, the Kangaroos performed an Indigenous war cry before their games (like how New Zealand sports teams perform the Māori haka before they play). The war cry was performed by the Aboriginal team for the first time in over 40 years in 2008 before a match against the New Zealand Māori. It is believed that the war cry is based on an Indigenous chant from Stradbroke Island in Queensland.

|Lyrics|English translation|
| --- | --- |
|:_Wallee mullalra choomooroo tingal!_ :_Nah! Nah! Nah! Nah!_ :_Cannai, barrang, warrang, warrang!_ :_Yallah! Yallah! Yallah! Yallah!_ :_Ah! Jaleeba, booga, boorooloong?_ :_Yarnah meei, meei, meei!_ :_Meeyarra, meeyarra, jeeleeba, cahwoon!_ :_Cooeewah! Cooeewah! Wahh, wooh!_|:We are a race of fighters, descended from the War Gods! :Beware! Beware! Beware! Beware! :Where we fight, there will be great bloodshed! :Go! Go! Go! Go! :We are powerful, but merciful! Are you friends? :Good! Good! :The kangaroo is dangerous when at bay! :Come on! Come on, death!|

## Related pages

- Australian Aboriginal rugby league team
- Australia women's national rugby league team (nicknamed the "Jillaroos")

## Infobox (rugby league representative team)

- **name**: Australia
- **badge size**: 200px
- **nickname**: The Kangaroos
- **governing body**: Australian Rugby League Commission
- **region**: Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation, Asia-Pacific
- **coach**: Mal Meninga
- **captain**: James Tedesco
- **rlif rank**: 3
- **most caps**: Darren Lockyer (59)
- **top try-scorer**: Darren Lockyer (35)
- **top point-scorer**: Johnathan Thurston (382)
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- **first international**: 11–10
(Agricultural Oval, Sydney, Australia; 9 May 1908)
- **largest win**: 4–110
(The Boulevard (stadium), The Boulevard, Kingston upon Hull, England; 4 November 2000)
- **largest loss**: 30–0
(Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand; 4 November 2023)
- **world cup apps**: 16
- **world cup first**: 1954
- **world cup best**: _Champions_ (1957 Rugby League World Cup, 1957; 1968 Rugby League World Cup, 1968; 1970 Rugby League World Cup, 1970; 1975 Rugby League World Cup, 1975; 1977 Rugby League World Cup, 1977; 1985 - 1988 Rugby League World Cup, 1988; 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup, 1992; 1995 Rugby League World Cup, 1995; 2000 Rugby League World Cup, 2000; 2013 Rugby League World Cup, 2013; 2017 Rugby League World Cup, 2017; 2021 Rugby League World Cup, 2021)