Watch every second of the 2025 Autumn Nations Series live and on demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\nBoth featured heavily in the side\u2019s maiden WXV 2 title in South Africa in 2024 and were part of the 2025 World Cup squad.<\/p>\n
Pomare signs off from Wallaroo gold as one of the most decorated players in Western Force and Australian women’s rugby.<\/p>\n
The first women\u2019s player to reach 30 Super Rugby Women\u2019s caps for the Force, Pomare also finishes her Test career with 43 caps, the second highest of all-time behind Ashley Marsters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so grateful for everyone who\u2019s backed me, believed in me and supported me through the different stages of the journey,\u201d Pomare said in an official statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started out just wanting to play footy with my mates, and somehow it\u2019s taken me around the world and being able to make a career out of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019ll never be enough words of thanks for that, but the best way to honour it is by turning it into something bigger than yourself.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish all my friends all the for everything in the future. I hope they never underestimate the impact they can have on people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kavoa, meanwhile, was one of the rising stars of the Jo Yapp era, making her debut in 2024 against Fiji after a standout Super Rugby Women’s season with ACT Brumbies.<\/p>\n
A backrower-turned-prop, Kavoa went on to play 12 Tests for her country, including three at the 2025 World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe past two years playing for the Wallaroos have been a journey for me. I made my debut as a back-rower and then became a prop in 54 days, where I started at a record-breaking World Cup,\u201d Kavoa said in an official statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to Jo Yapp and the coaching staff for giving me the opportunity to become a Wallaroo.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s allowed me to grow as a rugby player, meet legends along the way and creating lifelong memories.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s time for a new chapter in my life with new goals, more growth, memories, laughs and smiles. I can\u2019t wait to watch the team succeed in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Interim Wallaroos Head Coach Sam Needs congratulated the pair on their successful careers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOn behalf of the Wallaroos, we\u2019d like to congratulate both players on fantastic careers at the international level,\u201d Needs said in an official statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrilleen has been a mainstay in the Wallaroos squad for almost a decade and as our second highest capped player ever, her leadership and dedication helped shaped this group for the better.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe work with she\u2019s put into some of our younger players coming through has been invaluable and will leave a legacy for generations to come.<\/p>\n
\u201cLydia is a great story on never giving up on your dream and her journey is one to remember.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo debut at flanker in July 2024, then play her second Test at loosehead prop in September is a testament to her determination and work ethic.<\/p>\n
\u201cFast forward to England at the World Cup, she showed that anything is possible when she more than held her own against the world champions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re both honest and humble people and have been a pleasure to work with over the past two seasons, and we wish them both the best in all they do in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wallaroos are set to farewell veteran centre Trilleen Pomare and prop Lydia Kavoa with the pair announcing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[58864,64,63,760,15131,85,19259,11229],"class_list":["post-214115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-act-brumbies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-world-cup","tag-sports","tag-wallaroos","tag-western-force"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}