The Australia national speedway team is one of the leading teams in international motorcycle speedway, with the country regarded as the birthplace of the sport in the 1920s. The team are six-times champions of the world having won the sports premier team competition in 1976, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2022 and 2025.

History The national speedway team held test matches against the England as early as 1928, although the first official test match is listed as 30 June 1930 at Wimbledon Stadium.

The team won its first Speedway World Team Cup in 1976, with captain John Boulger, Phil Crump, Billy Sanders and Phil Herne. They had to wait over 30 years before winning three tournaments out of four, between 1999 and 2002. Key riders during the period were Jason Crump, Leigh Adams, Ryan Sullivan and Todd Wiltshire, who all took part in three wins, while Jason Lyons rode in two (1999 and 2002) and Craig Boyce rode in 2001.

The fifth and sixth successes came in the 2022 Speedway of Nations and the 2025 Speedway of Nations respectively (the alternate competition to the World Cup) with the squad members being Jack Holder, Brady Kurtz, Max Fricke and Jason Doyle.

Four times Australian champion Jim Airey is the only Australian rider to win the World Team Cup not riding for Australia. He won the 1971 Speedway World Team Cup in Wrocław, Poland, as part of the Great Britain team.

Major tournament wins World Team Championships Year Venue Standings (Pts) Australia Riders and Pts1976LondonWhite City Stadium 1. Australia (31)2. Poland (28)3. Sweden (26)4. Soviet Union (11) Phil Crump 11 Billy Sanders 7 Phil Herne 7 John Boulger 6 Garry Middleton -1999PardubiceSvítkov Stadion 1. Australia (51)2. Czech Republic (35)3. USA (29)4. England (29) Leigh Adams 14 Jason Crump 13+1 Ryan Sullivan 12+3 Jason Lyons 10+3 Todd Wiltshire 2+12001WrocławOlympic Stadium 1. Australia (68)2. Poland (65)3. Sweden (51)4. Denmark (44)5. USA (30) Jason Crump 20 Leigh Adams 16 Ryan Sullivan 13 Todd Wiltshire 10 Craig Boyce 92002PeterboroughEast of England Showground 1. Australia (64)2. Denmark (58)3. Sweden (54)4. Poland (48)5. Czech Republic (36) Leigh Adams 17 Ryan Sullivan 17 Jason Crump 14 Todd Wiltshire 13 Jason Lyons 32022VojensVojens Speedway Center 1. Australia (30)2. Great Britain (32)3. Sweden (30)4. Denmark (28)5. Czech Republic (27)6. Poland (26)7. Finland (16) Jack Holder 19+4+4Max Fricke 11+3+2 Jason Doyle res2025ToruńMotoArena Toruń 1. Australia (37)2. Poland (35)3. Denmark (34)4. Sweden (27)5. Great Britain (24)6. Latvia (18)7. Czechia (14) Brady Kurtz 20+4Jack Holder 17+3 Jason Doyle res

International caps (as of 2022) Since the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix era, international caps earned by riders is largely restricted to international competitions, whereas previously test matches between two teams were a regular occurrence. This means that the number of caps earned by a rider has decreased in the modern era. RiderCapsAdams, Leigh71Airey, Jim36Allan, Gary*1Amundson, Kym4Amundson, Robin1Arnfield, Jack1Arthur, Frank15Bainbridge, Junior9Baker, Steve13Bartlett, Greg1Bass, Chris7Batchelor, Troy9Bear, Stan4Benson, Lionel3Bentzen, Les1Bibby, Jack4Biggs, Jack39Blackadder, Robbie4Blake, Bobby1Blight, Ernie3Board, Johnny1Boulger, John65Bowerman, John1Bowes, Shane51Boyce, Craig45Boyle, Tony1Bradshaw, Peter1Bryden, Bill10Butler, Troy28Cameron, Ken3Carlson, Mark6Case, Dick39Catlett, Stan1Chamberlain, Johnny6Chapman, Jack17Cheshire David3Chessell, Rod1Chignell, Jack5Clay, Norman2Coddington, Neil8Collins, Eric9Colquhoun, Rod3Cox, Keith5Cresp, Ray4Crump, Jason51Crump, Phil76Curtis, Geoff9Davies, Stephen27Day, Ricky10Dolan, Frank8Doyle, Glenn20Duckett, Frank20Duggan, Ray14Duggan, Vic30Dykes, Peter1Evans, Ernie8Farrell, Mike12Fenn, Eric8Fiora, Mike6Forrest, Wayne3Galloway, Billy1Gavros, Dennis3Geran, Jack11Grosskreutz, Max57Guasco, Gordon10Guglielmi, Gary14Gurtner, Keith23Hansen, Arnie3Harding, Merv11Hastings, Harold1Henderson, Ron2Herne, Phil41Hewitt, Les1Hibberd, Buzz1Hodgson, Craig8Holder, Chris17Humphreys, Bob12Hunter, Alec3Hunter, Rod3Huxley, Vic47Hyland, Jack2Hynes, Dave1Ingram, Peter2Isbel, Clayton1Jackson, Dave4Johnson, Ron59Johnston, Steve16Kennedy, Danny10Kentwell, Greg18Kingston, Bert9Koppe, Steve16Lamont, Billy15Landels, Bill*8Langdon, Tony8Langfield, John50Langton, Steve2Lawson, Aub70Lawson, Don4Le Breton, Ken12Leisk, Les9Lemon, Mark8Leverenz, Bob10Levy, Lionel16Lewis, Harry1Lindsay, Norman1Little, Wally13Loakes, Bryan7Longley, Bill39Lyons, Jason35MacDonald, Kevin1McCallum, Bruce1McDonald, Glenn5McGowan, Travis2McKean, Dudley2McKeown, Mick11McLachlan, Doug2Maxfield, Rob1Melluish, Bill2Menzies, Andy6Middleton, Garry1Mills, Dave1Mitchell, Clem29Mitchell, Lindsay2Monk, Charlie26Moore, Peter22Moore, Ronnie13Mountford, Stuart3Mudge, Geoff10Murphy, Mick7Murray, Ken2Norman, Scott2Nunan, Tim2O'Brien, Trevor1Parker, Shane20Payne, Arthur18Pearce, Frank8Poole, Mick22Prettjohn, Dave2Proctor, Ty3Quinn, Allan1Regeling, Steve28Reinke, Steve16Rivett, Alan*9Rogers, Bill13Ryan, Buck6Ryman, Jim2Sanders, Billy67Sansom, Lou3Sawyer, Les1Schlam, Sig1Schlein, Rory10Scott, Jack7Sedgmen, Justin1Seers, Dick1Sharp, Jack14Sharp, Bob13Sharpe, Les8Shields, Adam6Shields, Dave1Shirra, Mitch*2Smythe, Dick10Spencer, Bert6Spinks, Charlie26Stewart Col1Stewart, Len1Street, Neil9Sullivan, Ryan33Sulway, Dick3Taylor, Alby2Taylor, Chum28Taylor, Glyn8Taylor, Ray4Thompson, Peter6Titman, John61Torpie, Kevin14Tremmeling, Nigel1Tulloch, Terry2Underwood, Doug2Valentine, Bob24Van Praag, Lionel54Vandenberg, Peter2Walsh, Ken3Ward, Darcy8Warren, Graham29Watson, Cliff14Watson, Noel4Watt, Davey18White, Doug7Wilkinson, Bluey63Wiltshire, Todd29Wise, Dick4Woods, Len2Woodward, Cameron1Wright, Keith1Young, Frank1Young, Jack32

Riders marked with an asterisk represented Australia but were not Australian.

See also Australian under-21 speedway team Australian Individual Speedway Championship

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