The new women's competition will see five teams - NSW, Victoria, Queensland, ACT and Western Australia - play each other over six weeks from the beginning of March and concluding with a final in April.

Rugby Union becomes the last of Australia's major football codes to launch a women's competition. The inaugural AFLW season was held earlier this year and a new NRL women's competition was announced last week, with the W-League, which began in 2008, already established in the national landscape.

"For a young girl picking up a rugby ball for the first time next season, she will now have a clear and accessible pathway to represent her country through the Wallaroos and Australian Women's Sevens team," outgoing Rugby Australia CEO Bill Pulver said.

"The Super W will allow our Women's XVs players the opportunity to play in a high-quality competition, fully entrenched within the professional programs at each state giving them access to elite coaching and high performance facilities. This will make the Wallaroos a significantly stronger outfit moving forward."

"The Australian Rugby community has been incredibly proud of the growth of the women's game in recent times and I know that this crucial competition is going to supercharge this growth in future years."

Australia women's sevens co-captain and Wallaroos captain Shannon Parry is excited about what the competition means for the future of women's rugby in Australia.

"I am really proud and excited about this competition launching next year and what this means for the game in Australia," she said.

"Since I started playing rugby in Brisbane the game has come along in leaps and bounds and this competition means that there is opportunity now for all XVs players and sevens players at the elite level.

"It's going to be great to see women's state teams slug it out against each other and will open a lot of girls' eyes up to the opportunities for them in rugby."

Pulver also announced that Rugby Australia will bid to host the 2021 women's rugby World Cup.

"Bidding for the women's rugby World Cup I hope signifies to the community how serious we are about making rugby a game for all and growing female participation. If we are successful with our bid, it will have an immediate and significant impact on women's rugby," he said.

"I have played in three Women's Rugby World Cups and I know that we would be amazing hosts for the tournament," Parry said.

"Australians love putting on a sporting show when we host major tournaments and events and it would be huge to bring the pinnacle of Women's XVs Rugby to our shores."