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Australian sports have formed an alliance to fight the threat of corruption.

Sports chiefs from rugby, soccer, Australian Rules football, tennis and netball formed the Coalition of Major Professional & Participation Sports (COMPPS) last week.

The group said in a statement that its formation reflected "the importance of continuing public confidence in the integrity of major sports' results".

Executive director Malcolm Speed continued: "There have been concerns about corrupt gaming's influence in some sports in some parts of the world and the newly constituted COMPPS group sees the importance of guarding against corruption in Australian sports gaming as one of our priorities.

"Australia has an excellent sports gaming integrity reputation which we want to maintain and as a first step we will start sharing information within the COMPPS membership."

The group will share information about codes of conduct, education and disciplinary processes in a bid to strengthen sports integrity, the statement added.