Australia’s NRL history is a long and colourful one. Born from the origins of rugby union, which is still played in Australia to this day, The Australian Rugby League started following a trend from England who initially developed their Rugby League in 1895. Where did rugby league start in ...
A comprehensive archive of Australian results including the NSWRL from 1908 to present, State of Origin and many other representative clashes through history. Now includes all individual match appearances from 1908 to present. League Competitions National Rugby League (NSWRL 1908-94, ARL 1995-97, Sup...
Other transnational competitions include the Celtic League, originally involving Irish, Scottish and Welsh teams and now Italian teams as well; Super Rugby (previously Super 12 and Super 14), involving South African, Australian and New Zealand teams; and the Heineken Cup, involving the top European...
Rugby League World Cup, international rugby event that is considered to be the foremost competition in the “league” variant of the sport. The Rugby League World Cup began in 1954 in France and has been held at irregular intervals since then. Australia
forbaseballandAustralian rules football. While it is known that Webb Ellis was a student at Rugby School at the time, there is no direct evidence of the actual event’s having taken place, though it was cited by the Old Rugbeian Society in an 1897 report on the origins of the game. ...
"Our international footprint has been significantly increased at both Super Rugby and Test level and the launching of The Rugby Championship next year will be the latest exciting chapter in the ongoing evolution of SANZAR." - Australian Rugby Union (ARU) Managing Director and CEO, John O’Neill...
See association football, rugby, Australian Rules, American football, Gaelic football b. (as modifier): a football ground; a football supporter. 2. (Team Sports, other than specified) the ball used in any of these games or their variants 3. a problem, issue, etc, that is continually ...
F. Mandle's work on cricket and nationalism, sporting contests between Australia and England have been portrayed as asserting Australian feelings of independence and hostility to Britain. This article challenges this view by examining the history of rugby league football in Australia and......
representing Australia at the Hong Kong Sevens between 1979 and 1984. In 1982 he was named Young Australian of the Year, in 1983 awarded the Member of the Order of Australia Medal, in 1987 inducted into the Australian Sports Hall of Fame and in 1995 into the International Rugby Hall of ...
…and just to clarify for all my American, Canadian, Australian, Kiwi, and South African listeners, which is actually the vast majority of my audience, I’ll just be calling it football for the remained of this episode instead of soccer because that is what the league calls it. ...