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1977 Rugby League World Cup Final
The 1977 Rugby League World Cup Final was the conclusive game of the 1977 Rugby League World Cup tournament and was played between Australia and Great Britain on 25 June 1977 at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia. Background The 1977 Rugby League World Cup was the eighth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since its inauguration in 1954, and the first since the 1972 tournament. The tournament was held in the Australia and New Zealand from 29 May, culminating in the final between Australia and Great Britain on 25 June. Australia :''Scores and results list Australia's points tally first.'' Australia were undefeated going into the final. Great Britain :''Scores and results list Great Britain's points tally first.'' Match details Although this was an international match, the Kangaroos player numbers were as used in Australia at the time with the forwards numbers being reversed (e.g. the front rowers wore numbers 11 and 13 rather than 8 and 10). Great Britain play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Valentine
David Donald Valentine (12 September 1926 – 14 August 1976) was a Scottish representative rugby union and Rugby League World Cup, World Cup winning rugby league footballer, a List of dual-code rugby internationals, dual-code rugby international who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and Coach (sport), coached in the 1960s. Rugby union He made his rugby union international début as a flanker for Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland against Ireland national rugby union team, Ireland in the 1947 Five Nations Championship, and was also selected in the fixture that year against England national rugby union team, England. His younger brother Alec Valentine also played for ,Bath, p138 and his younger brother Rob Valentine (rugby), Rob played rugby union for South of Scotland, and later switched to rugby league playing for Great Britain. In October 1947 Valentine signed to play rugby league with English club Huddersfield, where he would join another five ex-Hawick players. Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by population, fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of . While European New Zealanders, Europeans continue to make up the plurality of Auckland's population, the city became multicultural and Cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan in the late-20th century, with Asian New Zealanders, Asians accounting for 31% of the city's population in 2018. Auckland has the fourth largest Foreign born, foreign-born population in the world, with 39% of its residents born overseas. With its large population of Pasifika New Zealanders, the city is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Eadie
Graham "Wombat" Eadie (born 25 November 1953), is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He has been named amongst Australia's finest of the 20th century. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative , he played in Australia during Manly-Warringah's dominance of the NSWRFL competition during the 1970s. He won four premierships with them and his 1,917 points in first grade and 2,070 points in all grades were both records at the time of his retirement. Eadie also played in England for Halifax, winning the Challenge Cup Final of 1987 with them. He also won World Cups with Australia and collected awards such as the Rothmans Medal and Lance Todd Trophy. Playing career * Manly 1971–1983: 237 games, 1,917 points (71 tries, 847 goals, 3 field goals) * Australia 1973–1979: 20 Tests, 16 points (2 tries, 5 goals) * New South Wales 1974-1980: 14 games, 35 points (3 tries, 13 goals) Eadie was graded by Manly-War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fairbairn (rugby League) (1855–1943), Australian politician for seat of Fawkner 1906–1913
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George Fairbairn may refer to: * George Fairbairn (rugby), Scottish-born rugby union player and English rugby league international * George Eric Fairbairn (1888–1915), British Olympic rower *George Fairbairn (politician) Sir George Fairbairn (23 March 1855 – 23 October 1943) was a pastoralist and Australian politician. Fairbairn was born in Geelong, Victoria and educated at Geelong Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge. He rowed for Jesus College Boa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Gill (rugby League)
Kenneth Gill (born 2 April 1948) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain and England national rugby league team, England, and at club level for Salford Red Devils, Salford (two spells), Widnes Vikings, Widnes and Barrow Raiders, Barrow, as a . Playing career International honours Ken Gill won Cap (sport), caps for England national rugby league team, England while at Salford in 1975 against Wales, in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against France, Wales (sub), New Zealand (scoring a hat-trick of tries), Australia (sub), Wales, France, New Zealand, Australia, and Australia, and in 1977 against Wales, and France, and won Cap (sport), caps for Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain while at Salford in 1974 against France (2 matches), Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand, and in the 1977 Rugby League World Cup against F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Pitchford
Stephen Pitchford (born 6 February 1952) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Leeds and Bramley as a . Background Pitchford was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He was a pupil at Foxwood School, Seacroft, Leeds.Foxwood School’s Jubilee Brochure, 1980 Playing career International honours Pitchford won caps for Great Britain while at Leeds in the 1977 Rugby League World Cup against France, New Zealand, and Australia (2 matches). Challenge Cup Final appearances Pitchford played right- and was voted ''Man of the Match'' winning the Lance Todd Trophy in Leeds' 16-7 victory over Widnes in the 1977 Challenge Cup Final during the 1976–77 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 7 May 1977, in front of a crowd of 80,871, and played right- in the 14-12 victory over St. Helens in the 1978 Challenge Cup Final during the 1977 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Cronin (rugby League)
Michael William Cronin OAM (born 28 June 1951 in Kiama, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He was a goal-kicking for the Australian national team and a stalwart for the Parramatta Eels club. He played in 22 Tests and 11 World Cup matches between 1973 and 1982. Cronin retired as the NSWRL Premiership's and the Australian Kangaroos' all-time highest point-scorer and has since been named amongst the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century. Country and early representative career Cronin played for Christian Brothers (now Edmund Rice) in the Illawarra competition as an under 12. He was so good that when his team made the semi-finals the opposition appealed against Cronin's inclusion on residence grounds, claiming he was from Gerringong. Cronin's first grade career began in 1969 for Gerringong. He was selected to play for Country in 1973 where he impressed enough to make that year's Kangaroo tour. He played in two T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kolc
John Joseph Kolc (born 7 September 1950) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. An Australia international representative halfback, he played in Sydney's NSWRFL premiership for the Parramatta club. Kolc was one of the smallest international rugby league players: only late 1920s St. George hooker “Snowy” Justice is believed to have played for Australia at a lighter weight, although 1950s backs Darcy Henry and Johnny Hunt are believed to have been similarly small. Playing career A Parramatta junior from Hills District, Kolc was graded with Parramatta for the 1971 season and made his first-grade debut the following season. He showed great promise with his sharp dashes around the rucks and superb low tackling: early in 1973 Kolc was already widely viewed as a future representative player; however, a broken ankle ligament (which was to affect Kolc's career and reduce his speed off the mark) and competition with former Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russel Gartner
Russel Gartner (born 16 September 1955), also known by the nickname of "Frog eyes", is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. An international representative three-quarter, He played for Manly, Balmain and Easts in the NSWRFL premiership. Biography Gartner came from a family with a strong rugby league background with his father Jim and uncle Clive playing for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, while his nephew Daniel Gartner would later play for Manly-Warringah and represent Australia. A fast and tall or er, Russel Gartner started playing first grade in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1975 with the Manly-Warringah club. The following year he won his first premiership when he was part of the Sea Eagles' team that defeated Parramatta in the Grand Final. In 1977 Gartner was the League's top try-scorer with 17, three more than any other player in the premiership ( North Sydney's Barry Wood and Gartner's former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan McMahon
Allan McMahon (9 August 1954 – 23 May 2003), also known by the nickname of "Macca", was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach. He was an Australian test player and was a coach of the Canberra Raiders, Newcastle Knights and Illawarra Steelers. Playing career McMahon played a total of 148 games for the Balmain Tigers of whom he also captained on numerous occasion. He also played for the Newtown Jets, the Canberra Raiders and was a member of the 1978 Kangaroo tour squad. Coaching career After coaching the Raiders in their fifth season in 1986, McMahon was the first coach of the Knights, who joined the NSWRL The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was ... in 1988. He resigned during the 1991 season, and later coached the Illawarra Steelers. Despite s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park along its banks. The city's territorial authority population is people, and includes a number of smaller urban areas as well as rural areas. The population of the urban area is people. Christchurch is the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland. It is the major urban area of an emerging sub-region known informally as Greater Christchurch. Notable smaller urban areas within this sub-region include Rangiora and Kaiapoi in Waimakariri District, north of the Waimakariri River, and Rolleston and Lincoln in Selwyn District to the south. The first inhabitants migrated to the area sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD. They hunted moa, which led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League Park
Orangetheory Stadium is a rugby football stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was formerly called AMI Stadium, and before that, the Addington Showgrounds. History The park is part of a complex with Christchurch Arena and Addington Raceway and has hosted international rugby league matches since the 1950s, including Rugby League World Cup, World Cup matches in 1975 Rugby League World Cup, 1975, 1977 Rugby League World Cup, 1977, 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup, 1988, 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup, 1990 and 1991. The ground was bought by Canterbury Rugby League from the Christchurch City Council in the 1990s. It was at this ground that the Kiwis won the 1988 Great Britain Lions tour's sole test in New Zealand to qualify for the 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup final. Orangetheory Stadium Rugby League Park sustained significant damage during the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and was closed until 24 March 2012. After the earthquake the stands had to be demolis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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