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2017 Pacific Rugby League Tests
The 2017 Pacific Rugby League Tests, known commercially as the Mesh & Bar Pacific Tests, are a group of rugby league test matches that were played on 6 May 2017 at Campbelltown Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Papua New Guinea played against the Cook Islands; Fiji against Tonga; and England against Samoa. The triple header at the 20,000 capacity Campbelltown Stadium attracted an almost capacity crowd of 18,271. Squads ANZAC test The 2017 Anzac Test was a rugby league test match played between Australia and New Zealand at Canberra Stadium. It was the 18th and last Anzac Test played between the two nations since the first was played under the Super League banner in 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t .... The match was played on 5 May 2017. The Australian team was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112–122 metres (122 to 133 yards) long with H shaped posts at both ends. It is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union. It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire as the result of a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players.Tony Collins, ''Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain'' (2006), p.3 The rules of the game governed by the new Northern Rugby Football Union progressively changed from those of the RFU with the specific aim of producing a faster and more entertaining game to appeal to spectators, on whose income the new organisation and its members depended. Due to its high-velocity contact, cardio-based endurance and minimal use of body protection, rugby league i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnathon Ford
Johnathon Ford (born 17 August 1989) is a Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who plays for Featherstone Rovers in the RFL Championship. He previously played for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League and for Toulouse Olympique. Background Ford was born in Toronto, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Cook Island and Irish descent. He is a cousin of former Hull Kingston Rovers player Byron Ford. Ford played his junior football for the Macquarie Scorpions before being signed by the Newcastle Knights. Playing career Ford played for the Knights' NYC team in 2008 and 2009, scoring eight tries and kicking one goal in 30 games. In 2010, Ford signed with the Sydney Roosters. In Round 23 of the 2010 NRL season he made his NRL debut for the Roosters against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. In 2012, Ford signed with Toulouse Olympique in the Elite One Championship. Ford continued playing for the Cook Islands team in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. In 2014, For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townsville Blackhawks
The Townsville & Districts Blackhawks are an Australian semi-professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup. The club was admitted to the Queensland Cup in September 2014, first competing in the 2015 season. The side plays their home games at Jack Manski Oval. History The beginnings of a Townsville team's bid to return to the Queensland Cup date back to 2007, when the Townsville-based North Queensland Young Guns folded at the end of the season. Before the Young Guns entered the competition in 2002, Townsville was represented in the Queensland Cup by the Townsville Stingers, who only lasted one season in 1998. In 2008, the Queensland Cup expanded to Cairns, Queensland, Cairns with the Northern Pride RLFC, Northern Pride and Mackay, Queensland, Mackay with the Mackay Cutters. Both clubs became feeder sides for the Townsville-based National Rugby League, NRL club, the North Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Munro (rugby League)
David Munro may refer to: * David Munro (documentary filmmaker) (1944–1999), English documentary film-maker * David Munro (police commissioner) (born 1948), British police commissioner * David H. Munro (born 1955), creator of the Yorick programming language * David Munro (physician) (1878–1952), director of the Royal Air Force Medical Service, and Rector of St Andrews University * David Munro, American independent filmmaker of ''Full Grown Men'' * David Munro (conservationist), former Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature See also * David Monro (scholar) (1836–1905), Scottish Homeric scholar * David Monro (1813–1877), New Zealand politician * David Monro (merchant) (c. 1765–1834), seigneur, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada * David Munrow David John Munrow (12 August 194215 May 1976) was a British musician and early music historian. Early life and education Munrow was born in Birmingham where both his parents taugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Mataora
Sam Mataora (born 20 October 1990) is a Cook Island professional rugby league footballer. He played for the Canberra Raiders and Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. His positions were and . Background Born in Rarotonga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Mataora moved to Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia when he was 11 years old and played his junior football for Sunnybank, Queensland#Sport, Souths Sunnybank while attending Cavendish State High School. He was then signed by the Canberra Raiders. Playing career Early career In 2009 and 2010, Mataora played for the Canberra Raiders' National Youth Competition (rugby league), NYC team. In 2009, he played for the Cook Islands national rugby league team, Cook Islands in the 2009 Pacific Cup. 2010 In Round 8 of the 2010 NRL season, Mataora made his National Rugby League, NRL debut for the Raiders against the New Zealand Warriors. He played for the Junior Kiwis that year and was named at second-row in the 2010 NYC Team of the Year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional Rugby league, rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs Magpies. The Wests Tigers started playing in the 2000 NRL season and they won their maiden premiership in 2005 NRL season, 2005. It is one of only two clubs (the other being the Newcastle Knights) that has never lost a Grand Final in which it has participated. The club also won the Rugby League World Sevens, World Sevens in 2004 in rugby league, 2004. The Wests Tigers play home games at three grounds: Leichhardt Oval (the home ground of Balmain), Campbelltown Stadium (the home ground of Western Suburbs) and Western Sydney Stadium in Parramatta as of 2019, where they have committed to playing four games a year. They are currently coached by Tim Sheens. The club CEO is Jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esan Marsters
Esan Marsters (born 17 August 1996) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He has played for the Cook Islands, New Zealand and the New Zealand Māori at international level. He previously played for the Wests Tigers, North Queensland Cowboys and the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. Background Marsters was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and is of Cook Island and Māori descent. He played for Mount Albert Lions in New Zealand, later saying, "I played in the halves growing up. I was a five-eighth, like Benji. That’s where I get my ball skills from. Then I moved over to Sydney from Auckland when I was 17 and got switched to the centres. I was bigger than a lot of the other kids and they wanted to use me out wide." Marsters picked up a contract with the Sydney Roosters to train with their SG Ball team. After spending a season with Roosters SG Ball team he was cut and signed a contract with the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership since 1982. Over this period the club has won 3 premierships, (out of 6 Grand Finals played). They have not won a grand final since 1994 and last played in a grand final in 2019. They have received 1 wooden spoon and had a total of 15 of its players (9 New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales Blues and 6 Queensland rugby league team, Queensland Maroons) selected to play for the Australia national rugby league team. The Raiders' current home ground is Canberra Stadium (GIO Stadium) in Bruce, Australian Capital Territory. Previously, the team played home matches at Seiffert Oval in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, with the move to the AIS Stadium in Bruce taking place in 1990. The official symbol for the Canberr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makahesi Makatoa
Makahesi Makatoa (born 30 January 1993) is a Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who plays as a or forward for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for Featherstone Rovers in the RFL Championship. Background Makatoa was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand, of Niuean and Cook Islander descent. He played junior rugby league for the Marist Dragons in his hometown. Playing career Early career Makatoa played 5 matches for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL Under-20s in 2013. Makatoa played for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the New South Wales Cup in 2017 and 2018. Featherstone Rovers Makatoa signed with the Featherstone Rovers in the RFL Championship in 2019, following head coach Ryan Carr from Mounties to the Rovers. Parramatta Eels Makatoa joined the Parramatta Eels' New South Wales Cup squad in 2020, again under coach Carr. In Round 22 2021, Makatoa made his NRL debut for Parramatta against the Manly-Warringa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pritchard Mounties
The Mounties Rugby League Football Club (sponsored by Mounties Group) is an Australian rugby league football club based in Mount Pritchard, New South Wales formed in 1927. They currently play in the NSW Cup, Ron Massey Cup and Sydney Shield. Mounties are the current second feeder club side for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Recent Seasons 2015 In 2015, Mounties defeated the Asquith Magpies to win the Ron Massey Cup 30–14. 2016 Mounties achieved a rare feet in 2016 by having all 3 grades NSW Cup, Ron Massey Cup and the Sydney Shield finish first in the regular season and win the minor premiership. Not since 1985 had a club finished top of all 3 grades to claim the minor premiership in the same year. The last team to do so before this was the St. George Dragons. Mounties also finished the season with all 3 grades making the grand final. The Sydney shield side was defeated by East Campbelltown Eagles, the Ron Massey Cup side won against St Mary's Saints and Illawarra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac John
Isaac John (born 12 December 1988) is a former New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who previously played for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the Intrust Super Premiership. A Cook Islands and New Zealand international representative, he played as a and and previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League, and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League. Background John was born in Tokoroa, New Zealand. He is of Cook Island descent. Early years John was Educated at Forest View High School in Tokoroa. He first played league for local club the Pacific Sharks and the Turangawaewae team in the Ngāruawāhia Māori rugby league competition. He then played for the Waicoa Bay Stallions in the Bartercard Cup before being signed by the New Zealand Warriors. In 2004 John played for the New Zealand under-16 side and in 2006 John played for the Junior Kiwis. John signed with the New Zealand Warriors in 2007 as an eighte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezra Howe
Ezra (; he, עֶזְרָא, '; fl. 480–440 BCE), also called Ezra the Scribe (, ') and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra, was a Jewish scribe (''sofer'') and priest (''kohen''). In Greco-Latin Ezra is called Esdras ( grc-gre, Ἔσδρας). According to the Hebrew Bible he was a descendant of Sraya, the last High Priest to serve in the First Temple, and a close relative of Joshua, the first High Priest of the Second Temple. He returned from Babylonian exile and reintroduced the Torah in Jerusalem. According to 1 Esdras, a Greek translation of the Book of Ezra still in use in Eastern Orthodoxy, he was also a High Priest. Rabbinic tradition holds that he was an ordinary member of the priesthood. Several traditions have developed over his place of burial. One tradition says that he is buried in al-Uzayr near Basra (Iraq), while another tradition alleges that he is buried in Tadif near Aleppo, in northern Syria. His name may be an abbreviation of ', "Yah helps". In the Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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