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2019 Oceania Cup
The 2019 Oceania Cup was the inaugural edition of the Oceania Cup. Contested by six teams, the competition began in June and concluded in November. The competition was announced at the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) congress in November 2018. The draw was released in March and breaks the six teams into two separate pools with promotion and relegation to exist in what is to become an annual tournament. Group A will comprise the top three ranked Pacific nations in , and while Group B will comprise , and . The winner of Pool A will win the Oceania Cup while the winner of Pool B will win the Oceania Shield and be promoted to Pool A in the next edition in place of Australia, who were due to travel to Europe for their first Kangaroos tour since 2003. Venues The games were played at the following venues in New Zealand and Australia. Results Group A - Cup Notes: * ''Jahrome Hughes, Briton Nikora (both New Zealand), Manase Fainu, Kotoni Staggs, and Sitili Tupoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Wakeham
Brandon Wakeham (born 11 January 1999) is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a or in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Wests Tigers. Background Wakeham was born in Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Fijian and Lebanese descent. He played his junior rugby league for Chester Hill Hornets. Playing career 2019 He made his international debut for Fiji in their 56-14 victory vs Lebanon in the 2019 Pacific Test, where he scored 20 points in the match. In round 15 of the 2019 NRL season, Wakeham made his NRL debut for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs off the interchange bench in his sides 14-12 win over the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Wakeham played majority of the game at five-eighth after Kieran Foran left the field in the early stages due to injury. 2020 Wakeham played a total of 16 appearances for Canterbury in the 2020 NRL season. The club finished in 15th place on the table, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leichhardt, New South Wales
Leichhardt is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Leichhardt is located 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district (CBD) and is the administrative centre for the local government area (LGA) of the Inner West Council. The suburb is bordered by Haberfield to the west, Annandale to the east, Lilyfield to the north and Petersham, Lewisham and Stanmore to the south. History Aboriginal anthropology Leichhardt was once an area broadly inhabited by the Wangal band of the Dharug (Eora) language group. The 'Eora people' was the name given to coastal Aborigines around Sydney – Eora means ''from this place'' – local Aboriginal people used this word to describe to Europeans where they came from, and in time the term became used to define Aboriginal people themselves. Wangal country was known as 'wanne' and it originally extended from the suburbs of Balmain and Birchgrove in the east to Silverwater and Auburn in the west. I ... [...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] |
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (born 5 June 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player, and former rugby league footballer. He plays for the Auckland Blues in the Super Rugby Pacific, and for the New Zealand national team. He made his debut against Ireland on 16th July, 2022. Tuivasa-Sheck is a dual-code international who previously played rugby league as a and captain for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL. In 2018 Tuivasa-Sheck became the first Warriors player to win the Dally M Medal. He also played for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League, with whom he won a premiership in 2013, playing on the wing. Background Tuivasa-Sheck was born in Apia, Samoa. He attended Otahuhu College in Auckland, where he played both rugby union and rugby league. Tuivasa-Sheck represented the New Zealand rugby union schoolboy team and captained Otahuhu College at the New Zealand Rugby League's Secondary Schools tournament in 2011 before being signed by the Sydney Roosters in October of that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Smith (rugby League)
Brandon Smith (born 31 May 1996) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL, and for and the New Zealand Māori at international level. Smith previously played for the Melbourne Storm with whom he won the 2020 NRL Grand Final. Early life Smith was born in Waiheke Island, New Zealand, and is of Norwegian and Māori descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Waiheke Rams and Bay Roskill Young Guns in New Zealand. He moved to Townsville as a teenager because his older brother Dylan Smith had an under 20s contract with the North Queensland Cowboys. In Townsville, he was educated at Kirwan State High School, Townsville where he played school-level football. He continued playing junior league with Centrals Tigers and Brothers in Townsville. Playing career Smith played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Youth Competition for two seasons, playing 44 games and scoring 30 tries. In May 2016, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Manu
Joseph Manu is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er or for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL), and New Zealand at international level. Manu was a member of the 2018 and 2019 NRL Grand Final championship Roosters rosters. Background Manu was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, and is of Māori and Cook Island descent.He was raised in Tokoroa. Manu played his junior rugby league for Tokoroa High School before being signed by the Sydney Roosters. Playing career Early career Having won the S. G. Ball Cup with the Roosters in 2014, Manu travelled to Glasgow to represent Australia in an under-19s rugby league nines tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where Australia finished in second place. Manu moved into the Roosters' NYC team by the end of the year, where he played until 2016, scoring 34 tries in 48 games. On 2 May 2015, Manu played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos, playing on the wing and scoring a try ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jahrome Hughes
Jahrome Hughes (born 8 October 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL, and the New Zealand Māori and New Zealand at international level. He is a NRL premiership winning player of 2020. He previously played for the Gold Coast Titans and the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League, and played as a earlier in his career. Early life Hughes was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and is of Māori, and Welsh descent. He played junior rugby league for the Harbour City Eagles. In 2008, Hughes moved to the Gold Coast, where he played for the Tugun Seahawks and Currumbin Eagles. He was educated at Palm Beach Currumbin State High School. Playing career Early career Hughes played for the Sydney Roosters SG Ball Cup team before being signed by the Gold Coast Titans in 2012. He played for the Gold Coast NYC team from 2012 to 2014. 2013–2014: Gold Coast Titans In Round 17 of the 2013 NRL season, Hugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Johnson
Shaun Johnson (born 9 September 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL) and the New Zealand Kiwis at international level. He has played previously for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL and has played at representative level for the NRL All Stars in 2013. In 2014 Johnson won the Golden Boot Award for the world's best player. Background Johnson was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and his mother is Laotian and his father is a New Zealander. From Whangaparaoa, Johnson attended Orewa College and played many sports, including basketball and rugby union, but made his name playing touch and Australian rules football. He represented New Zealand in both touch and Australian rules football and played rugby union in his school's First XV. Playing career Early years Johnson played for the Hibiscus Coast Raiders in the Auckland Rugby League competition before being signed by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTC+12
UTC+12:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +12:00. As standard time (year-round) ''Principal cities: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Mata Utu, Majuro, Yaren, Funafuti, South Tarawa on Tarawa'' North Asia *Russia – Kamchatka Time **Far Eastern Federal District ***Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai Oceania Pacific Ocean = Polynesia = *France **Wallis and Futuna *Tuvalu = Micronesia = *United States **Wake Island – Time in the United States *Marshall Islands *Kiribati **Gilbert Islands ***(Including the Islands of Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tamana and Tarawa) *Nauru Antarctica *Time bases in Antarctica. See also Time in Antarctica *Chile **Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme *Norway **Peter I Island **New Zealand *** Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station ***McMurdo Station ***Ross Dependency As standard time (Southern Hemisphere winter) ''Princi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NZST
Time in New Zealand is divided by law into two standard time, standard time zones. The main islands use New Zealand Standard Time (NZST), 12 hours in advance of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) / List of military time zones, military M (Mike), while the outlying Chatham Islands use Chatham Standard Time Zone, Chatham Standard Time (CHAST), 12 hours 45 minutes in advance of UTC / military M^ (Mike-Three). During summer months – from the last Sunday in September until the first Sunday in April – daylight saving time is observed and clocks are advanced one hour. New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT) is 13 hours ahead of UTC, and Chatham Daylight Time (CHADT) 13 hours 45 minutes ahead. New Zealand's associated states – the Cook Islands and Niue – and the dependent territory of Tokelau use several different time zones at their own discretion. History On 2 November 1868, New Zealand officially adopted a standard time to be observed nationally, and was the first country to do so, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addington Rugby Stadium
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 World Cup matches in 1975, 1977, 1988, 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 demolished. The 2011 earthquake damaged AMI Stadium at Lancaster Park, the main sporting ground in Christchurch, beyond repair. As a temporary replacemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leichhardt Oval At Dusk
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Leichhardt may refer to: * Division of Leichhardt, electoral District for the Australian House of Representatives * Leichhardt Highway, a highway of Queensland, Australia * Leichhardt Way, an Australian road route * Leichhardt, New South Wales, inner-western suburb of Sydney, Australia ** Leichhardt Oval, a football stadium * Leichhardt, Queensland, a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland * Ludwig Leichhardt, 19th century Prussian explorer of Australia * Municipality of Leichhardt, former local government area of Sydney, Australia See also * Electoral district of Leichhardt (other) Electoral district of Leichhardt may refer to: * Division of Leichhardt, an electorate of the Australian House of Representatives, based in far north Queensland * Electoral district of Leichhardt (New South Wales), a former electorate of the New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
