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2021 Melbourne Storm Season
The 2021 Melbourne Storm season was the 24th in the club's history competing in the 2021 NRL season. The team is coached by Craig Bellamy, coaching the club for his 19th consecutive season. On 19 February 2021, the Melbourne Storm announced that Jesse Bromwich and Dale Finucane succeeded Cameron Smith, as co-captains of the club. The season was again affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, with the club forced to relocate to Queensland for much of the season. Melbourne claimed the J. J. Giltinan Shield for the fifth time as minor premiers, setting a number of club records (21 wins; 815 points). Melbourne tied the league record for most consecutive wins with 19 victories between rounds 4-23. In a rematch of the 2020 NRL Grand Final, second placed Penrith Panthers knocked Melbourne out of the 2021 NRL finals in the preliminary final, ending hopes of back-to-back premierships. Season summary * World Club Challenge – On 20 November 2020 it was announced that the World ...
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2021 NRL Season
The 2021 NRL season was the 114th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 24th season run by the National Rugby League. Teams The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year. Regular season Ladder Ladder progression *Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8. *Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round. *Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round. *Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round. Finals series Due to the imposition of lockdown measures in New South Wales due to a COVID-19 outbreak, all finals matches were played at neutral venues in Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , establish ...
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COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets and ...
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Tyson Smoothy
Tyson Smoothy (born 7 July 1999) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has previously played for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL. Background Smoothy was born in Toowoomba, Queensland and raised on the Sunshine Coast. He was educated at Mountain Creek State High School and played his junior rugby league for the Kawana Dolphins before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos. Playing career In 2015, Smoothy represented Queensland under-16 in their win over New South Wales. In 2017, Smoothy played for the Brisbane Broncos under-20s side and captained Queensland under-18. In 2018, Smoothy joined the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the Queensland Cup, playing for their under-20 side. In 2019, he was named Man of the Match in their under-20 Grand Final win over the Wynnum Manly Seagulls. In 2020, Smoothy joined the Penrith Panthers, playing for them in the NRL Nines and the New South Wales Cup. ...
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2001 NRL Season
The 2001 NRL season was the 94th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the fourth run by the National Rugby League. Also called the 2001 Telstra Premiership (due to sponsorship from Telstra Corporation) it was contested by thirteen Australia-based clubs plus one New Zealand-based club. The Newcastle Knights claimed their second premiership in five seasons, defeating minor premiers Parramatta Eels in the NRL's first ever night-time grand final. Season summary Early in the season NRL matches involving the Bulldogs were marred by off-field violence from the club's supporters. The Parramatta Eels looked set to break their fifteen-year premiership drought as they compiled one of the most dominant season records in rugby league history, losing just four of their 26 regular season games with the League's best attack and defensive record. In 2001 they established the standing record for most points by a club in a season with 943, blitzing the Brisbane Broncos' pr ...
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South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian 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 ... club based in Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital, Sydney. They are often called Souths or The Bunnies. The club was formed in New South Wales Rugby League season 1908, 1908, as one of the founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League, making them one of Australia's oldest rugby league teams. The Rabbitohs were formed, under their original 1908 articles of association, with the NSWRL competition, to represent the Sydney municipalities of Redfern, Alexandria, Zetland, Waterloo, Mascot and Botany. The ...
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Billy Slater
William Slater (born 18 June 1983), is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australian international and one-time captain of the Queensland State of Origin team, he played his entire club career in the National Rugby League for the Melbourne Storm, with whom he played in seven NRL Grand Finals. Slater also set the club's record for most ever tries and NRL record for most ever tries by a fullback. Slater amassed 190 NRL tries for the Melbourne Storm, which is the second most in an Australian first-grade career, behind Ken Irvine. Slater also won two premierships, the Clive Churchill Medal twice and the Dally M Medal with the Storm. With the Kangaroos he was the 2008 World Cup's top try-scorer and player of the tournament and won the 2008 Golden Boot Award as the World player of the year. Slater was also the winner of the television game show ''Australia's Greatest Athlete'' in 2009 and 2010. Background Slater was bor ...
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Casey Fields
Casey Fields is a $30 million, 70 hectare multi-sports complex in the City of Casey at Cranbourne East a southeastern suburb of Melbourne. The complex is home to Australian rules football, cricket, netball, soccer, tennis, cycling, golf, and rugby football. A prominent arena within the complex is the VFL Oval, an Australian rules football oval which serves as the home of the Casey Demons in the Victorian Football League. The Australian Football League's Melbourne Football Club has a training base and plays AFL Women's games at the complex. The Casey-South Melbourne Cricket Club in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition is also based at Casey Fields. It is also an alternate venue for A-League Men’s side Melbourne City FC, with the club hosting Australia Cup football matches on the oval. VFL Oval The first stage of the Casey Fields development cost $4.2 million and opened on 29 April 2006. The facility consists of five grassed ovals: the main and northernmo ...
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Newcastle Knights
The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, the Knights joined the top tier competition in 1988, 79 years after the previous Newcastle based team, the Newcastle Rebels had departed the Sydney competition with the formation of a separate league competition based in the Newcastle region. The club has won two premierships over its history (1997 and 2001) and is one of only two clubs (the other being the Wests Tigers) that has never lost a grand final in which it has participated. It has also produced such players as Paul Harragon, Robbie O'Davis, Danny Buderus and rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns. The team's home ground is McDonald Jones Stadium. History A Newcastle rugby league team had been assembled from players in the Newcastle Rugby League to compete in various competitions f ...
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2021 All Stars Match
The 2021 All Stars match was the tenth annual representative exhibition All Stars match of Australian rugby league. The match was played between the Indigenous All Stars and the Māori All Stars at Townsville, Queensland's Queensland Country Bank Stadium on 20 February 2021. Men's All Stars match Teams 1 - Wade Graham was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Tyrell Fuimaono was be moved from the bench to second row and Graham was replaced by Zac Saddler. 2 - Kevin Proctor was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Zane Musgrove. 3 - Josh Addo-Carr was originally selected to play but withdrew due to a Victoria COVID-19 border closure. Alex Johnston was moved from the bench to wing and Addo-Carr was replaced by Corey Thompson. 4 - Reimis Smith was originally selected to play but withdrew due to a Victoria COVID-19 border closure. Patrick Herbert was moved from the bench to wing and Reimis Smith was replaced by ...
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Reimis Smith
Reimis Smith (born 13 May 1997) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and er for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL. He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League and has played for New Zealand 9s at international level. Background Smith was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and is of Māori and Indigenous Australian descent. Smith is the son of former New Zealand international Tyran Smith, and the nephew of boxer and former professional rugby league footballer Anthony Mundine. Smith played his junior rugby league for the Mascot Jets and for the South Sydney Harold Matthews team. He was educated at Matraville Sports High School and then being signed by the Parramatta Eels in 2013. Playing career Early career In 2015, Smith played for the Parramatta Eels' NYC team, before joining the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs mid-season. 2016 - 2020: Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs On 7 May, Smith played f ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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