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2023 Rugby World Cup Warm-up Matches
In 2023, some rugby union national teams will play matches in preparation for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which act as a stand-in for the usual mid-year international tests. Some of the matches involving Tier 1 and 2 nations are being played under the Summer Nations Series branding. Matches July ---- Notes: * Pita Ahki and Kyren Taumoefolau (both Tonga) made their international debuts. * This was the first international match Tonga has played at home since 2017. ---- ---- Notes: * Cameron Henderson, Stafford McDowall (both Scotland), Martin Page-Relo and Lorenzo Pani (both Italy) made their international debuts. ---- ---- Notes: * Cristobal Game (Chile) made his international debut. 5 August Notes: * Dallas McLeod, Samipeni Finau, Shaun Stevenson (all New Zealand) and Matt Faessler (Australia) made their international debuts. ---- Notes: * Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Paul Boudehent and Émilien Gailleton (all France) made their international debuts. ---- Notes: * K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Rugby World Cup
The 2023 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to be the tenth men's Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby union teams. It is scheduled to take place in France from 8 September to 28 October 2023 in nine venues across the country. The opening match and final will take place at the Stade de France, in the commune of Saint-Denis, north of Paris. The tournament will take place in the bicentenary year of the "invention" of the sport by William Webb Ellis. Originally, the tournament was scheduled to last the typical six weeks; however, on 23 February 2021, World Rugby announced an additional week to accommodate the additional rest day requirement for player welfare. This means that teams will have a minimum of five rest days for all matches, optimising recovery and preparation for the tournament. It will be the third time France has hosted the Rugby World Cup, having previously hosted the 2007 Rugby World Cup, as well as the 1991 Rugby World Cup as joint hosts wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fine Inisi
Fine Inisi (born 19 May 1998) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Super Rugby club Moana Pasifika. Born in New Zealand, he represents Tonga at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds. Club career He was named in the Moana Pasifika squad for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season. He also represented in the 2021 Bunnings NPC. Inisi is a Tongan international, having made his debut in 2021 against New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ..., having previously represented Tonga at rugby sevens. References External links * 1998 births Tongan rugby union players Tonga international rugby union players Living people Rugby union centres North Harbour rugby union players Moana Pasifika players 2023 Rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Folau
Israel Folau ( to, ‘Isileli Folau; born 3 April 1989) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer who plays for the Shining Arcs in the Japan Rugby League One and the Tonga national rugby union team. He has previously played Australian rules football and rugby league. In 2019, he became the record holder for most tries scored in Super Rugby history. Folau played rugby league for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) from 2007 to 2008, where he broke the record for most tries in a debut year. He then played with the Brisbane Broncos from 2009 to 2010. Playing as a or , Folau represented Queensland in the State of Origin and Australia, becoming the youngest player to play for both teams. In 2020, Folau played for the French rugby league team the Catalans Dragons in the Betfred Super League. In 2011, Folau joined the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL) and played for two seasons. In December 2012, Folau announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Rugby
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is the governing body of rugby union in New Zealand. It was founded in 1892 as the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU), 12 years after the first provincial unions in New Zealand. In 1949 it became an affiliate to the International Rugby Football Board, now known as World Rugby, the governing body of rugby union for the world. It dropped the word "Football" from its name in 2006. The brand name ''New Zealand Rugby'' was adopted in 2013. Officially, it is an incorporated society with the name New Zealand Rugby Union Incorporated. The organisation's main objectives, as displayed in the NZR Constitution, are to promote and develop rugby throughout New Zealand; arrange and participate in matches and tours in New Zealand and overseas; represent New Zealand in World Rugby; form and manage New Zealand representative teams; and encourage participation in the sport. NZR Headquarters are located in Wellington, New Zealand, with an office in Auckland. Struct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Waenga
Daniel "Dan" Waenga (born 6 November 1985) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the fly-half (and occasionally inside centre) position for the Waikato based Super Rugby side the Chiefs, and for French club Biarritz Olympique Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (; ), usually known simply as Biarritz, is a French professional rugby union team based in the Basque city of Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine which competes in the Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. Biarritz p .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Waenga, Daniel 1985 births New Zealand rugby union players Chiefs (rugby union) players Bay of Plenty rugby union players Hawke's Bay rugby union players Biarritz Olympique players Expatriate rugby union players in France New Zealand expatriates in France Rugby union fly-halves Living people Rugby union centres New Zealand rugby union referees Super Rugby referees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nukuʻalofa
Nukualofa (; ) is the capital and largest city of Tonga. It is located on the north coast of the island of Tongatapu, in the country's southernmost island group. History First western records of Nukualofa On 10 June 1777, British captain James Cook wrote of his arrival at their anchorage place. His description of the place confirmed, with his map, that this was the bay of Nukualofa. Cook never used the name Nukualofa or any other spelling for the reports of this voyage, but he mentioned the island of Pangaimodoo ( Pangaimotu) which was to the east of his anchorage position. Captain Cook also wrote that he travelled by canoes to visit Mooa ( Mua) where Paulaho and other great men lived. The house that Paulaho provided was on the beach from the ship. Reference to his map shows that he must have landed and stayed in the Siesia area, the eastern part of modern Nukualofa. Cook also drafted the first map of the bay of Nukuʻalofa. The first written record for Nukuʻalofa is stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teufaiva Sport Stadium
Teufaiva Sport Stadium which was previously known as ''Tenefaira Field Stadium'' is a multi-purpose stadium in Nukuʻalofa, Nukualofa, Tonga. It is used mostly for rugby union, football (soccer), football and rugby league and the Ikale Tahi team matches. The stadium holds 10,000 people. It is the home ground of the Tonga national rugby union team. Teufaiva is where the Secondary School sports in Tonga are held (every year). The stadium fell into disrepair in the early 2000s and was unused for eight years. It was reopened after being refurbished in 2017, but badly damaged by Cyclone Gita just a few months later. It was re-opened again in 2019. References Athletics (track and field) venues in Tonga Football venues in Tonga Rugby league stadiums in Tonga Rugby union stadiums in Tonga National stadiums, Tonga Buildings and structures in Nukuʻalofa Multi-purpose stadiums in Oceania Tonga national rugby union team Tonga national football team {{Oceania-stadium-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Foley
Bernard Foley (born 8 September 1989) is an Australian rugby player of Irish descent. He plays professionally for the Australia national rugby team and the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby. He can cover both fullback and fly-half as well as inside centre. Foley has earned the nickname " the iceman" after successful game winning penalty goals, 2 August 2014, 18 October 2015. Foley has had a vast amount of experience in rugby and played at a variety of differing teams and competitions both domestically and internationally. In his early years Foley played rugby sevens for Australia and competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where he received a silver medal in the final of the rugby sevens tournament for his services for the team that took place in Delhi, India. Foley has played for the amateur club team Sydney University since 2012, who compete annually in the state-based competition the Shute Shield. During the 2015–16 Japanese Top League season, after his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Flook
Joshua Flook (born 22 September 2001) is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Super Rugby club the Queensland Reds. Professional career Flook was named in the Reds squad for round 1 of the Super Rugby AU competition in 2020. He made his debut for the in round 2 of the Super Rugby AU Super Rugby AU, formerly named the Harvey Norman Super Rugby AU for sponsorship purposes, was a rugby union competition organised by Rugby Australia. The competition was created to supplant the 2020 Super Rugby season, which had been suspended ... competition against the , coming on as a replacement. Flook scored a crucial try in the Reds' victory over the Brumbies late in the 2021 Super Rugby AU season, a win that would secure Queensland's first home Grand Final since 2011. References External links Rugby.com.au profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lachie Anderson
Lachlan Anderson (born 27 August 1997) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer who plays wing for Super Rugby franchise the Rebels and the Australia national rugby sevens team. In his early career, he was selected to play in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championships for Australia and formally played for Shute Shield clubs Randwick and Eastwood. Anderson grew up in Baulkham Hills and played rugby for Dural rugby club. He was educated at Oakhill College where he played rugby and captained the first XV, the top representative team in secondary school with rugby league player Ryan Papenhuyzen. In rugby sevens he made his World Rugby Sevens Series debut in Sydney in 2017. Anderson has also represented his country at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Anderson was a member of the Australian men's rugby seven's squad at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corey Toole
Corey Toole (born 7 March 2000) is an Australians, Australian rugby union and rugby sevens player. He plays domestically with the Brumbies in the Super Rugby. From Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Toole played for ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union, Wagga Waratahs Rugby Club and the Gungahlin Eagles before joining the Brumbies#Development teams, Brumbies Academy. Toole has also represented the ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union, ACT Schoolboys at Nationals. Rugby union career Rugby sevens Toole made his rugby sevens, sevens debut at the 2021 Dubai Sevens#Dubai: Event I, first event of the 2021–22 World Rugby Sevens Series, scoring four tries including two in the 2021 Dubai Sevens#5th to 8th playoffs – Event I, Fifth place final victory against Great Britain national rugby sevens team, Great Britain (35–21). Since debuting for Australia national rugby sevens team, Australia at the first event in Dubai, Toole has become one of the most important players for them, racking up the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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