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2017 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. The match was played on 5 May 2017. The Australian team was announced on 26 April, while the New Zealand team was announced on 30 April with the starters and 18th man named on 4 May. The Junior Kangaroos beat the Junior Kiwis. Squads 1 - Josh Papalii was originally selected to play but was withdrawn due to suspension. His original replacement, Shannon Boyd, also withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jake Trbojevic who was 18th Man. 2 - Aaron Woods was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Andrew Fifita. *Jordan McLean, James Maloney and Justin O'Neill were a part of the Kangaroos squad but did not play in the match. * Elijah Taylor, David Fusitu'a and Brandon Smith were a part of the Kiw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia National Rugby League Team
The Australian National Rugby League Team, the Kangaroos, have represented Australia in senior men's rugby league football competition since the establishment of Rugby league in Australia, the 'Northern Union game' in Australia in 1908. Administered by the Australian Rugby League Commission, the Kangaroos are ranked fourth in the RLIF World Rankings. The team is the most successful in Rugby League World Cup history, having contested all 16 and won 12 of them, failing to reach the final only once, in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup, inaugural tournament in 1954. Only five nations (along with New Zealand Maori rugby league team, NZ Maori) have beaten Australia in test matches, and Australia has an overall win percentage of 70%. Dating back to 1908, Australia is the fourth oldest national side after England national rugby league team, England, New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand and Wales national rugby league team, Wales. The team was first assembled in 1908 for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super League (Australia)
Super League was an Australian rugby league football administrative body that conducted professional competition in Australia and New Zealand for one season in 1997. Along with Super League of Europe, it was created by News Corporation during the Super League war which arose following an unsuccessful attempt to purchase the pay television rights to rugby league in Australia. After two years of legal battles the competition was played for a single season in 1997 alongside the rival Australian Rugby League (ARL) competition before the two merged in 1998 to form the National Rugby League (NRL). History The Super League war was the corporate dispute that was fought in and out of court during the mid-1990s between the Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation-backed Super League and the Kerry Packer and Optus Vision-backed Australian Rugby League organisations over broadcasting rights for, and ultimately control of the top-level professional rugby league football competition of Australa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Rapana
Jordan Rapana (born 15 August 1989) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL. He has played for the New Zealand Māori, New Zealand and the Cook Islands at international level. He previously played for the Gold Coast Titans National Rugby League club and the Western Force Super Rugby team. Background Rapana was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and is of Māori, Cook Island and Italian descent. From the Ngāti Toa iwi (Māori tribe), he moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia as a 10-year-old. He played his junior football for the Tugun Seahawks and attended Palm Beach Currumbin High School before being signed by the Gold Coast Titans. Playing career 2008 In 2008, Rapana played for the Gold Coast Titans' NYC team. In Round 18 of the 2008 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Gold Coast Titans against the Sydney Roosters. At the end of 2008, he was named on the interchange bench in the 2008 NYC Team of the Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentine Holmes
Valentine Holmes (born 24 July 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays across the backline as a or er for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL and Australia at international level. He began his career with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League, with whom he won the 2016 NRL Premiership. At representative level he has played for Queensland in the State of Origin series. In 2019, spent several months on the practice squad for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) as a part of the league's International Player Pathway Program. Background Holmes was born in Townsville, Queensland to a Cook Islands mother and a New Zealand father. He has three older brothers, and an older sister. He played his junior rugby league in Townsville for the Western Lions, before being signed by National Rugby League club, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, in 2012 at the age of 17. Rugby league career Early career Holmes moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Whare
Dean Whare pronounced (FAR-dEH) (born 22 January 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the London Broncos in the RFL Championship, and New Zealand and the New Zealand Māori at international level. Whare previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Penrith Panthers in the NRL, and played as a er and earlier in his career. Early years Whare was born in Rotorua, New Zealand. He is of Māori descent. He moved to Sydney, Australia as a 13-year-old and played his junior rugby league with Penshurst RSL and Arncliffe scots before being signed the St George-Illawarra Dragons. Playing career He played in the 2008 and 2009 Toyota Cups before signing with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles for 2010. 2010 In round 12 of the 2010 NRL season, Whare made his NRL debut against the North Queensland Cowboys at 1300SMILES Stadium, scoring three tries in Manly's 24–20 win, the first time a player has scored three tries in his top-grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Dugan
Joshua Dugan (born 10 May 1990) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a and for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL and Australia at international level. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders and the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League, and has played at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII, Country Origin, NRL All Stars and New South Wales in the State of Origin series. Early years Dugan was born in Garran, Australian Capital Territory. He played his junior rugby league for the Valley Dragons and South Tuggeranong Knights before being signed by the Canberra Raiders. Dugan also played Rugby Union for Marist College Canberra. After being signed by the Raiders, Dugan played in their NYC team in 2008 and 2009, scoring 25 tries and kicking 107 goals in 25 games. Dugan played in the Raiders' NYC Grand Final win over the Brisbane Broncos, scoring a try and kicking 4 goals. Playing career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Kahu
Jordan Kahu (born 28 January 1991) is a former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a and er for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL and New Zealand at international level. Kahu has played for the Brisbane Broncos and the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL, as well as the World All Stars & New Zealand Māori in the "All Star" representative stage. Background Born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Kahu is of Māori descent specifically the Ngāti Toa Iwi (tribe). Kahu is short for Jordan's birth surname Kahukuranui. Kahu attended Wellington College and played his junior rugby union for the Petone Rugby Club with Lima Sopoaga before moving to Australia to attend Keebra Park State High School. While at Keebra Park, Kahu captained the school's rugby league side to win the 2009 Arrive Alive Cup. Kahu played for the Broncos NYC team in 2010 and 2011, scoring 11 tries and kicking 2 goals in 23 games. Kahu's 2011 and 2012 seasons were shattered by two season ending kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Chambers
William Chambers (born 26 May 1988) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer who previously played for the LA Giltinis in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States. After winning two titles with the Melbourne Storm, he retired from Australia's NRL in 2021. He previously played at for the Melbourne Storm and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League and Australia at international level in rugby league. He had played his entire NRL career until the end of the 2019 NRL season at the Storm, winning the 2012 and 2017 Grand Finals with them. He has played for Queensland in the State of Origin series, Prime Minister's XIII and the Indigenous All Stars. Chambers also played rugby union for the Queensland Reds, Munster and Suntory Sungoliath. Early life Chambers was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia into a family of Indigenous Australian ( Yolngu) descent but moved to the remote Northern Territory town of Nhulunbuy at 2 years of age. He began pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (born 17 August 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er or for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL and New Zealand at international level. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. Background Watene-Zelezniak was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, and is of Māori, Tongan and Polish descent and is from the Waikato Tainui Iwi. Watene-Zelezniak lived in Ngāruawāhia, before moving to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as a 5-year old. He played his junior rugby league for the St Clair Comets, before being signed by the Penrith Panthers. He attended St.Dominic’s College, Penrith and Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown. Watene-Zelezniak is the great-grandson of former New Zealand rugby league captain and politician, Steve Watene. Watene-Zelezniak is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Dallin is the youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Ferguson (rugby League)
Blake Ferguson (born 20 March 1990) is a professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Leigh Centurions in the Betfred Championship and Australia at international level. During his Rugby League career he represented the Indigenous All Stars, Country NSW, and New South Wales in the State of Origin series. He was a part of the NSW Blues team that won the 2019 State of Origin series. He played for the National Rugby League team the Sydney Roosters that won the 2018 NRL Grand Final. He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Canberra Raiders and Parramatta Eels playing as a or earlier in his career. Ferguson is also an amateur boxer. Background Ferguson was born in Sydney, Australia on 20 March 1990. A nephew of Solomon Haumono and a cousin of Anthony Mundine, Ferguson is of Aboriginal descent from Wiradjuri people, and is eligible for the Indigenous All Stars. He played his junior rugby league at Wellington Cowboys and Earlwood Saints. NRL ... [...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] |
Darius Boyd
Darius Boyd (born 17 July 1987) is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who played , , and for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL and has played for Australia at international level and State of Origin for Queensland. Boyd captained the Brisbane Broncos from 2017 to 2019. Boyd previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in 2009–2011 and the Newcastle Knights in 2012–2014 all under coach Wayne Bennett before switching back to Broncos in 2015. Boyd has won the 2006 NRL Grand Final with the Broncos and the 2010 NRL Grand Final with the Dragons. He is a Queensland State of Origin and Prime Minister's XIII representative. Early life Boyd was born at the Gold Coast Hospital, in Queensland, Australia on 17 July 1987. He was raised by his single mother throughout most of his childhood. He began playing junior football at a young age for the Parkwood Sharks, which led to playing at halftime during a Gold Coast Seagulls match in 1993. He later switc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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