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Andrew Fifita
Andrew Fifita ( to, ʻAnitelū Fifita) (born 28 June 1989) is a retired professional rugby league footballer who played as a . He has played for Tonga national rugby league team, Tonga and Australia national rugby league team, Australia at international level. Fifita previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League, and has played at representative level for the Indigenous All Stars (rugby league), Indigenous All Stars, City New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales City Origin and New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales in the State of Origin series. Fifita is known for his tackle-breaks, strong fend and his step. He was a part of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Cronulla team that won their maiden premiership title in the 2016 NRL season, 2016 season, scoring the equalising try that led to the game winning conversion from James Maloney (rugby league), James Maloney. Early years Fifita was born in Blacktown, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blacktown
Blacktown is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blacktown is located west of the Sydney central business district. It is one of the most multicultural places within Greater Sydney. History Prior to the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, the area of today's Blacktown was inhabited by different groups of the Darug people including the Warmuli, based around what is now Prospect, and their neighbours the Gomerigal from the South Creek area and the Wawarawarry from the Eastern Creek area. It is estimated that fifty to ninety percent of the Darug died of smallpox and other introduced diseases within a few years of the British arrival. Governor Arthur Phillip began granting land in the area to white settlers in 1791. In 1819 Governor Lachlan Macquarie granted land to two indigenous men, Colebee and Nurragingy as payment for their service to The Crown, for assisting Cox with the road over the Blue Mountain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Fifita (rugby League, Born 1989)
David Fifita ( to, Tēvita Fifita) (born 28 June 1989) is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a for Wakefield Trinity in the Betfred Super League. He previously played for the Lezignan Sangliers in the Elite One Championship and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL. He has spent time on loan from Wakefield at the Dewsbury Rams in the Championship. Background He was born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. He attended Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown and Blacktown Boys High School. Fifita is of Indigenous Australian and Tongan descent and played his junior rugby league for St Patricks Blacktown and Doonside Roos, before being signed by the Wests Tigers. Fifita is the twin brother of fellow Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks player Andrew Fifita, and cousin of Gold Coast Titans player David Fifita He is not related to John Fifita, a former St George Dragons player. Fifita's elder brother Latu Fifita plays for Workington Town in the Kings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latu Fifita
Latu Fifita (born 29 October 1987) is a professional rugby league footballer of Indigenous Australian and Tongan descent who most recently played professionally for Workington Town in the Kingstone Press Championship. He plays as a and can also play as a loose-forward. Fifita is a Tongan international. He is a Balmain Tigers junior and has previously played for the North Sydney Bears and the Northern Pride. Latu Fifita is the elder brother of twins Andrew Fifita Andrew Fifita ( to, ʻAnitelū Fifita) (born 28 June 1989) is a retired professional rugby league footballer who played as a . He has played for Tonga and Australia at international level. Fifita previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland ... and David Fifita. References External linksWorkington Town profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Fifita, Latu 1987 births Living people Latu Rugby league props Tonga national rugby league team players Tongan rugby league players Workington Town players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fifita
John Fifita ( to, Sione Fifita) (born 28 July 1959) is a Tongan former professional rugby league footballer who represented Tonga in the 1986 Pacific Cup and played as a professional in England and Australia. Playing career Fifita played for the St George Dragons between 1984 and 1990, starting in 76 first grade matches for the club.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. In 1986 Fifita was part of the Tonga side that competed in the 1986 Pacific Cup. He was named in the team of the tournament. He again represented Tonga at the 1988 Pacific Cup. In the 1987/88 off-season Fifita travelled to England and played for the Castleford ( Heritage № 663) club. Fifita played right-, i.e. number 12, in Castleford's 12-12 draw with Bradford Northern in the 1987 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1987–88 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 17 October 1987, and played right-, i.e. number 10, (replaced by Interchange Dean Sampso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Sports
Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the Fox Corporation, with the exceptions of the operations in Australia, which are part of Foxtel (majority-owned by Fox Corp. sister company News Corp Australia) and the operations in Mexico are owned by Grupo Multimedia Lauman while the operations in Argentina are owned by Mediapro but branding and contents are licensed to Fox Corporation and the rest of the international Fox Sports channels were sold to The Walt Disney Company, following the acquisition. Divisions * Fox Sports (United States), also known as the Fox Sports Media Group. * Fox Sports International, an international sports programming and production entity of The Walt Disney Company (previously owned by the Fox Networks Group until Disney's acquisition of most 21st Century F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are a rugby league club based in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia that participates in the National Rugby League. The first fully professional rugby league team based in the state, the Storm entered the competition in 1998. The Storm were originally a Super League initiative, created in 1997 during the Super League war, however, following the Super League collapse, the team became a part of the newly formed, united competition. The club play their home games at AAMI Park. The Storm have won four premierships since their inception, in 1999, 2012, 2017 and 2020, and have contested several more grand finals, but were stripped of the 2007 and 2009 premierships following salary cap breaches. The Storm also competed in the NRL's Under-20s competition (as Melbourne Thunderbolts) from 2008 until its demise in 2017 and in 2018 they entered the (Victorian Thunderbolts) in the Hastings Deering Colts u20s QLD competition. In addition, the club has also expanded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 NRL Under-20s Season
The 2009 NRL Under-20s season was the second season of the NRL Under-20s competition. The Competition, known as the Toyota Cup for sponsorship purposes, is solely for under-20 players. The draw and structure of the competition mirrors that of its first grade counterpart, the National Rugby League. Season summary Schedule Ladder Ladder progression Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8. Finals series The NYC finals series adopts the McIntyre final eight system just like its first grade counterpart, the National Rugby League. Grand Final English-born Melbourne young gun Gareth Widdop clinched the Toyota Cup grand final for the Storm with a 74th minute try and pressure conversion, his side downing the Wests Tigers 24-22 on Sunday. Widdop finger-nailed a late grubber - his second try of the match - to draw his side level at 22-22 before calmly potting the conversion and delivering the second version of the national under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Youth Competition (rugby League)
The NRL Under-20s (known commercially as the Holden Cup due to sponsorship from Holden) was the top league of professional rugby league for players aged 20 years or younger in Australasia. Contested by sixteen teams, the Under-20s competition commenced in 2008 and was originally known as the Toyota Cup. The competition runs parallel to Australasia's professional competition, the National Rugby League, with NYC matches played immediately prior to the NRL games. Similar to the NRL, the NYC enforces a salary cap and puts a heavy focus on life outside football for the players. The New Zealand Warriors were the most successful club in the competition's short history, with three premierships from four Grand Final appearances; in 2010, 2011 and 2014. In 2018, the NRL Under-20s was replaced by state-based under-20s competitions in New South Wales and Queensland. History The NRL Under-20s succeeded the Jersey Flegg Cup in 2008, which existed from 1961 to 2007. The competition was adminis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Sydney Bears
The North Sydney Bears is an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. The club competes in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 90 years in the premier rugby league competition in Australia. North Sydney is based on Sydney's Lower North Shore (Sydney), Lower North Shore, and has played at North Sydney Oval since 1910. There have been on-going bids to resurrect the club in the NRL as either ''The Bears'', based in Perth and Sydney, or as the Central Coast Bears, based at Gosford. The club was established in 1908, making it one of the original founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League, and one of Australia's first rugby league football clubs. North Sydney continued competing with some success in the first half of the 20th century in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, NSWRL, and through the Australian Rugby League, ARL and National Rugby League, NRL p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby league, Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen New South Wales Rugby League premiership, New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and National Rugby League titles, and several other competitions. First founded as the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club (ESDRLFC), it is the only club to have played in each and every season at the elite level, and since the 1970s has often been dubbed the glamour club of the league. The Sydney Roosters have won 15 premierships, equal to the record of the St George Dragons. Only the South Sydney Rabbitohs have won more premierships. The club holds the record for having won more matches than any other in the league, the most Minor premiership, Minor Premierships and the most World Club Challenge trophies. The Sydney Roosters are one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doonside Roos
Doonside Roos Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Doonside, New South Wales formed in 1968. Notable Juniors Notable First Grade Players that have played at Doonside Roos include: *Jarrod Sammut (2007- Penrith, Celtic, Bradford, Wakefield, London & Wigan) *Andrew Fifita (2010- Wests Tigers & Cronulla Sharks) *Tim Simona (2011-2016 Wests Tigers) *Blake Austin (2011- Penrith Panthers, Wests Tigers & Canberra Raiders) * David Fifita (2014- Cronulla Sharks) *Latu Fifita (2015-16 Workington Town) *Josh Addo-Carr (2016- Melbourne Storm & Wests Tigers) See also *List of rugby league clubs in Australia *Rugby league in New South Wales Rugby league, in New South Wales, is the most popular participation and spectator sport. It currently has the highest attendance and television audiences of the various codes of football in the state, far outstripping any other competitors. The ... References {{reflist External links Official website Rugb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyndham College
Wyndham College is a public senior secondary school located at Nirimba Fields, New South Wales, Nirimba Fields, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1999, its intake of students come from three surrounding high schools: Quakers Hill High School, Riverstone High School, and Seven Hills High School. Them with Wyndham College, make the Nirimba Collegiate Group of Schools. The Collegiate Group of Schools operate in such a way that each school maintains its independence yet they are closely related through the collaborative leadership of the four principals involved and share at all levels including staffing and resources. The College is situated on the Nirimba Education Precinct, co-located within: the Western Sydney University, University of Western Sydney, Blacktown; Technical and Further Education, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE - Nirimba College, and St John Paul II Catholic College, Senior Campus. Set in a bushland environment, Wyndham College has native award-winnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
