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Brett Kearney
Brett Kearney (born 29 September 1983 in Sydney, New South Wales), also known by the nickname of "BK", is an Australian professional rugby league footballer formerly with the Bradford Bulls in the Super League, now currently playing for the Collegians in the Illawarra Rugby League competition. A utility back, he has represented Country Origin and previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Cronulla. Biography Early career Kearney's ''Junior Club'' was the Kincumber Colts, on the Central Coast. Kearney was recruited to play with the North Sydney Bears in the Harold Matthews Cup and S.G. Ball Cup before he moved on to South Sydney in 2003. 2003-2005 Kearney made his ''First Grade Debut'' in round 1 of the 2003 NRL season for South Sydney against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at Telstra Stadium. Kearney made a total of 28 appearances for South Sydney as the club struggled towards the bottom of the table finishing last in 2003 and 2004. 2006-2014 Signing with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilitated by the New South Wales Rugby League, including the Canterbury Cup NSW, the Jersey Flegg Cup, Harvey Norman Women's Premiership, Tarsha Gale Cup, S. G. Ball Cup and the Harold Matthews Cup. The club was admitted to the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, predecessor of the current NRL competition, in 1935. They won their first premiership in their fourth year of competition with another soon after, and after spending the 1950s and most of the 1960s on the lower rungs went through a very strong period in the 1980s, winning four premierships in that decade. Known briefly in the 1990s as the Sydney Bulldogs, as a result of the Super League war the club competed in that competition in 1997 before changing their name to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Births
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequent lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Super League Season Results
This is a list of the 2014 Super League season results. Super League is the top-flight rugby league competition in the United Kingdom and France. The 2014 season starts on 7 February and ends on 11 October with the 2014 Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford. The Magic Weekend is scheduled over the weekend of 17 and 18 May and will be played at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester for the third consecutive year, having been used for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The 2014 Super League season consisted of two stages. The regular season was played over 27 round-robin fixtures, in which each of the fourteen teams involved in the competition played each other once at home and once away, as well as their Magic Weekend fixtures played over the sixteenth round of the season. In Super League XVIII, a win was worth two points in the table, a draw worth one point apiece, and a loss yielded no points. The league leaders at the end of the regular season, will receive the League Leaders' Shield, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Bradford Bulls Season
This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2014 season, the 19th season of the Super League era. Season review June 2013 The Bulls announced their first signing for the 2014 season in the form of Warrington Wolves props forward Gareth Carvell on a 2-year deal. July 2013 Bradford signed winger Luke George and second rower Dale Ferguson from Huddersfield Giants. Both of these players signed 2-year deals with the club. August 2013 The Bulls announced that Matty Blythe's loan deal would become permanent and signed him on a 3 Year Deal from Warrington Wolves. Also, Bradford signed young stand-off Lee Gaskell on a 2 Year Deal from St. Helens. September 2013 It was revealed that centre Keith Lulia had signed a deal with Wests Tigers as he wanted to raise his newborn child in Australia. Also leaving the club is veteran Jamie Langley (the last remaining survivor of the 2005 squad), Langley's contract was not renewed by coach Francis Cummins and Langle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Bradford Bulls Season
This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2013 season, the 18th season of the Super League era. Season review August 2012 It was announced that academy product Tom Burgess (rugby league), Tom Burgess would be joining his brothers (Luke Burgess (rugby league), Luke Burgess, Sam Burgess and twin brother George Burgess (rugby league), George Burgess) at NRL side South Sydney Rabbitohs on a two-year deal. Meanwhile, young halfback Kyle Briggs announced he had signed for former club Featherstone Rovers on a two-year deal. Kyle had spent the entire 2012 season on loan at Featherstone. September 2012 September was a positive month in terms of off-field problems as local businessman Omar Khan (businessman), Omar Khan agreed to purchase the Bulls for £150,000 with an additional £100,000 to be paid in 2015. This move took the Bulls out of administration however their Super League status is still in jeopardy and must go through a mini-licensing process again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Bradford Bulls Season
This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2012 season, the seventeenth season of the Super League era. Season Review July 2011 Bradford Bulls announce the signing of NRL centre Keith Lulia from the Newcastle Knights on a 2-year deal. Also veteran winger Gareth Raynor signed a 1-year extension keeping him at the Bulls for the 2012 season. Raynor was later released for a severe breach of club discipline. Harlequins RL halfback Luke Gale signed a 2-year deal with Bradford making him the second new face at Odsal for 2012. Crusaders withdrew their Super League application and as a result the Bulls swooped for halfback Jarrod Sammut on a 1 Year Contract. August 2011 The Bulls announce that winger and top point scorer Patrick Ah Van signed a 2 Year Contract with Super League newcomers Widnes Vikings. Also another new signing was announced in the form of Aussie centre/winger Adrian Purtell from Penrith Panthers on a 3-year deal. Winger Shaun Ainscough signe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Bradford Bulls Season
This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2011 season, the sixteenth season of the Super League era. Season Review August 2010 Bradford Bulls started the build-up for the 2011 Super League season by announcing the departure of Chris Nero, who was offered a new contract but turned it down to join Salford City Reds and also Mick Potter's decision to not renew the contract of the ageing Steve Menzies who was then offered a one-year contract at the Catalans Dragons which he accepted. The recruitment started with the announcement of Paul Sykes and Jamie Langley accepting another three-year deal to stay at the Bulls. Potter also renewed Craig Kopczak's contract and gave a professional contract to up and coming winger Vinny Finigan. The Bulls also kept talented youngsters Elliott Whitehead by giving him a three-year deal after a solid 2010 season and a three-year contract to up-and-coming hooker Adam O'Brien who will be looking to play his debut for the Bul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Bradford Bulls Season
This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2010 season, the fifteenth season of the Super League era. Season Review December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 2010 Milestones *Round 1: Brett Kearney, Matt Orford, Heath L'Estrange and Glenn Hall made their debuts for the Bulls. *Round 2: Matt Orford scored his 1st try and kicked his 1st goal for the Bulls. *Round 3: Brett Kearney scored his 1st try for the Bulls. *Round 3: Matt Orford kicked his 1st drop goal for the Bulls. *Round 4: Paul Sykes kicked his 1st drop goal for the Bulls. *Round 5: Glenn Hall scored his 1st try for the Bulls. *Round 10: Michael Platt scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Bulls. *Round 11: Rikki Sheriffe scored his 1st hat-trick for the Bulls. *CCR4: Heath L'Estrange scored his 1st try for the Bulls. *CCR4: Danny Addy made his debut for the Bulls. *CCR4: Danny Addy scored his 1st try and kicked his 1st goal for the Bulls. *CCR5: Chris Nero scored his 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Potter
Michael Potter (born 24 September 1963) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the interim head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League, and a former professional rugby league footballer. He was previously head coach of Super League clubs, the Catalans Dragons, St Helens, the Bradford Bulls and National Rugby League club the Wests Tigers. As a player, he was a New South Wales State of Origin representative , playing his club football for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (with whom he won the 1984 and 1985 premierships), the St George Dragons (whom he captained, and won the 1991 Dally M Medal with) and the Western Reds. Early life Potter was born in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. Playing career Bulldogs Canterbury signed Potter while he was still a student at St. Gregory's, Campbelltown. He made his first grade debut in the round 18 match of 1983 against Eastern Suburbs coming in for the injured Neil Baker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 NRL Season
The 2009 NRL season was the 102nd season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the twelfth run by the National Rugby League. For the third consecutive year, sixteen teams competed for the 2009 Telstra Premiership title. The season commenced with the first match played on 13 March and ended with the Grand Final, played on 4 October. The Grand Final was won by the Melbourne Storm in their fourth consecutive grand final appearance. However, they were stripped of their Premiership on 22 April 2010 after they were found to be guilty of breaching the league's salary cap. The second season of the National Youth Competition also commenced in line with the Telstra Premiership. Season summary This season the NRL introduced a second on-field referee. Previously when the ball changed possession the lone on-field referee would have to change his position to stay with the defending team. He also could only observe the ruck from one direction. The two-referee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Football Stadium
The Sydney Football Stadium, commercially known as Allianz Stadium and previously Aussie Stadium, was a football stadium in Moore Park, Sydney, Australia. Built in 1988 next to the Sydney Cricket Ground, the stadium was Sydney's premier rectangular field venue for rugby league, rugby union, and soccer. The Kangaroos, the Wallabies, and the Socceroos occasionally played at the stadium, while the Sydney Roosters, NSW Waratahs, and Sydney FC were the ground's major tenants. The stadium usually held both National Rugby League semi finals and one preliminary final, and also held the annual pre-season Charity Shield football match between South Sydney and St George Illawarra for a number of years. It hosted all New South Wales Rugby League/Australian Rugby League rugby league grand finals, as well as the first grand final under the NRL banner, between 1988 and 1998. The NSW Government announced plans in November 2017 for the stadium to be demolished and rebuilt. The stadium clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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