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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] |
Doonside, New South Wales
Doonside is a suburb in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Doonside is located 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Featherdale Wildlife Park and the Nurragingy Reserve, Nurragingy Nature Reserve are popular local tourist attractions. History The traditional owners and early settlement The Duruk people were once the owners of local land. The area now known as Doonside was named 'Bungarribee' (Bung meaning the 'creek' and garribee meaning 'cockatoo'). In 1802, Governor Philip Gidley King reserved a large proportion of land for a Government Stock Reserve. For the next twenty years the land was used as grazing land for cattle and sheep by convict herdsmen. In 1822 part of the Government stock run was granted by Governor Thomas Brisbane to Scottish immigrant, Robert Crawford. Robert first named his 1,000 acre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Simona
Tim Simona (born 20 November 1991) is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles in the NSW Cup and previously Wests Tigers in the NRL. Early years Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Simona is of Samoan descent. Simona moved to Australia as a 6-year old. and was a Western City Tigers and Doonside Roos junior. Simona was educated at Chifley College Mount Druitt Campus and Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown. Simona played for the Wests Tigers NYC team in 2010-2011. Playing career 2011 Simona joined the Wests Tigers first grade squad in 2011. In Round 13, he made an "impressive NRL debut" against the Newcastle Knights at in the Tigers 17-16 win at Leichhardt Oval. 2012 Simona played 3 first-grade games in 2012. He was a member of the Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers side that lost the NSW Cup grand final the Newtown Jets. 2013 Starting the season in NSW Cup, Simona returned to first grade in Round 8 after injuries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League Teams In Sydney
Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Touch rugby *** Tambo rugby ** Both codes *** Tag rugby *Rugby Fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court *Underwater rugby, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football *Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football Arts and entertainment * '' Rugby'' (video game), the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series * ''Rugby'', second movement of ''Mouvements symphoniques'' by Arthur Honegger Brands and enterprises * Rugby (automobile), made by Durant Motors * Rugby Cement, a former UK PLC, now a su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 state has over 400,000 active participants in the sport with a further 1 million playing the sport in schools, over 500 active clubs across the state, and 10 clubs in the national professional competition, named the NRL. Rugby league in Australia began in the country's largest city called Sydney in 1907 when the New South Wales Rugby League was formed as a professional competition, following the rules of the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby Football Union in England. New South Wales remains the headquarters of the code in Australia, with the Australian Rugby League based in Sydney. Rugby league, along with Touch (sport), touch football variant is played in most secondary schools throughout the state as well as at junior and club leve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rugby League Clubs In Australia
This is a list of current rugby league clubs in Australia. New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory State of Origin New South Wales Blues National Rugby League NSWRL Major Competitions NSW Cup Ron Massey Cup Sydney Shield Metropolitan Leagues (NSWRL Conference Competitions) Central Northern Open Age (Manly/Norths/Balmain) Central West Open Age/Parramatta JRL Penrith Open Men's Southern Open Age (Cronulla) South Sydney A-Grade Regional Leagues (Formerly CRL) Region 1: East Coast Dolphins/Northern Rivers Titans Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League * Ballina Seagulls * Bilambil Jets * Byron Bay Red Devils * Casino Cougars * Cudgen Hornets * Evans Head Bombers * Kyogle Turkeys * Lismore Marist Brothers Rams * Lower Clarence Magpies * Mullumbimby Giants * Murwillumbah Mustangs * Northern United Dirrawongs ( Lismore) * Tweed Coast Raiders Group 2 Rugby League * Bellingen Dorrigo Magpies * Coffs H ... [...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] |
Josh Addo-Carr
Josh Addo-Carr (born 28 July 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia at international level. He began his career with the Wests Tigers in the NRL. Addo-Carr won the 2017 and the 2020 NRL Premiership with the Storm. At representative level he has played for the Indigenous All Stars, NSW City and helped New South Wales win the 2018 State of Origin in his Origin debut series. He is known as one of the fastest players in the NRL. Early life Addo-Carr was born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia, and is of Aboriginal descent: from Gunggandji, Birrbay & Wiradjuri people. Addo-Carr first picked up a football playing for the Doonside Roos as a three-year-old, before his family moved to Earlwood, New South Wales, where he began playing rugby league for the Earlwood Saints. Addo-Carr attended Matraville Sports High School as a teenager and played his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workington Town
Workington Town R.L.F.C. is a semi-professional rugby league club playing in Workington in west Cumbria. Their stadium is Derwent Park, which they share with Workington Comets, a speedway team. They became Rugby League Champions in 1951 and also won the Challenge Cup in 1952. Their nickname is simply 'Town', though they are sometimes referred to as 'Worky' by fans of other teams. Their local rivals are Whitehaven, who joined the league three years after Workington Town. History 1944–1945: Establishment ''Workington Town RLFC'' was formed at a meeting held in the Royal Oak Hotel, Workington in December 1944. Many of Workington Town's board came from local football team Workington AFC's board and the team would ground share with "the Reds" at Borough Park. It was decided at the meeting that the club should be registered as a business and that an application for membership of the Rugby Football League should be submitted. From those in attendance at that meeting the first b ... [...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] |
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] |
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership since 1982. Over this period the club has won 3 premierships, (out of 6 Grand Finals played). They have not won a grand final since 1994 and last played in a grand final in 2019. They have received 1 wooden spoon and had a total of 15 of its players (9 New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales Blues and 6 Queensland rugby league team, Queensland Maroons) selected to play for the Australia national rugby league team. The Raiders' current home ground is Canberra Stadium (GIO Stadium) in Bruce, Australian Capital Territory. Previously, the team played home matches at Seiffert Oval in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, with the move to the AIS Stadium in Bruce taking place in 1990. The official symbol for the Canberr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Austin
Blake Austin (born 1 February 1991) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Leeds Rhinos in the Betfred Super League. Austin previously played for the Warrington Wolves ( Heritage № 1147), Canberra Raiders, Penrith Panthers and the Wests Tigers in the NRL. He played for the City Origin team in 2015 and Portugual and Great Britain at international level. He has also represented England at 9s. Early life Austin was born in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, to parents Robert and Maree. He is of English descent through his grandmother. A Doonside Roos junior, Austin was also a baseballer and sprinter as a child. In 2001, he appeared on ''The Footy Show'' as the winner of the "league of their own" video contest for best junior rugby league try. He won a brand new Holden Jackaroo, which his parents sold in order to move out of a Doonside housing commission and into their own home in Mount Druitt. In 2009, Austin represented the Australian Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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