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Gayle Broughton
Gayle Broughton (born 5 June 1996) is a former New Zealand rugby union sevens player who played for the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team. She made her international debut for New Zealand in 2014 and called time on her rugby career in March 2022. She had scored 315 points in 112 World Series matches. and has won every trophy on offer in the sevens game. Her accomplishments include six World Rugby Sevens series titles, Olympic Games gold and silver medals, Commonwealth Games gold and winning the Rugby World Cup Sevens. In April 2022, Broughton began playing rugby league in Australia. Early life Gayle Broughton was born in Hāwera, New Zealand, on 5 June 1996 to Alfred Hauparoa. A naturally talented sportswoman with six brothers, Broughton was raised by her Broughton grandparents but had a troubled childhood, which led to her being expelled from high school at the age of 16. Rugby career In 2012, the New Zealand Rugby Union organized a "Go for Gold" campaign to id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hāwera
Hāwera is the second-largest centre in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of . It is near the coast of the South Taranaki Bight. The origins of the town lie in a government military base that was established in 1866, and the town of Hāwera grew up around a blockhouse in the early 1870s. Hāwera is 75 kilometres south of New Plymouth on New Zealand State Highway 3, State Highway 3 and 30 minutes' drive from Mount Taranaki. It is located on New Zealand State Highway 45, State Highway 45, known as Surf Highway 45 for its numerous surf beaches. State Highway 45 passes through Manaia, Taranaki, Manaia, Ōpunake and Oakura en route to New Plymouth. Kaponga is a 20-minute drive to the north-west. The Marton–New Plymouth Line railway passes through Hāwera and has served the town since 1 August 1881, though it has been freight-only since the cancellation of the last railcar passenger service between Wellington and New Plymouth on 30 July 1977. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Horan
Sean Horan is a New Zealand rugby union and sevens coach. He coached the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team. He was appointed as head coach in 2012. He previously coached the Bay of Plenty Steamers, in the ITM Cup, from 2009, till his rather shocking departure in 2011. Horan's first achievement as head coach was winning the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia. In 2016, he helped New Zealand qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... He stepped down as coach for the New Zealand women's sevens team after the 2016 Olympics. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people New Zealand rugby union coaches Rugby sevens in New Zealand Olympic coaches for New Zealand New Zealand national rugby sevens t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāruahine
Ngāruahine is a Māori iwi of New Zealand located in South Taranaki, North Island. A treaty settlement was signed with the Crown in 2014. Following ratification of the settlement with the Crown, Te Korowai o Ngaruahine Trust (TKONT) was established as the Post Treaty Settlement Entity responsible for receiving, and managing the settlement funds (putea). Te Korimako O Taranaki is the radio station of Ngāruahine and other Taranaki region iwi, including Ngati Tama, Te Atiawa, Ngāti Maru, Taranaki, Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Ruanui, Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi. It started at the Bell Block campus of Taranaki Polytechnic in 1992, and moved to the Spotswood campus in 1993. It is available on across Taranaki. Notable people * Tamati Hone Oraukawa See also *List of iwi This is a list of iwi (New Zealand Māori tribes). List of iwi This list includes groups recognised as iwi (tribes) in certain contexts. Many are also hapū (sub-tribes) of larger iwi. Moriori are included on thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māori People
The Māori (, ) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed their own distinctive culture, whose language, mythology, crafts, and performing arts evolved independently from those of other eastern Polynesian cultures. Some early Māori moved to the Chatham Islands, where their descendants became New Zealand's other indigenous Polynesian ethnic group, the Moriori. Initial contact between Māori and Europeans, starting in the 18th century, ranged from beneficial trade to lethal violence; Māori actively adopted many technologies from the newcomers. With the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, the two cultures coexisted for a generation. Rising tensions over disputed land sales led to conflict in the 1860s, and massive land confiscations, to which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taranaki Daily News
The ''Taranaki Daily News'' is a daily morning newspaper published in New Plymouth, New Zealand. History The paper was founded as the ''Taranaki News'' on 14 May 1857, by friends of former Taranaki Province Superintendent Charles Brown.J.S. Tullett, ''The Industrious Heart: A History of New Plymouth'', New Plymouth City Council, 1981. Brown was the first proprietor of the newspaper and he appointed his political supporter and former ''Taranaki Herald'' editor Richard Pheney as its editor. The paper, initially housed in a small wooden building on the east side of Brougham Street opposite the present library, became a strident critic of the ''Herald'' and the provincial government. The paper began publishing on Saturdays and in 1885 changed its name to the ''Taranaki Daily News'' when it began publishing daily. The word "Taranaki" was dropped from the masthead about 1962 when the paper's ownership was merged with that of the ''Herald'' to become Taranaki Newspapers Ltd, and reins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League Players Association
The Rugby League Players Association is a representative organisation based in Australia. The RLPA, as it is more commonly referred to, is the representative body of elite rugby league players, protecting and promoting the welfare and interests of its members. Formerly the Rugby League Professionals Association, the company changed its name in 2009. Leadership Former Newcastle Knights captain Tony Butterfield was appointed RLPA CEO in 2000. Former Western Reds and Penrith Panthers player Matthew Rodwell served as CEO for a brief period up until 2009. In 2009, David Garnsey took the reins as Chief Executive Officer through until 2015. In December 2015, former Carlton Football Club player and AFL Players Association, AFLPA general manager of Player Relations Ian Prendergast was appointed chief executive officer of the RLPA. In 2017, Australia national rugby league team, Australian, Queensland rugby league team, Queensland and Melbourne Storm captain Cameron Smith (rugby league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 NRL Women's Season
The 2022 NRLW Premiership was the fifth professional season of Women's rugby league in Australia. The season started on Saturday, 20 August and ran for seven weekends. This comprised five rounds, semi-finals for the top four teams, and a Grand Final that was played on Sunday 2 October as a curtain raiser to the 2022 men's Grand Final. This was the last season before the NRLW goes professional. Teams The Line-up of teams will remain the same as the postponed 2021 season (held from February to April in 2022). The number of teams will raise to 10 in 2023. Win/loss table Regular season The first announcement of the 2022 NRLW season's fixtures was released by the NRL on 8 July 2022. Matches in rounds 1–3 were played as either curtain raisers or closers to men's matches, or as standalone fixtures. The announcement of Round 4 fixtures was delayed until the NRL placings were known and the four NRL week one finals matches were determined. Round 5 was a triple-header ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parramatta Eels
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their home ground was Parramatta Stadium (formerly Cumberland Oval). As of 2019, Parramatta's home ground stadium has been rebuilt and they now play as the co-tenants at Western Sydney Stadium, which sits on the same site that was once Parramatta Stadium. It took thirty years for the club to make the grand final, which they did in 1976 and 1977, losing on both occasions. However, this period foreshadowed their most successful period in the early 1980s, when they won four premierships and qualified for five grand finals in six seasons. This was a golden era for the club and yielded their only premiership titles. In 2016, a salary cap breach saw them stripped of their 2016 Auckland Nines premiership. The club plays in the National Rugby League, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NSWRL Women's Premiership
The Harvey Norman Women's Premiership is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. It is the only state wide open age competition for women in New South Wales and is run by New South Wales Rugby League. The NSWRL Women's Premiership started in 2005 as Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League after the former competition folded in 2001. Clubs Previous Clubs * Berkeley Vale Panthers (2017) * Cabramatta Two Blues (2018-2019, 2021) * Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (2018-19) * CRL Newcastle (2018-2019) * Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks (2017-2018) * Forestville Ferrets (2017) * Glebe Dirty Reds (2021) * Glenmore Park Brumbies (2017) * Greenacre Tigers (2017) * Helensburgh Tigers (2021) * North Newcastle (2017) * Penrith Brothers (2018-2019) * Redfern All Blacks (2017) * St Marys Saints (2018, 2021-22) Clubs that competed in the Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League Premiership (2005-2016) included: Auburn, Berkeley Vale Panthers, Blacktown, Canley Heights Dragons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pritchard Mounties
The Mounties Rugby League Football Club (sponsored by Mounties Group) is an Australian rugby league football club based in Mount Pritchard, New South Wales formed in 1927. They currently play in the NSW Cup, Ron Massey Cup and Sydney Shield. Mounties are the current second feeder club side for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Recent Seasons 2015 In 2015, Mounties defeated the Asquith Magpies to win the Ron Massey Cup 30–14. 2016 Mounties achieved a rare feet in 2016 by having all 3 grades NSW Cup, Ron Massey Cup and the Sydney Shield finish first in the regular season and win the minor premiership. Not since 1985 had a club finished top of all 3 grades to claim the minor premiership in the same year. The last team to do so before this was the St. George Dragons. Mounties also finished the season with all 3 grades making the grand final. The Sydney shield side was defeated by East Campbelltown Eagles, the Ron Massey Cup side won against St Mary's Saints and Illawarra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, but due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, on 24 March 2020, the event was postponed to 2021, the first such instance in the history of the Olympic Games (previous games had been cancelled but not rescheduled). However, the event retained the ''Tokyo 2020'' branding for marketing purpose.Multiple sources: * * * It was largely held behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to the declaration of a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area in response to the pandemic, the first and so far only Olympic Games to be held without official spectators. The Games were the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
The 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the third edition of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (formerly the IRB Women's Sevens World Series), an annual series of tournaments organised by World Rugby for women's national teams in rugby sevens. The series also doubled as an Olympic qualifier for the first time ever. For the second time in the series' history, the number of events increased. The first series in 2012–13 featured four events. The 2013–14 series was initially announced with six events, but only five were actually scheduled and played. This season's series included six events. As in previous seasons, the number of teams in each of the events was set at 12; however, the number of core teams that participate in all series events increased to 11. Also for the first time, the women's series held a core team qualifying tournament at Hong Kong, similar to that held in the men's HSBC Sevens World Series. The competition As in the case of the men's cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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