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Josh Aloiai
Josh Aloiai (born 11 November 1995) is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL. He previously played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. Background Aloiai was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He is of Samoan and Italian descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Glenora Bears, before being signed by the Parramatta Eels. His father, a national jiu-jitsu champion in New Zealand, died in 2009. Later relocating to Sydney Australia aged 17, he moved in with his aunt and uncle who, he said, "took me in as if I was their own". Playing career Early career In 2014 and 2015, Aloiai played for the Parramatta Eels' NYC team. On 18 October 2014, he played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos. His 2015 season was hampered by injury. He said, "I was running and as I was getting tackled my hip subluxed and it the process fractured my posterior wall of my hip." On 11 November, he signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by population, fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of . While European New Zealanders, Europeans continue to make up the plurality of Auckland's population, the city became multicultural and Cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan in the late-20th century, with Asian New Zealanders, Asians accounting for 31% of the city's population in 2018. Auckland has the fourth largest Foreign born, foreign-born population in the world, with 39% of its residents born overseas. With its large population of Pasifika New Zealanders, the city is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbelltown Stadium
Campbelltown Stadium, formerly Orana Park and Campbelltown Sports Ground, is a multi-use stadium in Leumeah, New South Wales, Australia, owned by Campbelltown City Council. It is the home ground of the Western Suburbs Magpies and the Wests Tigers rugby league clubs. The stadium has a nominal capacity of 18,000, with a recorded highest crowd figure of 20,527 for a game between Wests Tigers and North Queensland Cowboys in the 2005 NRL season. It is located adjacent to Leumeah railway station and Wests Leagues Club. The ground is due for a major upgrade as A-League expansion club Macarthur FC became the 12th club admitted into the league and will be based at the ground. History The area which Campbelltown Stadium occupies, was developed in the early 1960s by the then Campbelltown 'Shire' Council, as a rudimentary sporting field, in the very much rural and undeveloped Leumeah area. Council named the new ground, 'Orana Park'. The Campbelltown City Kangaroos, playing in the Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup Squads
The 2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup featured 16 international teams, with each consisting of up to a 24-man squad. Group A England Head coach: Shaun Wane England announced their 24-man squad on 30 September 2022. Debut call-ups were handed to Andy Ackers, Herbie Farnworth, Kai Pearce-Paul, Victor Radley, Marc Sneyd and Dom Young. France Head coach: Laurent Frayssinous France announced their 24-man squad on 24 September 2022. Experienced players Théo Fages, Julian Bousquet, and Romain Navarrete were all unavailable due to injuries, as was Lucas Albert. Samisoni Langi qualified via 5-years residency in 2022 and made himself available for France rather than , who he represented at the previous two tournaments (although did not play a match in 2017). Greece Head coach: Steve Georgallis Greece announced their 24-man squad on 15 September 2022. The squad includes players from the professional competitions and from the Greek domestic competition. Billy Tsikrikas was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manly Pride Jersey Player Boycott
The Manly pride jersey player boycott took place in July 2022, after seven players for the Australian National Rugby League club Manly Warringah Sea Eagles announced they would refuse to participate in an upcoming match based upon the team's decision to wear LGBT pride themed jerseys in the 28 July match. The players received both criticism and support for the boycott. Boycott In July 2022 seven players from the Australian National Rugby League club Manly Warringah Sea Eagles refused to wear a pride jersey and chose to boycott the club's match against the Sydney Roosters on 28 July. The club had decided to use the jersey as a means of supporting diversity and inclusivity in the NRL, but did not inform the players prior to unveiling it before the media. The seven players – Josh Aloiai, Toafofoa Sipley, Tolutau Koula, Christian Tuipulotu, Haumole Olakau'atu, Jason Saab and Josh Schuster – cited "cultural and religious" reasons for doing so. Manly lost the game against th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 NRL Season
The 2022 NRL season is the 115th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 25th season run by the National Rugby League. Teams The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 16th consecutive year. This became the second longest stretch of time (after 1947-1966 - 20 seasons) of a continuous line-up of teams in competition history (overtaking 1967-1981 - 15 seasons). Pre-season Pre-season matches were played between 12 February and 28 February 2022, before a 10-day lead up until the beginning of the regular season. It featured nineteen matches across three weekends, including the 2022 All Stars match, which was won by the Māori All Stars 16 – 10, and the annual Charity Shield match between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and St George Illawarra Dragons, which the Dragons won 16–10. The Titans were scheduled to play the Warriors in their second trial match but the match got postponed and then cancelled due to floods in the area. Regular season Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 are variable but often include fever, cough, headache, fatigue, breathing difficulties, Anosmia, loss of smell, and Ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected Asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, Hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ... club based in Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital, Sydney. They are often called Souths or The Bunnies. The club was formed in New South Wales Rugby League season 1908, 1908, as one of the founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League, making them one of Australia's oldest rugby league teams. The Rabbitohs were formed, under their original 1908 articles of association, with the NSWRL competition, to represent the Sydney municipalities of Redfern, Alexandria, Zetland, Waterloo, Mascot and Botany. The ... [...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] |
2021 NRL Season
The 2021 NRL season was the 114th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 24th season run by the National Rugby League. Teams The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year. Regular season Ladder Ladder progression *Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8. *Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round. *Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round. *Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round. Finals series Due to the imposition of lockdown measures in New South Wales due to a COVID-19 outbreak, all finals matches were played at neutral venues in Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Aloiai
Josh Aloiai (born 11 November 1995) is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL. He previously played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. Background Aloiai was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He is of Samoan and Italian descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Glenora Bears, before being signed by the Parramatta Eels. His father, a national jiu-jitsu champion in New Zealand, died in 2009. Later relocating to Sydney Australia aged 17, he moved in with his aunt and uncle who, he said, "took me in as if I was their own". Playing career Early career In 2014 and 2015, Aloiai played for the Parramatta Eels' NYC team. On 18 October 2014, he played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos. His 2015 season was hampered by injury. He said, "I was running and as I was getting tackled my hip subluxed and it the process fractured my posterior wall of my hip." On 11 November, he signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL). The club debuted in the 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League season and currently host the majority of their home games from Brookvale Oval in Brookvale, while training at the New South Wales Academy of Sport in Narrabeen. The club has competed in either the NSWRL, ARL, or NRL competitions in all respective seasons from 1947 until 1999. At the end of 1999 they entered into a joint venture with the North Sydney Bears to form the Northern Eagles, which Rugby League statisticians regard as a separate club. The Northern Eagles competed in the 2000 and 2001 NRL seasons, after which the joint venture collapsed. The Manly Warringah club (who held the NRL licence) competed in the NRL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronavirus Disease 2019
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 are variable but often include fever, cough, headache, fatigue, breathing difficulties, loss of smell, and loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure, shock, or multiorgan dysfunction). Older people are at a higher risk of developing seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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