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List Of Rugby League Tours
Rugby league tours are a series of matches in the sport of rugby league against multiple opponents from one geographic area. Numerous tours have occurred throughout history and have been mostly carried out by the top three rugby league nations Australia national rugby league team, Australia (Kangaroos), Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain (Lions), and New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand (Kiwis). Tours historically consisted of a number of non-test matches against club or composite teams and Test match (rugby league), single-match tests against national sides, before a three-game test series against the national side of the tour's primary destination. These three-game test series were the primary event of the tours and would often be their own competition, the most famous being The Ashes (rugby league), The Ashes. More modern tours have often skipped non-test matches to play only the "primary event". While the phrase "traditional era" and "mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baskerville Trophy 2
Baskerville is a serif typeface designed in the 1750s by John Baskerville (1706–1775) in Birmingham, England, and cut into metal by punchcutter John Handy. Baskerville is classified as a Serif#Transitional, transitional typeface, intended as a refinement of what are now called Serif#Old-style, old-style typefaces of the period, especially those of his most eminent contemporary, William Caslon. Compared to earlier designs popular in Britain, Baskerville increased the contrast between thick and thin strokes, making the serifs sharper and more tapered, and shifted the axis of rounded letters to a more vertical position. The curved strokes are more circular in shape, and the characters became more regular. These changes created a greater consistency in size and form, influenced by the calligraphy Baskerville had learned and taught as a young man. Baskerville's typefaces remain very popular in book design and there are many modern revivals, which often add features such as bold type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
