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Mick Mullane Jr.
Mick Mullane Jr. (born 9 September 1955) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, who was a member of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks rugby league team. Mullane played fullback, and played in the 1978 grand final. Mullane is the son of Mick Mullane Sr., who played for Newtown and St. George from 1947 to 1953; the younger brother of Greg Mullane (Canterbury and Cronulla); and the father of Jye Mullane Jye Mullane (born 29 July 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in Australia for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. In 2005 he signed with NSW Waratahs Australian Rugby Union .... , ''Centenary of Rugby League''. References ...
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Cronulla Sharks
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby league competition. The Sharks, as they are commonly known, were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, predecessor of the Australian Rugby League and the current National Rugby League competition, in January 1967. The club competed in every premiership season since then and, during the Super League war, joined the rebel competition before continuing on in the re-united NRL Premiership. The Sharks have been in competition for 56 years, appearing in four grand finals, winning their first premiership in 2016 after defeating the Melbourne Storm at Stadium Australia. History In 1967 the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) added two new clubs to the competition, Cronulla-Sutherland and Penrith, the first to join the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 112–122 metres (122 to 133 yards) long with H shaped posts at both ends. It is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union. It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire as the result of a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players.Tony Collins, ''Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain'' (2006), p.3 The rules of the game governed by the new Northern Rugby Football Union progressively changed from those of the RFU with the specific aim of producing a faster and more entertaining game to appeal to spectators, on whose income the new organisation and its members depended. Due to its high-velocity contact, cardio-based endurance and minimal use of body protection, rugby league i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby league competition. The Sharks, as they are commonly known, were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, predecessor of the Australian Rugby League and the current National Rugby League competition, in January 1967. The club competed in every premiership season since then and, during the Super League war, joined the rebel competition before continuing on in the re-united NRL Premiership. The Sharks have been in competition for 56 years, appearing in four grand finals, winning their first premiership in 2016 after defeating the Melbourne Storm at Stadium Australia. History In 1967 the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) added two new clubs to the competition, Cronulla-Sutherland and Penrith, the first to join the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Whiticker
Alan James Whiticker (born 1958) is an Australian non-fiction author and publisher, with over 50 published books on history, sport, biography, true crime and lifestyle. Whiticker writes primarily on matters pertaining to the history of the sport of rugby league in Australia, but he has also published works on subjects as diverse as classical film, pop culture, the Wanda Beach Murders and an adaptation of Homer's ''Iliad''. He is a former teacher and commissioning editor for a publishing company but now works as a freelance writer. Early life and education Whiticker was born in Penrith, New South Wales on 15 December 1958. He attended St Dominic's College, Penrith and Nepean College of Advanced Education (now Western Sydney University), where he obtained a Diploma of Teaching in 1979 and a Bachelor of Education (Primary) degree in 1985. He later obtained his master's degree in Education (Administration) in 1997. Before writing full-time, he worked as a primary school teacher an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Mullane Sr
Mick is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Michael. Because of its popularity in Ireland, it is often used in England as a derogatory term for an Irish person or a person of Irish descent. In Australia the meaning broadened to include any Roman Catholic. People * Mick Abrahams (born 1943), English guitarist and band leader, original guitarist for Jethro Tull * Mick Aston (1946-2013), English archaeologist * Mick Batyske, aka Mick (DJ), American DJ * Mick Brown, half of the British vocal duo Pat and Mick * Mick Coady (born 1958), English footballer * Michael Collins (Irish leader) (1890–1922), Irish revolutionary leader, soldier, and politician * Mick Cronin (basketball) (born 1971), American basketball coach * Mick Fanning (born 1981), Australian professional surfer * Mick Foley (born 1965), American professional wrestler, actor and author * Mick Fleetwood (born 1947), British drummer and founding member of Fleetwood Mac * Mick Gadsby (born 1947), Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newtown Jets
The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSW Cup competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season. The Jets' home ground is Henson Park, and their team colours are blue (traditionally royal blue) and white. Established in 1908, Newtown were one of the founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League. They competed continuously in the NSWRFL premiership until their departure in 1983, the first reduction in the League since 1937. Over this period they won the competition three times. History NSWRFL Premiership The club was founded on 14 January 1908 at a public meeting held at Newtown Town Hall that had been convened by the prominent Sydney sportsman James J. Giltinan (after whom the NSW Rugby League Premiership shield is named), local MP Henry Hoyle, and Harry Hamill (1879-1947), who was to be the fledgling club's first captain. Newtown was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Mullane
Greg Mullane (born 18 September 1953) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played in New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition. Mullane played for Cronulla in 1975 and 1976, then played one season for Canterbury-Bankstown in 1977. Mullane returned to Cronulla for the 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1983 seasons. Mullane played for Canterbury-Bankstown in the 1984, 1985 and 1986 seasons. Greg Mullane is the uncle of rugby league and rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ... footballer Jye Mullane. His father, Mick Mullane Sr. was also a rugby league player from the 1940s and 1950s.Rugby League Project https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mick-mullane/summary.html References {{DEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canterbury 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jye Mullane
Jye Mullane (born 29 July 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in Australia for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. In 2005 he signed with NSW Waratahs Australian Rugby Union and played domestically for Southern Districts Rebels (2006) and Northern Suburbs (2007). At this time the Australian Rugby Championship (ARC) was established nationally. Jye represented the Central Coast Rays in successfully taking out the maiden premiership. From this Jye relocated to France debuting with the successful Lézignan Sangliers Lézignan may refer to: In geography: * Lézignan, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, France * Lézignan-Corbières, a commune in the Aude department, France * Lézignan-la-Cèbe Lézignan-la-Cèbe (; oc, Lesinhan ... 2007 premiership winning team before signing on with Beziers rugby ProD2 competition. Mullane went onto play six seasons in France spanning both rugb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Births
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Australian Rugby League Players
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