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Mullumbimby Giants
Mullumbimby Giants is a rugby league side from Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Australia which competes in the Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League competition. Mullumbimby Giants is one of the oldest rugby league clubs in Australia, playing its first competition game of rugby league in 1909. Formed between 1900 and 1903, it is now one of the oldest rugby league teams still competing in Australia. 'One of Australia's earliest Rugby League Towns'. quote taken from Jim Huxley's story on 'Mullumbimby sets the standard' ''Rugby League Week'', 5 July 1984 page 25. Mullumbimby Giants play in all three senior competitions; A Grade, Reserve Grade and Under 18s. The Giants' junior teams compete in the Group 18 Rugby League competition. Giants are represented in the junior competitions from under-7s to under-16s. Premierships *Mullumbimby's A grade side won premierships in: 1924,1960,2004,2007. *Mullumbimby's Reserve grade side won premierships in: 1960,1985,2008, 2012 *Mullumbimby's Und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mullumbimby, New South Wales
Mullumbimby is an Australian town in the Byron Shire in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. It promotes itself as "The Biggest Little Town in Australia". The town lies at the foot of Mount Chincogan in the Brunswick Valley about 9 kilometres (5.5 miles) by road from the coast. At the , Mullumbimby and the surrounding area had a population of 3,596 people. History of Mullumbimby Origins and name Mullumbimby and surrounds is located on unceded land of the Bundjalung Nation. In the 1850s Europeans had established a camp site at the junction of two arms of the Brunswick River. This grew to become a village and later the township of Mullumbimby. Mullumbimby was originally a centre for the timber industry. Notably, red cedar was collected in great quantities from around the area, a part of the far northern New South Wales' "Big Scrub". The town was a logical site for settlement by the timber hunters, as the Brunswick River is tidal in the town and navigable to that p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dane Chisholm
Dane Chisholm (born 4 July 1990) is a French-Australian international rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship. He previously played for the Sheffield Eagles and the Melbourne Storm and the Bradford Bulls and the Hull Kingston Rovers and the Keighley Cougars. On Tuesday 27 June 2023 Dane rejoined Featherstone Rovers. Background Chisholm was born in Manly, New South Wales, Australia. Playing career Melbourne Storm After playing for junior club Mullumbimby Giants, Chisholm was a part of the under 18s NRRRL premiership win in 2008 for the Giants. Chisholm signed with Melbourne Storm and was called into their under-20s side. He played in the Storm's National Youth Competition (rugby league), Toyota Cup win over Wests Tigers in the 2009 Grand Final. Chisholm made his NRL debut for Melbourne Storm, Melbourne in round 10 of the 2011 NRL season against Canberra Raiders, Canberra. Wests Tigers In November 2011, Chisholm signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League Teams In New South Wales
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] |
Graham Eadie
Graham "Wombat" Eadie (born 25 November 1953), is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He has been named amongst Australia's finest of the 20th century. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative , he played in Australia during Manly-Warringah's dominance of the NSWRFL competition during the 1970s. He won four premierships with them and his 1,917 points in first grade and 2,070 points in all grades were both records at the time of his retirement. Eadie also played in England for Halifax, winning the Challenge Cup Final of 1987 with them. He also won World Cups with Australia and collected awards such as the Rothmans Medal and Lance Todd Trophy. Playing career * Manly 1971–1983: 237 games, 1,917 points (71 tries, 847 goals, 3 field goals) * Australia 1973–1979: 20 Tests, 16 points (2 tries, 5 goals) * New South Wales 1974-1980: 14 games, 35 points (3 tries, 13 goals) Eadie was graded by Manly-War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elwyn Walters
Elwyn Aubrey Walters (born 25 June 1943) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for South Sydney Rabbitohs, South Sydney and Sydney Roosters, Eastern Suburbs clubs and for the Australia national rugby league team, Australian national side. Walters came to South Sydney in the mid-1960s from the Brisbane Norths club. He was a tough noted for his Rugby league positions#dummy half, dummy half play and uncompromising defence. Club career He won five premierships, three with Souths (1967, 1968 and 1970) and two with Eastern Suburbs (1974 and 1975). Walters missed the premiership victory by Souths in the 1971 grand final through injury. During the 1976 NSWRFL season, Walters played in the forwards, helping Eastern Suburbs to victory in their unofficial 1976 World Club Challenge match against British champions St Helens R.F.C., St. Helens in Sydney. Walters played 129 games for South Sydney, 58 matches for Sydney Roosters, Eastern Suburbs and 5 games for Manly-War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Armbruster
Louis Victor Armbruster (born 12 July 1902 – 11 October 1984) was an Australian rugby league footballer for New South Wales state rugby league team, New South Wales, Queensland state rugby league team, Queensland and Australia national rugby league team, Australia. He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century. Standing 6 feet 1 inches tall (1.85m) and weighing 191 lbs (86 kg), Armbruster primarily played in the , but he could also play Lock (rugby league), Lock. Armbruster was born in the small farming community of Meerschaum Vale, New South Wales near Lismore. He began his rugby league career in 1922, he played over 230 games, including eight for Australia, scoring 63 tries and won a premiership in his career. Playing career Armbruster's grade career commenced in the country at Mullumbimby, New South Wales from where he gained state selection for New South Wales Rugby League team, New South Wales in 1922. He played in the historic ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Booth (rugby League)
Aaron Booth (born 1 October 1995) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL, and is currently an assistant coach of their NRLW side. He previously played for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. Background Born in Sydney, Booth was raised in Brunswick Heads and played his junior rugby league for the Mullumbimby Giants. He attended Palm Beach Currumbin State High School before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Playing career In 2011, Booth played for Gold Coast Green in the Cyril Connell Cup. In 2012, he played for Gold Coast Green in the Mal Meninga Cup and later for Gold Coast White in 2013. In 2014, Booth joined the Rabbitohs' NRL Under-20s, Under-20 side, playing for 40 games for them over two seasons. In 2016, he played for the North Sydney Bears, the Rabbitohs' New South Wales Cup feeder club. In 2017, Booth joined the Mackay Cutters in the Queensland Cup. He missed the ... [...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] |
Jack Gosiewski
Jack Gosiewski (; born 29 May 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL. He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League. Background Gosiewski was born in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia. He played his junior rugby league for the Mullumbimby Giants, before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Gosiewski is of Polish descent. Playing career Early career In 2013 and 2014, Gosiewski played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs' NYC team, captaining the side in 2014. In 2015, he graduated to their New South Wales Cup team, North Sydney Bears. At the conclusion of the 2015 season, he played 18 games for North Sydney and scored 4 tries. 2016 In round 10 of the 2016 NRL season, Gosiewski made his NRL debut for South Sydney against the Parramatta Eels. He played a total of 5 games f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jy Hitchcox
Jy Hitchcox (born 18 August 1989) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the Western Suburbs Red Devils in the Country Rugby League and the Illawarra Rugby League premiership. He previously played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League, NRL, Featherstone Rovers in the Championship (rugby league), Kingstone Press Championship and the Castleford Tigers (List of Castleford Tigers players, Heritage № 964) in the Super League. Hitchcox spent time away from Castleford Tigers, Castleford at the Batley Bulldogs and Halifax RLFC, Halifax in the Championship (rugby league), Championship, and at Bradford Bulls, Bradford in League 1 (rugby league), League 1. He later joined the Bradford Bulls on a permanent deal in the second tier. Jy is the only player to score on debut in all tiers of professional Rugby League in both hemispheres. Background Hitchcox was born in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. He played his junior fo ... [...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] |
Gold Coast Titans
The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australia and New Zealand's national rugby league club competition. The club commenced its inaugural season on 18 March 2007 and since 2008, the Titans have played their home games at Robina Stadium in Robina, Queensland. The Titans are the second top-level rugby league club to have been based on the Gold Coast, the first being the ill-fated Gold Coast-Tweed Giants / Gold Coast Seagulls / Gold Coast Chargers, which existed from 1988 to 1998. History Formation The beginnings of a Gold Coast team's bid to return to the National Rugby League began when the Australian Rugby League decided to remove the financially successful Gold Coast Chargers from the National Rugby League at the end of the 1998 Season. The ARL wanted to have a second major team based in Brisbane and believed the best way to achieve th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
