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New South Wales Rugby Football League Season 1972
The 1972 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 65th season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six of 1908's foundation clubs and another six from across Sydney, competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a grand final match between the Manly-Warringah and Eastern Suburbs clubs. Season summary The 1972 season's Rothmans Medal winner was Western Suburbs' halfback Tommy Raudonikis. '' Rugby League Week'' awarded their player of the year award to Eastern Suburbs' five-eighth John Ballesty. This season, for the first time since 1966, Souths would fail to reach the grand final, and for the first time since 1948 the Grand Final did not feature either Souths or St George. Following the grand final, several players travelled to France to represent Australia in the 1972 Rugby League World Cup. Teams Regular season Ladder Ladder progression *Numbers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manly Sea Eagles Colours
Manly may refer to: * Manly, an adjective corresponding to man ** Masculinity, a set of attributes generally associated with boys and men Places Australia * Manly, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney ** Manly Council, a former local government area in Sydney ** Electoral district of Manly, an electorate in the NSW State Government ** Manly Beach, a beach * Manly, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane ** Manly railway station ** Electoral district of Manly (Queensland), an electoral district from 1986 to 1992 United States * Manly, Iowa, a city * Manly, North Carolina, an unincorporated community * Lake Manly, a former rift lake in California, US New Zealand * Manly, New Zealand, a suburb on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula north of Auckland Sports * Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, a team in the Australian National Rugby League * Wynnum Manly Seagulls, a rugby league team in Brisbane, Australia * Manly RUFC, a rugby union team in Manly, New South Wales, Australia Other uses * Manly (name), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balmain Jersey 1971
Balmain may refer to: Places * Balmain, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia * Electoral district of Balmain, an electoral division in New South Wales, Australia * Balmain East, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia * Balmain House and country estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland People with the surname * Allan Balmain, Distinguished Professor of Cancer Genetics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) * Louis Balmain (1858–1904), New Zealand cricketer * Pierre Balmain (1914–1982), French fashion designer * William Balmain (1762–1803), Scottish-born surgeon at the first European settlement in Sydney Other * Balmain bug, a crustacean, slipper lobster * Balmain (fashion house), founded by Pierre Balmain * Balmain Colliery Balmain Colliery was a coal mine located in Birchgrove in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It produced coal from 1897 until 1931 and natural gas from 1937 to 1950.Peter Reynolds, ''Balmai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endeavour Field
Endeavour Field (also known by its commercial name PointsBet Stadium and colloquially as Shark Park during Cronulla Sharks matches) is a rugby league stadium in the southern Sydney suburb of Woolooware, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home ground of the Cronulla-Sutherland Rugby League Club, which represents the Cronulla, New South Wales, Cronulla and Sutherland Shire areas in the National Rugby League competition. Unique among NRL clubs, the Sharks own and operate their home ground. The Sharkies Leagues Club sits beside the stadium. History The stadium was built in 1960 and currently has a capacity of 20,000. The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Cronulla-Sutherland Rugby League Club own the stadium and Leagues Club next door, the only club in the National Rugby League, NRL to own their own stadium. Local councils usually own sporting venues in Australia. On 21 April 2006, the Federal Government announced a Australian dollar, A$9.6 million grant would be given to the Cronull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Season
The 1972 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 ... season was the sixth in the club's history. They competed in the NSWRFL's 1972 premiership. Ladder References {{Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks seasons Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season ... [...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] |
Johnny Greaves (rugby League)
Johnny Greaves (born 8 May 1943) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played for St. George, Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales and for Australia. Playing career Greaves' junior club was Renown United. Starting with the St George Dragons where he had been a local junior Greaves, like Brian James battled for recognition in the star-studded Dragons line-up who boasted a choice of centres with Reg Gasnier, Billy Smith and Johnny Riley in their squad. Nonetheless Greaves managed 23 first grade appearances in his two years at senior level with the club. He shifted to Canterbury where he became a first-grade regular and from where he was chosen in 1966 for New South Wales and later that year to represent Australia in the two Tests of the domestic Ashes series against Great Britain. He was a member of the Canterbury side which knocked St George out of the 1967 final thereby ending the Dragons' record breaking run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hagan (rugby League)
Bob Hagan (born 8 January 1940) is an Australian former rugby league footballer, and coach. He played for Easts (Brisbane) in Queensland and for Canterbury-Bankstown in New South Wales, representing both states as well as playing for the Australian national side, he also played for Huddersfield in England. He is the older brother (not the father) of rugby league player and coach, Mick Hagan. Playing career Hagan represented the Commonwealth XIII rugby league team while at Huddersfield in 1965 against New Zealand at Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre, London on Wednesday 18 August 1965. He played for Canterbury-Bankstown in their 1967 NSWRL grand final defeat against South Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Post playing Hagan coached Canterbury-Bankstown in 1970-71 and was later a board member under club stalwart Peter Moore. Hagan took over as CEO of Canterbury when Moore retired in 1996 and was in that position when the salary cap scandal of 2002 broke. He res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belmore Sports Ground
Belmore Sports Ground, formerly known as Belmore Oval, is a multi-purpose stadium in Belmore, New South Wales, Australia. The park covers and from 1951 has contained the Belmore Bowling Recreation Club green. It is close to Belmore railway station. The stadium has a capacity of 19,000 people and was built in 1920, with the grandstand itself having the capacity to seat 10,000 people. The ground record crowd for Belmore was set on 12 April 1993 when 27,804 fans saw Canterbury defeat local rivals Parramatta 42–6. The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Sydney Olympic Football Club are the current co-tenants of the ground. History In 1920, the local council took steps to acquire park areas around the Belmore area. The park was named after the suburb it was located: Belmore Park. Belmore Park was eventually purchased in three sections between 1918 and 1921. The first two parcels were purchased by the State government and the third by Council. The park was opened around the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Season
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canterbury-Bankstown Jersey 1970
Canterbury-Bankstown is a customary region of Sydney, Australia, in the south-western suburbs. The area is located around the Bankstown railway line, to the west of the St George region and to the south of the Inner West region. The suburbs of the Canterbury-Bankstown region are not specific to the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, but includes many of them. The Georges River acts as the southern boundary of this region and the Cooks River the northern boundary. The region lies on the eastern reaches of the Cumberland Plain. History The original inhabitants of Canterbury and Bankstown were the Gweagal, Bidjigal, (also known as Bediagal) and a small portion of the Dharug people. Five years after the First Fleet arrived in Sydney Cove in 1788, a man by the name of Rev Richard Johnson, a chaplain aboard the First Fleet, was the first to receive a land grant of 40 hectares in what is now known as the 'Canterbury-Bankstown region'. The land was located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canterbury-Bankstown 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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
