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Shaylee Bent
Shaylee Bent (born 13 September 2000) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Gold Coast Titans Women in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership. She is a New South Wales, Indigenous All Stars and Australian 9s representative. Background Born in Penrith, New South Wales, Bent is of Indigenous Australian and Greek descent. At age 15, Bent began playing rugby league for the Glenmore Park Brumbies. Playing career 2017 In 2017, she played for the Parramatta Eels Women in the Tarsha Gale Cup. In 2018, she moved to the Wests Tigers Tarsha Gale Cup side. After the Tarsha Gale Cup season, Bent joined Mounties in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. Where she started as centre in the Grand Final victory over South Sydney 12–10. 2019 In 2019, Bent re-joined Mounties RLFC in the NSWRL Women's Premiership, starting at in their Grand Final loss to CRL Newcastle. In May 2019, she represented NSW City at the NRL Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrith, New South Wales
Penrith is a city in New South Wales, Australia, located in Greater Western Sydney, 55 kilometres (31 mi) west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Nepean River, on the outskirts of the Cumberland Plain. Its elevation is 32 metres (105 ft). Penrith is the administrative centre of the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Penrith. The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales acknowledges Penrith as one of only four List of cities in Australia, cities within the Greater Sydney metropolitan area. History Indigenous settlement Prior to the arrival of the Europeans, the Penrith area was home to the Mulgoa tribe of the Darug people. They lived in makeshift huts called ''gunyahs'', hunted native animals such as kangaroos, fished in the Nepean River, and gathered local fruits and vegetables such as yams. They lived under an elaborate system of law which had its origins in the Dreamtime. Most of the Mulgoa were kil ... [...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] |
Women's State Of Origin
The Women's State of Origin is an annual rugby league fixture between two Australian state representative women's sides, the New South Wales Blues and the Queensland Maroons. First played in 1999 as the Women's Interstate Challenge, the game was rebranded as State of Origin for the 2018 season. Queensland won the first game in 1999 and were unbeaten for 17 years until New South Wales won for the first time in 2016. History Women's Interstate Challenge (1999–2017) Despite women's rugby league first being played in Australia in 1921, the first official game between Queensland and New South Wales was not held until 1999. The two teams met at Brisbane's ANZ Stadium with Queensland winning 16–6. Accurate records were not kept in the early years of the Interstate Challenge by either the QRL or the NSWRL, with many player records and game information still unknown. For many years, the women's teams were run by their own governing bodies, the Queensland Women's Rugby League and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NRLW
The Telstra NRL Women's Premiership (NRLW) is Australia's national rugby league competition for female players. The first season of the league began in September 2018 with four teams. The league is run by the National Rugby League (NRL) and is contested by a subset of clubs from that competition. The current premiers are the Newcastle Knights. History In 2016, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and St. George Illawarra Dragons contested a Women's Nine's match, which served as a curtain-raiser to the NRL match between the Sharks and Sydney Roosters, at Southern Cross Group Stadium. The Sharks won the match 16–12. In March 2017, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks played another Women's Nine's match, this time defeating the Canberra Raiders by 28–10. 2017 – 2020: Establishment On 6 December 2017, shortly after the conclusion of the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup, which concluded with the Jillaroos defeating the New Zealand Ferns by 23–16 in the final, it was announced ... [...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] |
2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s
The 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s was the first staging of the Rugby League World Cup 9s tournament and took place on 18 and 19 October 2019 at Sydney's Bankwest Stadium. The tournament featured teams from 12 International Rugby League member countries, 4 of which also fielded teams in the women's tournament. In the men's final, Australia defeated New Zealand, while in the women's final, New Zealand defeated Australia. Rule variations The standard rules of rugby league applied but with the following variations: * games are nine-a-side with unlimited interchanges in the 13-strong squad * each half is nine minutes with a 2-minute half time * the tackle count for the team in possession is five rather than six * any player sin-binned is off the field for only three minutes * the 40/20 rule is supplemented by a 20/40 rule i.e. a kick from behind the player's own 20m line which after bouncing goes into touch past the opponent's 40m line will result in the kicking team retaini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 NRL Grand Final
The 2019 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2019 National Rugby League season and was played at Sydney's ANZ Stadium. The match was contested between defending premiers the Sydney Roosters and the Canberra Raiders. The match was won by the Sydney Roosters 14–8 in a tight contest to claim their 15th premiership title, making them the first club in 26 years to win consecutive premierships in a unified competition since the Brisbane Broncos in 1993, and the first Sydney Roosters side to win consecutive titles since 1975. The Clive Churchill Medal was awarded to Raiders five-eighth Jack Wighton as the game's man of the match. The game is one of the most controversial grand finals, infamous for a reversed "six again" decision by referee Ben Cummins which preceded the winning try. Background Sydney finished second on the premiership ladder with a record of 17–7. The club comfortably defeated South Sydney 30–6 to qualify for the prelimin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club Ltd., commonly referred to as the Broncos, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos play in Australia's elite competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. The club has won six premierships, including two New South Wales Rugby League premierships, a Super League (Australia), Super League premiership and three NRL premierships. The Broncos have won two World Club Challenges. The Broncos have achieved four minor premierships during its 35 years in multiple competitions. Prior to 2015, Brisbane had never been defeated in a grand final, and since 1991, the club has failed to qualify for the finals five times. The club is one of the most successful clubs in the National Rugby League since it began in 1998, winning three premierships (second only to the Sydney Roosters' four). The club is one of the most successful clubs in the history of rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St George Illawarra Dragons
The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 after a joint-venture was formed between the St. George Dragons (est. 1921) and the Illawarra Steelers (est. 1982). They officially formed as the game's first joint-venture club on 23 September 1998 and it remains the only inter-city team in the NRL. The team has its headquarters and leagues clubs in both Wollongong and the Sydney suburb of Kogarah, and trains and plays games regularly at WIN Stadium in Wollongong, as well as at Jubilee Oval in Kogarah. From 2006 to 2018 the club was jointly owned by the St. George Dragons 50% and Illawarra Steelers 50%. In August 2018 WIN Corporation purchased the Illawarra Steelers' 50% stake. The Dragons reached the grand final in their first season in 1999, losing to the Melbourne Storm. St. George Illawarra is one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 NRL Women's Season
The 2019 NRL Women's Premiership was the second season of professional women's rugby league in Australia. Teams Pre-season Regular season The season again operated under a round-robin format, with games played as curtain-raisers to the 2019 NRL Finals Series as well as two standalone matches. The top two finishing teams will then contest the Grand Final, which is to be played before the men's Grand Final on 6 October. Ladder Ladder progression * Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top two. * 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. Grand Final Individual Awards Dally M Medal Awards Night The following award was presented at the ''Dally M Medal Awards'' ceremony in Sydney on the night of 2 October 2019. Dally M Medal Player of the Year: Jessica Sergis ( St. Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League Players Association
The Rugby League Players Association is a representative organisation based in Australia. The RLPA, as it is more commonly referred to, is the representative body of elite rugby league players, protecting and promoting the welfare and interests of its members. Formerly the Rugby League Professionals Association, the company changed its name in 2009. Leadership Former Newcastle Knights captain Tony Butterfield was appointed RLPA CEO in 2000. Former Western Reds and Penrith Panthers player Matthew Rodwell served as CEO for a brief period up until 2009. In 2009, David Garnsey took the reins as Chief Executive Officer through until 2015. In December 2015, former Carlton Football Club player and AFL Players Association, AFLPA general manager of Player Relations Ian Prendergast was appointed chief executive officer of the RLPA. In 2017, Australia national rugby league team, Australian, Queensland rugby league team, Queensland and Melbourne Storm captain Cameron Smith (rugby league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Rugby League
The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) until 1984. From 1908 to 1994, the NSWRL ran Sydney's, then New South Wales', and eventually Australia's top-level rugby league club competition from their headquarters (or "Bunker" as it was nicknamed during the Super League war) on Phillip Street, Sydney. The organisation is responsible for administering the New South Wales rugby league team. New South Wales Rugby League clubs Current New South Wales members The following clubs are the member clubs of the NSWRL. NSWRL The New South Wales Rugby Football League was responsible for the introduction of rugby league into New South Wales in 1907. Since that time the NSWRFL has built a rich tradition at all levels of the game. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
