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Sydney University Football Club
The Sydney University Football Club, founded in 1863, is the oldest club now playing rugby union in Australia, although this date is disputed by historian Tom Hickie who argues that it was 1865. Sydney Uni was a member of the inaugural Sydney club competition in 1874, along with the Balmain RFC, Balmain Rugby Union Football Club, Newington College and The King's School, Sydney, The King's School. The club currently competes in the Shute Shield competition and has the most senior premiership titles of all Sydney clubs. After playing home games at the Sydney University Oval No.1 for 153 years, the club moved to the redeveloped Oval No.2 for the 2016 season. Sydney Uni Sport completed the building of a new training facility and grandstand at that ground accommodating 1,200 spectators. Club information * Women's Rugby: Founded in 1994. * Juniors: Founded in 2005 and comprises Balmain Junior Rugby Club, Canterbury Rugby and Petersham Juniors Rugby Club. These clubs include gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camperdown, New South Wales
Camperdown is an inner western suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Camperdown is located 4 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Inner West region. Camperdown lies across the local government areas of the City of Sydney and Inner West Council. Camperdown is a heavily populated suburb and is home to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, the University of Sydney and the historic Camperdown Cemetery. It was also once home to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, which was relocated to be next to Westmead Hospital in Sydney's west. The hospital buildings and grounds have been redeveloped into apartment complexes. History Camperdown takes its name from the Battle of Camperdown (or Camperduin in Dutch). It was named by Governor William Bligh who received a grant of 240 acres (1 km2) of land covering present day Camperdown and parts of Newtown. The land passed to Bligh's son-in-law Maurice O'Connell, comma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Johnson-Holmes
Harry Johnson-Holmes (born 2 March 1997) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the in the Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ... competition, and has been capped for in international rugby. His position of choice is prop. Career Johnson-Holmes joined the Waratahs in 2017 and made his debut in 2018 against the , playing largely off the bench in his debut season. An injury to Tom Robertson in 2019 saw he start more regularly. References External links * Australia international rugby union players Australian rugby union players 1997 births Living people Rugby union props New South Wales Country Eagles players New South Wales Waratahs players Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iliseva Batibasaga
Iliseva Batibasaga (born 23 March 1985) is a former Fijian-Australian rugby union player. She represented in 27 tests between 2006 and 2022. Batibasaga was named in the Wallaroos side for the 2006 Rugby World Cup in Canada. She was also a member of the squad to the 2010 Rugby World Cup that finished in third place. She was part of the Australian women's sevens team at the 2013 Sevens World Cup in Moscow. In 2022, She was named in Australia's squad for the Pacific Four Series in New Zealand. She was also named in the side for the two-test series against the Black Ferns for the O'Reilly Cup. Batibasaga also made the Wallaroos for the delayed 2022 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. She announced her retirement from international rugby in December. Personal life Batibasaga is a cousin of Nemani Nadolo, Chris Kuridrani, Tevita Kuridrani and former Wallaby Lote Tuqiri Lote Daulako Tuqiri (born 23 September 1979) is a former professional dual-code rugby footballer who pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Hamilton (rugby)
Grace Hamilton (born 4 April 1992) is an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer who captains the Australia Wallaroos and the NSW Waratahs in the Super W. In 2020, she played rugby league for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership. Background Hamilton was born in Orange, New South Wales and raised in Panuara. She began playing rugby union as a university exchange student in the United States. Playing career Rugby union In 2014, Hamilton played for the ACT Brumbies and the University of Sydney. In 2016, Hamilton made her Test debut for Australia on their tour of New Zealand. In 2017, Hamilton represented Australia at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland, where Australia finished in sixth place. In 2018, Hamilton was a member of the NSW Waratahs inaugural Super W-winning squad, starting in their final win over the Queensland Reds. She was later a member of the Waratahs' victorious 2019 and 2020 Super W sides. Hamilton was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Hancock
Charles Winston Hancock (September 15, 1902 – July 9, 1974) was an American Negro league catcher in the 1920s. A native of Lexington, Missouri, Hancock was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Art Hancock. He played for the St. Louis Giants The St. Louis Stars, originally the St. Louis Giants, were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently from as early as 1906 to 1919, and then joined the Negro National League (NNL) for the duration of their existence. After the 192 ... in 1921, and for the Chicago American Giants in 1928. Hancock died in Sioux City, Iowa in 1974 at age 71. References External links anSeamheads 1902 births 1974 deaths Chicago American Giants players St. Louis Giants players People from Lexington, Missouri Baseball catchers Baseball players from Missouri {{negro-league-baseball-catcher-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Robertson (rugby Union)
Tom Robertson (born 28 August 1994) is an Australian rugby union football player. He currently plays for the in Super Rugby, and the NSW Country Eagles in the National Rugby Championship. Robertson's position is prop, and he can play on either tight-head or loose-head side. Early life Robertson was born in Wellington, New South Wales, and spent his early years in Dubbo where he played junior rugby for the Dubbo Kangaroos. He later attended St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, where he played in the 1st XV rugby team as a loose-head prop. He was selected for the Australian Schoolboys side in 2012, winning the Trans-Tasman Shield in New Zealand. Career After joining the Sydney University rugby club and making his debut in the Shute Shield, Robertson was selected to represent Australia at the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship hosted by New Zealand. Later that year he was chosen in the Sydney Stars The Sydney Stars is a former Australian rugby union football team that co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folau Fainga'a
Folau Fainga'a (born 5 May 1995) is an Australian professional rugby union player who currently plays at hooker for the Western Force. He previously played for the ACT Brumbies and the . Folau is currently signed on with Rugby Australia and has been selected to play for the Australian national rugby team the Wallabies for the 2022 season. Career Fainga'a began his senior rugby career with Sydney University. He played for that club in the Shute Shield for three seasons starting from 2015. Fainga'a was selected in the Australian Under-20 team in 2015 and played at the World Championship in Italy. He was also part of the Sydney Stars squad for the National Rugby Championship (NRC) that year but did not play any matches for the team. Fainga'a made his NRC debut off the bench for the in 2016, against the Canberra Vikings. Fainga'a signed an extended player squad contract with the Brumbies for the 2018 season, joining the Canberra Vikings late in the 2017 season. After impressing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Wilkin
Brad Wilkin (born 8 December 1995) is an Australian rugby union player who plays as a Flanker for the Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ... team the . He has also represented Australia in the under 20s team. Super Rugby statistics References Australian rugby union players 1995 births Living people Rugby union flankers Brisbane City (rugby union) players New South Wales Country Eagles players New South Wales Waratahs players Melbourne Rebels players Rugby union players from New South Wales People from Wellington, New South Wales {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo Strang
Theo Strang (born 21 May 1997, in Australia) is an Australian rugby union player who is currently unattached. He previously played for the in Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ... & Bristol Bears in Premiership Rugby. His playing position is scrum-half. He was announced in the Rebels squad for round 1 in 2020. Super Rugby statistics Reference list External linksRugby.com.au profile 1997 births Australian rugby union players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Philip
Matt Philip (born 7 March 1994) is an Australian rugby union footballer who currently plays as a lock for the Melbourne Rebels. He previously played for the Western Force and also the Perth Spirit in Australia's National Rugby Championship. Philip previously played for the Sydney Stars in 2014 and 2015, and joined for the Mitre 10 Cup in 2016. Early life Philip hails from New South Wales and represented Australia at schoolboy level in 2012, and under-20 level in 2014. Rugby career Philip initially made his way in the game turning out for Sydney University in the Shute Shield where his form earned him a call-up to the Sydney Stars squad ahead of the inaugural National Rugby Championship in 2014. He made 15 appearances for the Stars across two seasons and scored two tries in that time. Philip's rise to the Super Rugby level was a swift one as an injury crisis in the Force's second row saw him cross Australia from Sydney to Perth to train with them during the 2016 mid- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Kemeny
Josh Kemeny (born 29 November 1998) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby. His playing position is flanker. He has signed for the Rebels squad in 2020. Kemeny played for Sydney (NRC team) Sydney is an Australian rugby union team that competes in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). Formerly known as Sydney Rays, the team is one of two sides from New South Wales in the competition; the other being the NSW Country Eagles. T ... under National Rugby Championship Personal life Kemeny is the nephew of Fox sports presenter Lara Pitt. Super Rugby statistics Reference list External linksRugby.com.au profile 1998 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Von Appen
Zak may refer to: People * Zak (surname), a surname of Russian origin * Żak, a Polish surname * Žák, a Czech surname * Zak (given name) Fictional characters * Zak Adama, in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise * Zak Dingle, in UK TV ''Emmerdale'' * '' Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders'' video game * Zak Ramsey, in UK TV ''Hollyoaks'' * Zak Silver, in the comic ''El Muerto: The Aztec Zombie'' Other uses * Zak, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province * LWD Żak, a 1940s Polish aircraft * FK ŽAK Kikinda, a football club in Serbia * ŽAK Subotica, a football club 1921–1945, Yugoslavia * ZAK a human gene * ISO 639-3 code for the Zanaki language of Tanzania See also * Zac, a given name * Zach or Zack (other) Zack or Zach may refer to: People * Zach (surname), various people * Zack (surname), various people * Zack (personal name), lists of people and fictional characters named Zack, Zach, Zac, Zak or Zakk * Záh (gens) or Zách, a ''gens'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
