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2006 Ladies' International Rules Series
The 2006 Ladies' International Rules Series was the first and, as of 2019, the only ladies' International rules football series played between Ireland and Australia. The series was played at the same time as the men's 2006 International Rules Series. Ireland won the series, claiming the first test at Breffni Park by 134–15 and the second test at Parnell Park by 39–18. The series was broadcast live by TG4 and Setanta Sports. Background TG4 anniversary In 2006 TG4 was celebrating its 10th anniversary and asked the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association for suggestions to help mark the occasion. The LGFA subsequently approached AFL Victoria's female development manager, Nicole Graves, about the possibility of a ladies' international rules series. Rules In March 2006 officials from the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association and Women's Football Australia met in Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland Women's International Rules Football Team
The Ireland women's international rules football team was organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association and represented Ireland in the 2006 Ladies' International Rules Series against Australia women's international rules football team, Australia. As of 2019, this is the only series the team has played. Ireland won the series, prevailing in the first test at Breffni Park by 134–15 and the second test at Parnell Park by 39–18. 2006 Series First test Second test 2006 squad In preparation for the 2006 Ladies' International Rules Series, 2006 Series, the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association, LGFA and the team manager, Jarlath Burns, held a series of trials and camps in Mullingar, Cork (city), Cork and Armagh during September and early October. The final squad included eight players who had played in the 2006 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final. 22 of the 30 strong squad were nominated for the 2006 Ladies' Gaelic Football All Stars Awards, All Star Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tackle (Australian Rules Football)
Most forms of football have a move known as a tackle. The primary purposes of tackling are to dispossess an opponent of the ball, to stop the player from gaining ground towards goal or to stop them from carrying out what they intend. The word is used in some contact variations of football to describe the act of physically holding or wrestling a player to the ground. In others, it simply describes one or more methods of contesting for possession of the ball. It can therefore be used as both a defensive or attacking move. Name origin In Middle Dutch, the verb meant to grab or to handle. By the 14th century, this had come to be used for the equipment used for fishing, referring to the rod and reel, etc., and also for that used in sailing, referring to rigging, equipment, or gear used on ships. By the 18th century, a similar use was applied to harnesses or equipment used with horses. Modern use in football comes from the earlier sport of rugby, where the word was used in the 19t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Murphy
Juliet Murphy (born 1980 in Donoughmore, County Cork) is an Irish sportsperson. She plays ladies' Gaelic football with her local club Donoughmore and has been a member of the Cork county ladies' football team at senior level since 1995. Murphy captained Cork to the All-Ireland All-Ireland (sometimes All-Island) is a term used to describe organisations and events whose interests extend over the entire island of Ireland, as opposed to the separate jurisdictions of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. "All-Irelan ... titles in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Her greatest feat was during the 2013 All-Ireland Championship when she came out of retirement to help Cork overcome fancied teams such as Dublin, Kerry and Monaghan and brought the Brendan Martin Cup back to Leeside for the 8th time in 9 years. References 1980 births Living people Cork inter-county ladies' Gaelic footballers Winners of four All-Ireland medals (ladies' football) Ireland women's inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rena Buckley
Rena Buckley is an Irish sportswoman who played at senior level for both the Cork county ladies' football team and the Cork county camogie team. She has also represented Munster in the Gael Linn Cup and Ireland at international rules. Between 2005 and 2017 she won 18 All-Ireland winners medals - the most All-Ireland senior medals any one person has ever won - making her one of the most decorated sportspeople in Gaelic games. In 2012 she captained Cork when they won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship and in 2017 she captained Cork when they won the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. She was the first player to captain Cork to both All-Ireland senior championships. She was also named as an All Star on eleven occasions. In 2015 Buckley and her team mate and fellow dual player, Briege Corkery, were named joint winners of the 2015 ''The Irish Times''/ Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year Award. Early years, family and education Rena Buckley is the daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clíodhna O'Connor
Clíodhna O'Connor is a former senior Dublin ladies' footballer. She was a member of the Dublin team that won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2010. She also played for Dublin in the 2003, 2004, 2009 and 2014 finals. She captained Dublin during the 2011 season. In 2004 and 2009 she was selected as an All Star and in 2010 she was included in the LGFA/TG4 Team of the Decade. She also played for the Ireland women's international rules football team. Since retiring as a player, O'Connor has coached Ladies' Gaelic football and hurling. She was a member of the coaching team at Cuala when they won the 2017 and 2018 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Finals. In 2019 she became a member of the Dublin senior hurling team coaching staff. Biography O'Connor is originally from Portmarnock. She attended University College Dublin where she gained a BA in English and Music. Between 2008 and 2009 she completed a Masters in International Communications at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armagh GAA
The Armagh County Board () or Armagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The county board is responsible for preparing the Armagh GAA teams in the various sporting codes; football, hurling, camogie and handball. The county football team has won two All-Ireland Senior Football Championships in 2002 and 2024. Football Clubs The county's most successful football club is Crossmaglen Rangers. Crossmaglen have won the Armagh Senior Football Championship on 45 occasions, the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship on 11 occasions, and All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship on six occasions. ;List of football clubs County team Armagh has a long tradition of football. Several clubs were already in existence before the formation of the County Board in 1889. Armagh became only the second team to win the Ulster Senior Football C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarlath Burns
Jarlath Burns (; born 1968) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer and current president of the GAA. His league and championship career at senior level with the Armagh county team spanned thirteen seasons from 1987 until 1999. Career Burns debuted with the Armagh senior team in 1987 and captained Armagh to an Ulster title in 1999. Burns also won two McKenna Cup titles. He managed the Ireland women's international rules football team that defeated Australia in the 2006 Ladies' International Rules Series. In retirement from playing, Burns has become involved in the administrative affairs of the Gaelic Athletic Association. He has served as an underage manager, club chairman and secretary with his local club. At county level, Burns was Armagh's Central Council delegate from 2010 to 2015. His involvement with the GAA at national level began in 2000 when he was appointed as the first players’ representative to Central Council. Since then, he has been involved in Scór, the GAA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon McFerran
Shannon McFerran (born 13 June 1979) is an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Women's Football League. She currently plays at Gisborne Bulldogs Womens Football Club. Playing career McFerran began playing for a St Albans FC boys' team at the age of nine. She played at St Albans with the boys until 12 years of age as girls could not play with boys after age 12. She went into umpiring and umpired in the FDFL now WRFL umpiring the boundary before taking up the field. At 17 McFerran joined the Sunshine YCW Spurs Women's football team. Sunshine moved to St Albans in 2000. She became captain of the Spurs in 2005. McFerran was part of the 2004 and 2011 premierships at St Albans Spurs. In June 2007 Shannon was one of two Victorian Women's Football League representatives in the E. J. Whitten legends match where she played alongside former Australian Football League players such as Scott Cummings, Nick Holland, Mick Martyn and Nicky Winmar. In March 2009 she was diagn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Dench
Michelle Dench is an Australian sportswoman who played women's Australian rules football and basketball in the Women's National Basketball League. Dench played for the Melbourne University Mugars in the Victorian Women's Football League. She was a member of the Australia women's international rules football team that played against Ireland in the 2006 Ladies' International Rules Series. She has been an All-Australian and the AFL Women's National Championships in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007. She is the daughter of North Melbourne Football Club great David Dench David Dench (born 23 August 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League. He played his whole career with North Melbourne Football Club during one of its most successful periods. VFL career Dench play .... Saltau, Chloe (31 May 200Women in a league of their own/ref> She retired at the end of the 2009 season. References {{DEFAULTSORT:De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Australia
The national flag of Australia is based on the British Blue Ensign—a blue field with the Union Jack in the upper hoist quarter—augmented with a large white seven-pointed star (the Commonwealth Star) and a representation of the Crux, Southern Cross constellation, made up of five white stars (Epsilon Crucis, one small five-pointed star and four, larger, seven-pointed stars). Australia also has a number of other #Other Australian flags, official flags representing its States and territories of Australia, states and territories, Indigenous Australians, Indigenous peoples and government bodies. The original version of the flag first flew as the Commonwealth blue ensign on 3 September 1901, after being selected alongside a merchant naval Australian red ensign, red ensign in 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition, a competition held following Federation of Australia, Federation. A slightly simplified version as approved by King Edward VII was officially adopted in 1903. It was later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Walsh
Angela Walsh (born 1986) is an Irish sportsperson. She plays ladies' Gaelic football with her local club Inch Rovers and has been a member of the senior Cork county ladies' football team since 2004. Walsh captained Cork to a fourth consecutive All-Ireland All-Ireland (sometimes All-Island) is a term used to describe organisations and events whose interests extend over the entire island of Ireland, as opposed to the separate jurisdictions of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. "All-Irelan ... title in 2008. References 1986 births Living people Cork inter-county ladies' Gaelic footballers Ireland women's international rules football team players Winners of four All-Ireland medals (ladies' football) Dual camogie–football players Cork camogie players 21st-century Irish sportswomen {{Cork-camogie-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline O'Hanlon
Caroline O'Hanlon is a Northern Ireland netball international and an Armagh ladies' Gaelic footballer. She has also represented Ireland at international rules. She was a member of the Northern Ireland teams at the 2003, 2011 and 2019 Netball World Cups and at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. She was also a member of the Northern Ireland teams that were silver medallists at the 2012 and 2017 European Netball Championships. She captained Northern Ireland at both the 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2019 Netball World Cup. She carried the flag of Northern Ireland during the 2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. She has played in the Netball Superleague for Team Northumbria, UWS Sirens and Manchester Thunder. She was a member of the Manchester Thunder team that won the 2019 Netball Superleague. As a Ladies' Gaelic footballer she played for Armagh in the 2006 All-Ireland final. She has also been an All Star on three occasions and was named as the 2014 TG4 Senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
