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2013 Rugby League World Cup Squads
The 2013 Rugby League World Cup featured the national teams (selected from twenty-four-man squads) of fourteen nations. Pool A Australia With New Zealand claiming the trophy in 2008 and no tournament having been held prior to that since 2000, Australia's squad didn't feature a single World Cup winner. Head coach: Tim Sheens England Head coach: Steve McNamara * Replaced initially named Gareth Hock prior to the tournament. Fiji Head coach: Rick Stone * Replaced initially named John Sutton prior to the tournament. Ireland Head coach: Mark Aston * Replaced initially named Simon Grix who was ruled out by injury prior to the tournament. Pool B New Zealand Head coach: Stephen Kearney * Replaced initially named Tohu Harris prior to the tournament. Papua New Guinea Head coach: Adrian Lam * Replaced initially named James Segeyaro who was ruled out by injury. France Head coach: Richard Agar * Replaced initially named Clément Soubeyras and Mathias Pala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Rugby League World Cup
The 2013 Rugby League World Cup was the fourteenth World Cup for men’s national rugby league teams. It took place between the 26 October and 30 November and was hosted by England and Wales (although some games were played in France and Ireland). Australia won the tournament, beating New Zealand 34–2 in the final to lift the trophy for the tenth time. Originally planned to take place in 2012 it was moved back a year to avoid clashing with the London Olympics in 2012. It was the main event of the year's Festival of World Cups. Fourteen teams contested the tournament: Australia, England, New Zealand, Samoa, Wales, Fiji, France, Papua New Guinea, Ireland, Scotland, Tonga, Cook Islands, Italy and the United States. The latter two were competing in the Rugby League World Cup for the first time. New Zealand were the defending champions, having defeated Australia in 2008. In terms of attendance, exposure and revenue, the 2013 tournament is considered the most successful Rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Tate
Brent Tate (born 3 March 1982) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a or er in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australia international and Queensland State of Origin representative, he played his club football in the NRL for the Brisbane Broncos (with whom he won the 2006 NRL Premiership), the New Zealand Warriors and the North Queensland Cowboys. Despite a career that was set back by a series of severe injuries, Tate kept coming back and was a member of the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2013 State of Origin series-winning Queensland sides, as well as the 2008 and 2013 World Cup Australian sides, winning the 2013 edition with them. Early life Tate was born in Roma, Queensland and moved to Redcliffe at the age of 9. He played his junior rugby league for the Redcliffe Dolphins and attended Clontarf Beach State High School, where he represented the Australian Schoolboys in 1999. He was originally a scholarship holder with the South Queensland C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Scott (rugby League)
Matthew Scott (born 30 July 1985), also known by the nickname of "Thumper", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League, NRL and Australia national rugby league team, Australia at international level. Scott played his entire 16-year National Rugby League career with the North Queensland Cowboys, Cowboys, co-captaining them to the 2015 NRL Grand Final and 2016 World Club Series#World Club Challenge, 2016 World Club Challenge. An eight-time State of Origin series winner with Queensland rugby league team, Queensland and 2013 Rugby League World Cup, World Cup winner with the Australia national rugby league team, Kangaroos, Scott was widely regarded as the best front-row forward of his generation in the Southern Hemisphere. Background Scott was born in Longreach, Queensland and grew up in the small, nearby town of Ilfracombe, Queensland, Ilfracombe. He played junior football for the Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
