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Albert Goldthorpe Medal
The Albert Goldthorpe Medal is an award created by '' Rugby Leaguer & League Express'' to honour the leading players in the Super League. The award is named after Albert Goldthorpe, who is regarded as English rugby league's first superstar. The Albert Goldthorpe Medal is a solid gold medal worth several thousand UK pounds, incorporating a photograph of Goldthorpe with "All Four Cups". The award was introduced in the 2008 season to commemorate the centenary of the feat of Goldthorpe in leading Hunslet to become the first club to win all four major trophies in one season in 1908. It is intended to parallel the 'Dally M Medal' named after the great Australian player Dally Messenger, which is awarded to the NRL player of the year by rugby league writers associated with the News Limited series of newspapers in Australia. ''League Express'' reporters cast votes for the Albert Goldthorpe Medal after every Super League game in the regular season. The three players who, in the opini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunslet F
Hunslet () is an inner-city area in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is southeast of the Leeds city centre, city centre and has an industrial past. It is situated in the Hunslet and Riverside (ward), Hunslet and Riverside ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency), Leeds South parliamentary constituency. The population of the previous City and Hunslet council ward at the 2011 census was 33,705. Many engineering companies were based in Hunslet, including John Fowler & Co. manufacturers of traction engines and steam rollers, the Hunslet Engine Company builders of locomotives (including those used during the construction of the Channel Tunnel), Kitson & Co., Manning Wardle and Hudswell Clarke. Many railway locomotives were built in the Jack Lane area of Hunslet. The area has a mixture of modern and 19th century industrial buildings, terraced house, terraced housing and 20th century housing. It is an area that has grown up significantly aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragons Catalans
The Catalans Dragons (French language, French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan language, Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. Despite being based in France the club competes in Super League, the top tier of the British rugby league system, British rugby league. Formed after the merger of XIII Catalan and AS Saint-Estève, they have won one French Rugby League Championship, French Championship and two Lord Derby Cups. In Britain they have never won the List of British rugby league champions, League Championship but have won the Challenge Cup once. Catalans play home games at Stade Gilbert Brutus. Their traditional home colours are white red and gold. History 2000–2005: Formation in Elite 1 The club was founded in 2000 after the merger of two teams in the area of Perpignan, XIII Catalan and AS Saint-Estève. The merged team took the name Union Treiziste Catalane, often abbreviated to UTC. XI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
