|
Bryan Smyth (rugby League)
Bryan Smyth is a rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. He played at representative level for Ireland national rugby league team, Ireland, and at club level for Illingworth A.R.L.F.C., Illingworth Illingworth ARLFC, ARLFC (in Halifax, West Yorkshire, Halifax, of the Pennine League), as a . International honours Smyth won three caps for Ireland national rugby league team, Ireland while at Illingworth in 1995. References Living people English people of Irish descent English rugby league players Ireland national rugby league team players Irish rugby league players Place of birth missing (living people) Rugby league props Year of birth missing (living people) {{Ireland-rugbyleague-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ireland National Rugby League Team
The Ireland men's national rugby league team, known as the Wolfhounds, is organised by Rugby League Ireland and represents the entire isle of Ireland in international rugby league. The representative team is composed largely of players of Irish descent who compete in the Super League as well as the Australasian National Rugby League. Ireland is also represented by an Ireland A national rugby league team, Ireland A side, which is made up of players from the Irish domestic competition. Since Ireland began competing in international rugby league in 1995, it has participated in the 1995 Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament, the 1996 Super League World Nines, and five Rugby League World Cups – 2000 Rugby League World Cup, 2000, 2008 Rugby League World Cup, 2008, 2013 Rugby League World Cup, 2013, 2017 Rugby League World Cup, 2017 and 2021 Rugby League World Cup, 2021. They have also competed in the Rugby League European Nations Cup. Although, the island of Ireland is separat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rugby League
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playing field, field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends. It is one of the Comparison of rugby league and rugby union, two major codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union. It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, as the result of a History of rugby league#The schism in England, split from the Rugby Football Union (RFU) over the issue of payments to players.Tony Collins, ''Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain'' (2006), p.3 The rules of the game governed by the new Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby Football Union progressively changed from those of the RFU with the specific aim of producing a faster and more entertaining game to appeal to paying spectators, on whose income the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Illingworth A
Illingworth may refer to: People *Albert Illingworth, 1st Baron Illingworth (1865–1942), British businessman and politician *Alfred Illingworth (1827–1907), English worsted spinner and politician *A. E. Illingworth (1868–1942), Australian Church of Christ minister *Charlie Illingworth (1871–1926), Australian rules footballer *Charles Illingworth (1899–1991), British surgeon *Eddie Illingworth (born 1938), Australian cricketer *Edward Illingworth (1896–1924), English cricketer *Francisco Illingworth (1905–1982), Vice President of Ecuador *Frederick Illingworth (1844–1908), Australian land agent and politician *George Illingworth (1877–1950), Australian politician *Illingworth Kerr (1905–1989), Canadian landscape painter *James Illingworth (born ?), British Army officer *Jeremy Illingworth (born 1977), English footballer *Jim Illingworth (1901–1967), Australian rules footballer *John Illingworth (yacht designer) (1903–1980), British naval architect *John Illingw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture with the large Piece Hall square later built for trading wool in the town centre. The town was a thriving mill town during the Industrial Revolution with the Dean Clough Mill buildings a surviving landmark. In 2021, it had a population of 88,109. It is also the administrative centre of the wider Calderdale Metropolitan Borough. Toponymy The town's name was recorded in about 1091 as ''Halyfax'', most likely from the Old English ''halh-gefeaxe'', meaning "area of coarse grass in the of land". This explanation is generally preferred to derivations from the Old English ' (holy), in ''hālig feax'' or "holy hair", proposed by 16th-century antiquarians. The probably-incorrect interpretation gave rise to two legends. One concern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
