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Codie Briggs
Codie Briggs (born 7 October 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL Women's competition. Briggs was recruited by Greater Western Sydney as a free agent in October 2016. She made her debut in the thirty-six point loss to at Thebarton Oval Thebarton Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia currently used for a variety of sports including Australian rules football. It was the home ground of South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club West Torrens Football Cl ... in the opening round of the 2017 season. She played three matches in her debut season. She was delisted at the end of the 2017 season and choose to pursue her career as a Pastry Chef References External links * 1990 births Living people Greater Western Sydney Giants (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian rules footballers from Sydney {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Women's AFL
The Sydney Women's Australian Football League (SWAFL) was the governing body of the sport of Women's Australian rules football in the state of New South Wales from 2000 to 2011. In 2012 SWAFL ceased to exist and the women's competition came under the umbrella of AFL Sydney AFL Sydney is an Australian rules football League, based in Metropolitan area, metropolitan Sydney, Australia which has been run since 1903. In 1980 was known as the "Sydney Football League" and renamed the "Sydney AFL" in 1998 before adoptin .... Clubs - 2012 * Auburn Giants (Debut 2011) * Balmain Dockers * UNSW Eastern Suburbs Stingrays * Macquarie University Warriors * Newtown Breakaways * Penrith Ramettes (Debut 2012) * Southern Power (Debut 2010) * Sydney University * Western Wolves Women's Football Club * Wollongong Saints (Debut 2010) * UTS Shamrocks (Debut 2009 as Bondi Shamrocks) Previous clubs that have participated in the SWAFL Competition have included: * Bondi Shamrocks, 2009-2011 * Camden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thebarton Oval
Thebarton Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia currently used for a variety of sports including Australian rules football. It was the home ground of South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club West Torrens Football Club, West Torrens between 1922 and 1989, and since 2008 has been the home of the South Australian Amateur Football League (SAAFL) now called the Adelaide Footy League. History Thebarton Oval has a rich sporting and cultural history; being home over the years to a number of other sports including Harness racing in Australia, harness racing, cricket, Dirt track racing, speedway, soccer, gridiron football, gridiron, baseball, cycle sport, cycling, and rugby league. In the 1920s and early 1930s Thebarton Oval hosted weekly harness racing meetings. Brooklyn Park, South Australia, Brooklyn Park locals and popular SA harness racing pioneers Malcolm Allan and his wife Mary McGowan were weekly winners, riding horses such as Woodnuts Choice, Huon Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Football Positions
In the sport of Australian rules football, each of the eighteen players in a team is assigned to a particular named position on the field of play. These positions describe both the player's main role and by implication their location on the ground. As the game has evolved, tactics and team formations have changed, and the names of the positions and the duties involved have evolved too. There are 18 positions in Australian rules football, not including four (sometimes 6–8) interchange players who may replace another player on the ground at any time during play. The fluid nature of the modern game means the positions in football are not as formally defined as in sports such as rugby or American football. Even so, most players will play in a limited range of positions throughout their career, as each position requires a particular set of skills. Footballers who are able to play comfortably in numerous positions are referred to as utility players. In an effort to maintain tradit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the Football (ball)#Australian rules football, oval ball between the central goal posts (worth six points), or between a central and outer post (worth one point, otherwise known as a "behind"). During general play, players may position themselves anywhere on the field and use any part of their bodies to move the ball. The primary methods are kick (football), kicking, handball (Australian rules football), handballing and running with the ball. There are rules on how the ball can be handled; for example, players running with the ball must intermittently running bounce, bounce or touch it on the ground. Throwing the ball is not allowed, and players must not get caught holding the ball. A distinctiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Western Sydney Giants
The Greater Western Sydney Giants (officially the Greater Western Sydney Football Club and colloquially known as the GWS Giants or simply GWS or Giants) are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney Olympic Park which represents the Greater Western Sydney region of New South Wales. The Giants compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), and entered the league in 2012 as the competition's 18th active club. The club train at the WestConnex Centre in the Olympic Park and play most home matches at Sydney Showground Stadium, also located within the Olympic Park precinct. In addition it plays four home matches per season at Manuka Oval in Canberra as part of a deal with the ACT Government. The Giants commenced competing in the AFL in March 2012. After struggling initially and claiming consecutive wooden spoons in their first two seasons, the club reached finals for the first time in 2016 and qualified for its first Grand Final in 2019, where they were defea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFL Women's
AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football competition for women's Australian rules football, female players. The 2017 AFL Women's season, first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, 14 teams in 2020 and 18 teams in 2022. The league is run by the Australian Football League (AFL) and is contested by each of the clubs from that competition. The reigning premiers are the North Melbourne Kangaroos. The AFLW is the second most attended women's football competition in Australia (behind A-League Women) and one of the most popular women's football competitions in the world. Its average attendance in 2019 of 6,262 per game made it the second-highest of any domestic women's football competition. Its record attendance of 53,034 for the 2019 AFL Women's Grand Final was until 2020 the highest match attendance for women's sport in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 AFL Women's Draft
The 2016 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's competition recruited players prior to the competition's 2017 AFL Women's season, inaugural season in 2017. Draftees and signings over the period were required to have a minimum age qualification of 18. Prior to the draft itself each club was allowed to sign two marquee players from any state across the country at an increased salary. In addition, they were permitted to sign a number of priority players with existing connections to the club, and up to two rookie players who had not played competitive Australian rules football within the previous three years. All remaining players entered the draft and became eligible to be selected by any team based in their nominated state-based zone. Marquee signings On 27 July 2016, each of the competition's eight teams announced their two marquee player signings allowed prior to the October draft. Priority players Under the priority select ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 AFL Women's Season
The 2017 AFL Women's season was the inaugural season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season ran from 3 February to 25 March, comprising a seven-round home-and-away season followed by a grand final contested by the top two clubs. Eight Australian Football League (AFL) clubs featured in the inaugural season: , , , , , , and the . Adelaide won the inaugural List of AFL Women's premiers, premiership, defeating Brisbane by six points in the 2017 AFL Women's Grand Final. Brisbane won the List of AFL Women's minor premiers, minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 6–0–1 win–loss–draw record. Adelaide's Erin Phillips won the AFL Women's best and fairest award as the league's best and fairest player, and Carlton's Darcy Vescio won the AFL Women's leading goalkicker award as the league's leading goalkicker. Home-and-away season The full fixture was release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Sports (Australia)
Fox Sports Australia Pty Limited (formerly Premier Media Group Pty Limited) is the division of Foxtel that owns and operates the Fox Sports television networks and digital properties in Australia. The group operates nine Fox Sports Channels as well as Fox Sports News, Fox Cricket, Fox League, Fox Footy, Watch AFL and Watch NRL. Fox Sports channels such as Fox Netball are available via Foxtel or Kayo. The group's main competitors are beIN Sports, ESPN, Optus Sport and Stan Sport. Unlike the American Fox Sports, the group is not owned directly by the Fox Corporation. However News Corp formerly held a 65% stake in Foxtel is Fox Corporation's sister company until April 2025. Fox Sports Australia is now a DAZN Company History Early years Launch Fox Sports started life as the Premier Sports Network (later just Premier Sports) as the only fully operational local channel at the launch of Australia's first pay-television service, Galaxy. Premier Sports' backers included Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Births
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Greater Western Sydney Giants (AFLW) Players
The Greater Western Sydney Giants (officially the Greater Western Sydney Football Club and colloquially known as the GWS Giants or simply GWS or Giants) are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney Olympic Park which represents the Greater Western Sydney region of New South Wales. The Giants compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), and entered the league in 2012 as the competition's 18th active club. The club train at the WestConnex Centre in the Olympic Park and play most home matches at Sydney Showground Stadium, also located within the Olympic Park precinct. In addition it plays four home matches per season at Manuka Oval in Canberra as part of a deal with the ACT Government. The Giants commenced competing in the AFL in March 2012. After struggling initially and claiming consecutive wooden spoons in their first two seasons, the club reached finals for the first time in 2016 and qualified for its first Grand Final in 2019, where they were defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
