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Marvin Filipo
Marvin Filipo (born 20 March 1987) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Dora Creek Swampies in the Newcastle & Hunter Rugby League. He plays at and and previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. Playing career Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Filipo played his junior football for the Mangere East Hawks in the Auckland Rugby League competition and the Counties Manukau Jetz in the Bartercard Cup before being signed by the New Zealand Warriors. In 2004 he played a pre-season trial match for the Warriors. In 2005 he was part of the NZRL's Presidents selection that played a trial against the Warriors. In 2006, Filipo was elevated to the Warriors first-grade squad. He left the club at the end of that season due to lack of first-grade opportunities and instead joined a feeder club for the Brisbane Broncos. Filipo failed to settle in Brisbane so briefly switched codes to rugby union before heading home to � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by population, fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of . While European New Zealanders, Europeans continue to make up the plurality of Auckland's population, the city became multicultural and Cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan in the late-20th century, with Asian New Zealanders, Asians accounting for 31% of the city's population in 2018. Auckland has the fourth largest Foreign born, foreign-born population in the world, with 39% of its residents born overseas. With its large population of Pasifika New Zealanders, the city is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Country Rugby League Team
The Country New South Wales rugby league team is a representative rugby league football team. Between 1987 and 2017 there were two tiers: the Origin team that consisted of professional players who originated from clubs of the Country Rugby League and a representative team of amateur and semi-professional players. The Country Origin team played annually in the City vs Country Origin competition against the City New South Wales rugby league team, which was made up of players originating from Sydney. This match was discontinued in 2017. The representative team has played in a number of formats over the years: quad and tri series, annual fixtures and tour matches. The most recent change is the introduction of an Under 23 age limit to the top representative team. The Country Rugby League was absorbed by the New South Wales Rugby League at the end of 2019. The NSWRL continued to run competitions for country regions in February and March 2020 until they were curtailed by lockdown restr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cessnock Goannas
The Cessnock Goannas Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Cessnock, New South Wales, formed in 1911. They currently play in the Newcastle Rugby League competition Notable Rugby League Juniors *Matthew Johns (1992-02 Newcastle Knights, Wigan Warriors & Cronulla) *Andrew Johns (1993-05 Newcastle Knights) * Bill Peden (1994-02 Newcastle Knights) * Joel Edwards (2010- Newcastle Knights & Canberra Raiders) * Isaac Gordon (2010-12 Cronulla Sharks) * Chris Adams (2012 Newcastle Knights) * Brodie Jones (2020-current) Newcastle Knights * Brayden Musgrove (2021 Newcastle Knights) Honours First Grade Premierships:1941, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1972, 1977, 2003, 2020 Reserve Grade Premierships:1934, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1964, 1977, 1978, 1980. Third Grade Premierships: 1957 See also *List of rugby league clubs in Australia *Newcastle Rugby League The Newcastle Rugby League is a local rugby league football competition in Newcas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich Jets
The Ipswich Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Ipswich, Queensland. Their name comes from nearby RAAF Base Amberley, one of the largest airbases in Australia. The Jets compete in the Queensland Cup competition. Originally in the 1980s their colours were green and white, but in recent years gold has been added to the combination. History Ipswich were one of the earliest teams to join the Queensland Rugby League after it was founded as the Queensland Amateur Rugby Football League in 1909. Ipswich even contested two of the QARFL's first three grand finals, winning the title in its first year in the competition in 1910. But a long absence from the competition started shortly thereafter, and Ipswich was not represented in Queensland's top league again until the mid-1980s. From 1982 to 1985, an Ipswich representative team competed in the statewide comps. The following year, an Ipswich team was introduced to the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. They were co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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