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2008 World Club Challenge
The 2008 Carnegie World Club Challenge was contested between Super League XII champions, the Leeds Rhinos and National Rugby League season 2007 premiers, the Melbourne Storm. For the fifth consecutive year the English home team defeated their Australian counterparts. Qualification Leeds Rhinos Leeds Rhinos qualified through being the 2007 Super League champions, defeating St Helens R.F.C., St. Helens 33–6 in the Grand Final. Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm clinched the 2007 National Rugby League title in a 34–8 belting of Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Manly, earning them a place in the World Club Challenge. Melbourne played a warm-up game against 2008 Rugby League National Leagues, National League One team Halifax R.L.F.C., Halifax. Teams Melbourne's squad included 11 members of the 2007 premiership team, but were missing captain Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983), Cameron Smith who had stayed in Australia to be present for the birth of his first child. Match details ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elland Road
Elland Road, or Elland Road Stadium, is a football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the Home (sports), home of Leeds United F.C., Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919. The stadium is the List of football stadiums in England, 13th largest football stadium in England. The ground has hosted FA Cup FA Cup semi-finals, semi-final matches as a neutral venue, and England national football team, England international fixtures, and was selected as one of eight UEFA Euro 1996, Euro 96 venues. Elland Road was used as home ground by rugby league clubs Holbeck (pre-1905) and Hunslet R.L.F.C., Hunslet (in the 1980s and 90s) and has hosted numerous rugby league cup finals and semi-finals, internationals and other important matches. Elland Road has four stands – the Don Revie (North) Stand (also known as the kop), the Jack Charlton (East) Stand (which was once known as the Lowfields Road stand), the Norman Hunter (footballer), Norman Hunter South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL). The Manly club debuted in the 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League season and currently hosts the majority of their home games at fortress Brookvale Oval in Brookvale. They train at the New South Wales Academy of Sport in Narrabeen and their Centre of Excellence in Brookvale. The team colours are maroon and white, and they are commonly known as ''Manly''. The club competed in the NSWRL, ARL, or NRL competitions in all respective seasons from 1947 until 1999. At the end of 1999, they entered into a joint venture with the North Sydney Bears to form the Northern Eagles, which rugby league statisticians regard as a separate club. The Northern Eagles competed in the 2000 and 2001 NRL seasons, after which the joint venture collapsed. The Manly Warringah club (who held the NRL licence) competed in the NRL as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Diskin
Matt Diskin (born 27 January 1982) an English professional rugby league coach was the head coach of Oldham in the Championship, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Leeds and Bradford and coached at club level for the Bradford and Batley. Diskin played for the Leeds Rhinos for 10-years, and won four Super League championships with the club in 2004 ( Super League IX), 2007 ( Super League XII), 2008 ( Super League XIII), and 2009 ( Super League XIV), before moving to Bradford for the 2011 season, he remained with the Bradford club until the end of his playing career in 2014. He then became head coach of the Batley in the Championship. Background Diskin was born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. Playing career Diskin is a product of amateur rugby league club Dewsbury Moor ARLFC and growing up he attended St. John Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kylie Leuluai
Kylie Leuluai (born 29 March 1978) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer. A New Zealand Māori rugby league team, New Zealand Māori and Samoa international representative , he most notably played at club level for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League. He also played club football in Australia for National Rugby League clubs; the Balmain Tigers, Wests Tigers, Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels, and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. Leuluai was a massive part of the Leeds Rhinos success during his nine seasons at the club, winning a total of six Super League Grand Final, Grand Finals, two World Club Challenges and two Challenge Cups in that time to make him the most successful overseas player in the club's history. Background Leuluai was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He attended the Church College of New Zealand in Hamilton, New Zealand, playing both Rugby union and league. Playing career Leuluai played for Balmain Tigers, Balmain, Wests Tigers, Sydney Roost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Burrow
Robert Geoffrey Burrow (26 September 1982 – 2 June 2024) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played as a scrum-half (rugby league), scrum-half or hooker (rugby league), hooker. Burrow spent his entire professional career with the Leeds Rhinos, making nearly 500 appearances as well as representing Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain, England national rugby league team, England, and Yorkshire rugby league team, Yorkshire. At tall and weighing , Burrow was known for many years as "the smallest player in Super League". Despite this, he was one of the most successful players in the competition's history, winning eight Super League championships, two Challenge Cups, being named to the Super League Dream Team on three occasions and winning the Harry Sunderland Trophy twice. In December 2019, Burrow was diagnosed with Motor neuron diseases, motor neurone disease (MND). Following his diagnosis, Burrow raised awareness for MND with fellow playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny McGuire
Daniel Phillip McGuire (born 6 December 1982) is an English rugby league coach and former professional rugby league footballer who is the head coach of the Castleford Tigers in the Super League. He played as a or and spent the majority of his professional career with the Leeds Rhinos, winning a total of eight Super League Championships, two Challenge Cups, three World Club Challenge Championships and the League Leaders' Shield three times. He made over 400 appearances for the club between 2001 and 2017, before spending two seasons at Hull Kingston Rovers at the end of his playing career. McGuire also played for Great Britain and England at international level and represented England at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. McGuire was awarded the Harry Sunderland Trophy in two Grand Finals, one of only three men to do so, alongside his former team-mates Kevin Sinfield and Rob Burrow. McGuire was also the first player to score 200 tries in the Super League and he became the hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Donald
Scott William Donald (born 14 February 1980) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played in the National Rugby League for Australian clubs, North Queensland Cowboys, Parramatta Eels and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, and in the Super League for English club, Leeds Rhinos, usually on the . Playing career National Rugby League Scott Donald was born in Townsville, Queensland, and made his National Rugby League (NRL) début for the North Queensland Cowboys in Round 19 of the 1998 NRL season: a 14–10 win over the Adelaide Rams at the Malanda Stadium in Townsville. Donald only played four games in three seasons with the Cowboys before signing with Sydney based team the Parramatta Eels at the end of the 2000 season. Donald made 14 appearances for Parramatta in 2001, but injury saw him miss the 2001 NRL Grand Final loss to the Newcastle Knights. Injury restricted him to just seven games in 2002, and at the end of the year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Senior
Keith Andrew Senior (born 24 April 1976) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Sheffield Eagles and the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League. A Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain and England national rugby league team, England international representative , he is considered one of the greatest players of the Super League era. During his career he won every honour in the British domestic game and held the records for the most Super League appearances (413) and tries (199), until overtaken by Paul Wellens, and his former Leeds Rhinos team mate Danny McGuire, respectively, in 2012. He represented both Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain and England national rugby league team, England at international level, and was named in the 'Rugby League World XIII' on three occasions. Background Senior was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. Playing career Sheffield Eagles Senior began his career at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinton Toopi
Clinton James Te-Whata Toopi (born 29 February 1980) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. A New Zealand international representative , he played his club football in the National Rugby League for the New Zealand Warriors and the Gold Coast Titans, and in the Super League for the Leeds Rhinos. Clinton began coaching the Helensvale Hornets in 2021 and guided them to victory in the 2022 Gold Coast A Grade Competition. Rugby league career Toopi was born in Stratford, New Zealand, and began his career playing rugby league with the junior ranks of the Mt Wellington and Otahuhu Leopards clubs. He played for Auckland South in the 1999 provincial competition. His first grade career began with the then Auckland Warriors, débuting against the South Sydney Rabbitohs on 2 May 1999. He went on to play 119 games for the club, including the 2002 NRL Grand Final loss to the Sydney Roosters. In 2000 Toopi was part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Smith (rugby League)
Lee Smith (born 8 August 1986) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a goal-kicking or for the Leeds Rhinos in Super League. He has previously played rugby union with the London Wasps and the Newcastle Falcons, and played rugby league for the Leeds Rhinos and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League. Early life Smith attended Bruntcliffe High School in Morley, Leeds. He played amateur rugby league for Drighlington before joining Leeds Rhinos academy as a teenager. He was named Senior Academy Player of the Year in 2003, with the team winning their Grand Final. Smith represented England at U17 and U18 level. Rugby League Leeds Rhinos Smith broke into the Leeds first team in 2005 but still captained the Senior Academy team to Grand Final success in 2006 against Hull. Smith made his début for the Leeds Rhinos first team on 28 March 2005 against Wakefield Trinity. He went on to make 10 appearances in his first season, scoring an impressiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Webb
Brent Douglas Webb (born 8 November 1980) is a former New Zealand international rugby league footballer who played as a . He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL, before moving the Leeds Rhinos and the Catalans Dragons in the Super League. Background Webb was born in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. He is of Torres Strait Islander descent. He was educated at Townsville's Kirwan State High School. He played his junior rugby for the Cairns Kangaroos. He was the Queensland Cup leading try scorer in 2001 before being spotted by Daniel Anderson, and signed by the New Zealand Warriors. Professional playing career New Zealand Warriors Webb made his NRL début for the Warriors in front of a home crowd against the Newcastle Knights on 1 April 2002, aged 21. He was named the Supporters' Player of the Year in 2003 and 2004. Webb became eligible for national team selection after living in New Zealand for three years. He was part of the New Zealand squad that won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian McClennan
Brian "Bluey" McClennan (born 16 February 1962) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He was previously the head coach of the New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand national team (with whom he won the 2005 Tri-nations) and then England's Leeds Rhinos club (with whom he won the 2008 and 2009 Super League championships). McClennan also coached the Exiles rugby league team, Exiles team in the inaugural International Origin match in 2011 before being appointed head coach of National Rugby League club, the New Zealand Warriors but failing to complete the first season of his contract. McClennan is the son of former St Helens R.F.C., St. Helens coach Mike McClennan. Playing career McClennan started his playing career at Mt Albert Lions, Mt Albert under the guidance of his dad, Mike McClennan, Mike. He played at Stand Off and also kicked goals.Coffey and Wood ''The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League'' When his dad moved to Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
