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2017 Anzac Test
The 2017 Anzac Test was a Test match (rugby league), rugby league test match played between Australia national rugby league team, Australia and New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand at Canberra Stadium. It was the 18th and last Anzac Test played between the two nations since the first was played under the Super League (Australia), Super League banner in 1997 Anzac Test, 1997. The match was played on 5 May 2017. The Australian team was announced on 26 April, while the New Zealand team was announced on 30 April with the starters and 18th man named on 4 May. The Junior Kangaroos beat the Junior Kiwis. Squads 1 - Josh Papalii was originally selected to play but was withdrawn due to suspension. His original replacement, Shannon Boyd, also withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jake Trbojevic who was 18th Man. 2 - Aaron Woods was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Andrew Fifita. *Jordan McLean, James Maloney (rugby league), Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia National Rugby League Team
The Australian national rugby league team, the Kangaroos, have represented Australia in senior men's rugby league football competitions since the establishment of the game in Australia in 1908. Administered by the Australian Rugby League Commission, the Kangaroos are ranked first in the IRL Men's World Rankings. The team is the most successful in Rugby League World Cup history, having won the competition 12 times, and contested 15 of the 16 finals, only failing to reach the final in the 1954 inaugural tournament. Only five nations (along with NZ Maori) have beaten Australia in test matches, and Australia has an overall win percentage of 69%. Dating back to 1908, Australia is the fourth oldest national side after England, New Zealand and Wales. The team was first assembled in 1908 for a tour of Great Britain. The majority of the Kangaroos' games since then have been played against Great Britain and New Zealand. In the first half of the 20th century, Australia's internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super League (Australia)
Super League was an Australian rugby league football administrative body that conducted professional competition in Australia and New Zealand for one season in 1997. Along with Super League of Europe, it was created by News Corporation during the Super League war which arose following an unsuccessful attempt to purchase the pay television rights to rugby league in Australia. After two years of legal battles the competition was played for a single season in 1997 alongside the rival Australian Rugby League (ARL) competition before the two merged in 1998 to form the National Rugby League (NRL). History The Super League war was the corporate dispute that was fought in and out of court during the mid-1990s between the Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation-backed Super League and the Kerry Packer and Optus Vision-backed Australian Rugby League organisations over broadcasting rights for, and ultimately control of the top-level professional rugby league football competition of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Rapana
Jordan Rapana (born 15 August 1989) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a Fullback and/or er for Hull F.C. in the Super League. He has played for the New Zealand Māori, New Zealand and the Cook Islands at international level. He previously played for the Gold Coast Titans NRL club and the Western Force Super Rugby team. Background Rapana was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and is of Māori, Cook Island and Italian descent. From the Ngāti Toa iwi (Māori tribe), he moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia as a 10-year-old. He played his junior football for the Tugun Seahawks and attended Palm Beach Currumbin High School before being signed by the Gold Coast Titans. Playing career 2008 In 2008, Rapana played for the Gold Coast Titans' NYC team. In Round 18 of the 2008 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Gold Coast Titans against the Sydney Roosters. At the end of 2008, he was named on the interchange bench in the 2008 NYC Team of the Year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentine Holmes
Valentine Holmes (born 24 July 1995) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League and for the Queensland Maroons in State of Origin as a er. Holmes previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL, with whom he won the 2016 NRL Grand Final as a er. Holmes previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys, where he would transition into a from . Holmes has played for Australia at international level as a er, and . Holmes was a er for the Australian teams that won the 2016 Four Nations, the 2017 Rugby League World Cup and the 2022 Rugby League World Cup. Holmes has played in 4 State of Origin series wins for Queensland. In 2019, spent several months on the practice squad for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) as a part of the league's International Player Pathway Program. Background Holmes was born in Townsville, Queensland to a Cook Islands mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Whare
Dean Whare pronounced (FAR-dEH) (born 22 January 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for the Glebe Dirty Reds in the NSWRL Ron Massey Cup, and New Zealand and the New Zealand Māori at international level. Whare previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Penrith Panthers in the NRL, and played as a er and earlier in his career. Early years Whare was born in Rotorua, New Zealand. He is of Māori descent. He moved to Sydney, Australia as a 13-year-old and played his junior rugby league with Penshurst RSL and Arncliffe scots before being signed the St George-Illawarra Dragons. Playing career He played in the 2008 and 2009 Toyota Cups before signing with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles for 2010. 2010 In round 12 of the 2010 NRL season, Whare made his NRL debut against the North Queensland Cowboys at 1300SMILES Stadium, scoring three tries in Manly's 24–20 win, the first time a player has scored three tries i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Dugan
Joshua Dugan (born 10 May 1990) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a and for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League, NRL and Australia national rugby league team, Australia at international level. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders and the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League, and has played at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII, Country New South Wales rugby league team, Country Origin, NRL All Stars team, NRL All Stars and New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales in the State of Origin series. Early years Dugan was born in Garran, Australian Capital Territory. He played his junior rugby league for the Valley Dragons and South Tuggeranong Knights before being signed by the Canberra Raiders. Dugan also played Rugby Union for Marist College Canberra. After being signed by the Raiders, Dugan played in their National Youth Competition (rugby league), NYC te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Kahu
Jordan Kahu (born 28 January 1991) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a er or for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL and New Zealand at international level. Kahu has played for the Brisbane Broncos and the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL, as well as the World All Stars & New Zealand Māori in the "All Star" representative stage. Background Born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Kahu is of Māori descent specifically the Ngāti Toa Iwi (tribe). Kahu is short for Jordan's birth surname Kahukuranui. Kahu attended Wellington College and played his junior rugby union for the Petone Rugby Club with Lima Sopoaga before moving to Australia to attend Keebra Park State High School. While at Keebra Park, Kahu captained the school's rugby league side to win the 2009 Arrive Alive Cup. Kahu played for the Broncos NYC team in 2010 and 2011, scoring 11 tries and kicking 2 goals in 23 games. Kahu's 2011 and 2012 seasons were shattered by two season ending knee injur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Chambers
William Chambers (born 26 May 1988 in Brisbane) is an Australian retired rugby league and rugby union, union footballer who last played for the LA Giltinis in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States. After winning two titles with the Melbourne Storm, he retired from Australia's National Rugby League, NRL in 2021. He previously played at for the Melbourne Storm and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League and Australia national rugby league team, Australia at international level in rugby league. He had played his entire NRL career until the end of the 2019 NRL season at the Storm, winning the 2012 NRL Grand Final, 2012 and 2017 NRL Grand Final, 2017 NRL Grand Final, Grand Finals with them. He has played for Queensland rugby league team, Queensland in the State of Origin series, Prime Minister's XIII and the All Stars Match, Indigenous All Stars. Chambers also played rugby union for the Queensland Reds, Munster Rugby, Munster and Tokyo Sungoliath, Suntory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (born 17 August 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er or for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL) and New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand at international level. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Canterbury Bulldogs in the NRL. Background Watene-Zelezniak was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, and is from Māori people, Māori, Tongan and Polish people, Polish descent and is from the Waikato Tainui Iwi. Watene-Zelezniak lived in Ngāruawāhia, before moving to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as a 5-year old. He played his junior rugby league for the St Clair Comets, before being signed by the Penrith Panthers. He attended St.Dominic’s College, Penrith and Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown. Watene-Zelezniak is the great-grandson of former New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand rugby league captain and poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Ferguson (rugby League)
Blake Ferguson (born 20 March 1990) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. During his rugby league career he represented the Indigenous All Stars, Country NSW, and New South Wales in the State of Origin series. He was a part of the NSW Blues team that won the 2019 State of Origin series. He played for the National Rugby League team the Sydney Roosters that won the 2018 NRL Grand Final. He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Canberra Raiders and Parramatta Eels playing as a or earlier in his career. Ferguson is also an amateur boxer. Background Ferguson was born in Wellington, NSW on 20 March 1990. Ferguson is a cousin of Anthony Mundine. Ferguson is of Aboriginal descent from Wiradjuri people, and is eligible for the Indigenous All Stars. He played his junior rugby league at Wellington Cowboys and Earlwood Saints. NRL Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Ferguson was the 2009 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season's top try scorer. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (born 5 June 1993) is a List of dual-code rugby internationals, dual-code rugby international footballer who plays as a er for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League, and as a for Samoa national rugby league team, Samoa. He previously played as a fullback for the Warriors, becoming their first player to win the Dally M Medal in 2018. He also played on the wing for the Sydney Roosters, with whom he won a premiership in 2013 NRL season, 2013, and at Rugby union positions#Centre, centre for the Auckland Blues, Blues in the Super Rugby. Background Tuivasa-Sheck was born in Apia, Samoa. He attended Otahuhu College in Auckland, where he played both rugby union and rugby league. Tuivasa-Sheck represented the New Zealand national schoolboy rugby union team, New Zealand rugby union schoolboy team and captained Otahuhu College at the New Zealand Rugby League's Secondary Schools tournament in 2011 before being signed by the Sydney Roosters in October of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darius Boyd
Darius Boyd (born 17 July 1987) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL) and has played for Australia national rugby league team, Australia at international level and State of Origin series, State of Origin for Queensland rugby league team, Queensland. Boyd captained the Brisbane Broncos from 2017 to 2019. Boyd previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in 2009–2011 and the Newcastle Knights in 2012–2014 all under coach Wayne Bennett (rugby league), Wayne Bennett before switching back to Broncos in 2015. Boyd has won the 2006 NRL Grand Final with the Broncos and the 2010 NRL Grand Final with the St George Illawarra Dragons, Dragons. He is a Queensland State of Origin and Prime Minister's XIII representative. Boyd also played as a er and , with the majority of his representative games played on the left wing. Boyd also played as a in 2019 for the Broncos. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
