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]   |
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Wellington, New South Wales
Wellington is a town in the Central Western Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia, located at the junction of the Wambuul Macquarie River, Wambuul Macquarie and Bell Rivers. It is within the Local government in Australia, local government area of Dubbo Regional Council. The town is northwest of Sydney on the Mitchell Highway and Main Western Railway, and 50 km southeast of Dubbo, the main centre of the Central Western Slopes region. Wellington was the second European settlement west of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Blue Mountains, first established as a convict establishment in 1823. History Aboriginal history The area now known as Wellington lies on the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri people. The 'Wambuul' (Macquarie River) was an important source of sustenance for this widespread Aboriginal group united by kinship and a common language. Surviving evidence in the Wellington area of the occupation by the Wiradjuri people prior to European contact include ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anthony Mundine
Anthony Steven Mundine (born 21 May 1975) is an Australian former professional boxer and rugby league footballer. In boxing he competed from 2000 to 2021, and held the World Boxing Association (WBA) super-middleweight title twice between 2003 and 2008. He also held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) middleweight title from 2009 to 2010, and the WBA interim super-welterweight title from 2011 to 2012. Mundine is well known for his heated rivalries with fellow Australians Danny Green and Daniel Geale. Early life and education Anthony Steven Mundine is the son of former professional boxer Tony Mundine and hails from the Bundjalung people of northern coastal areas of New South Wales. Both of his parents are Aboriginal. He was raised as a Christian but converted to Islam in the late 1990s. Mundine played junior rugby league for Hurstville United and, while attending Kingsgrove High School, Mundine starred for the school in the 1993 and 1994 teams which won the Universit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club, also known as the South Sydney Rabbitohs, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, New South Wales, Maroubra that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). They are often nicknamed ''Souths'' or ''the'' ''Bunnies''. The club was formed in New South Wales Rugby League season 1908, 1908, as one of the founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League, making it one of Australia's oldest rugby league teams. It is one of only two NSW foundation clubs still present in the NRL, the other being the Sydney Roosters. South Sydney's traditional heartland covers the once typically working-class suburbs of inner-south Sydney. The club is based in Maroubra, where its administration and training facilities are located, however it has long held a wide supporter base spread all over New South Wales. The team's home ground is currently Stadium Australia in Sydney Olympic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013 Canberra Raiders Season
The 2013 Canberra Raiders season was the 32nd in the history of the Canberra Raiders. Coached by David Furner and then Andrew Dunemann, and captained by Terry Campese, the club competed in the National Rugby League's 2013 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 13th (out of 16 teams) and thus failing to make the finals. The Canberra Raiders started the 2013 NRL season with what was considered especially strong young talent. After the loss to the Bulldogs in Round 23, Canberra's coach David Furner was sacked amidst rumours of player dissatisfaction. The club's top try scorer in 2013 was Blake Ferguson, and their top point scorer was Jarrod Croker. at ''rugbyleagueproject.org'' The 2013 season's [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blake Ferguson Canberra
Blake or Blake's may refer to: People * Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name) * Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name) ** William Blake (1757–1827), English poet, painter, and printmaker Places * Blake, Kentucky, USA * Blake Basin, a deep area of the Atlantic Ocean * Blake Island, Washington, USA, in Puget Sound * Blake River Megacaldera Complex, a large cluster of volcanoes in Ontario and Quebec, Canada * Blake Village, Virginia, USA * Blake's Pools, a nature reserve in south west England, UK Art, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Blake Belladonna, a character of the web series ''RWBY'' * Anita Blake, a character, protagonist of the ''Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter'' series of books by Laurell K. Hamilton * Bellamy Blake, fictional character in ''The 100'' TV series * Bob Blake, a character in a series African American westerns from the 1930s played by Herb J ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2011 Canberra Raiders Season
The 2011 Canberra Raiders season was the 30th in the club's history. Coached by David Furner and captained by Alan Tongue, they competed in the NRL's 2011 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 15th (out of 16) so failing to make the play-offs. Season summary Following on from an encouraging 2010 season where the Raiders made it to the second week of the finals for the first time in 7 years, the Raiders will be looking to seriously challenge for the title in 2011. The club has managed to keep the bulk of its exciting young roster together, whilst adding experienced campaigners Brett White and former Dally M medalist Matt Orford to the team. Young speedster Blake Ferguson has also been recruited by the Raiders from the Cronulla Sharks for the 2011 season. The Raiders have performed well below expectations since their convincing Round 1 victory against the Cronulla Sharks. New recruit Blake Ferguson has been a shining light, having scored a team high 10 tries so far t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ricky Stuart
Ricky John "Sticky" Stuart (born 7 January 1967) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of Canberra in the National Rugby League (NRL) and a former rugby league footballer who played as a in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He also replaced Craig Bellamy as head coach of the New South Wales State of Origin team following a fifth consecutive failure in the 2010 series. Stuart had previously been coach of the Australian national side, and has coached NRL clubs the Sydney Roosters (taking them to three consecutive grand finals from 2002 to 2004), Cronulla-Sutherland and Parramatta. A former international representative rugby league and rugby union player – a dual-code international – Stuart also played State of Origin for New South Wales in the first Gould era. At club level, Stuart was the half-back of the "Green Machine", the Canberra Raiders team who were coached by Tim Sheens and won three premierships in 1989, 1990 and 1994, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2009 Dally M Awards
The 2009 Dally M Awards were presented on Tuesday 8 September 2009 at the State Theatre in Sydney and broadcast on Fox Sports. Dally M Medal-Player of the Year :Presented by the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd ; Dally M Player of the Year :''Winner:'' ::Jarryd Hayne, Parramatta Eels Player votes tally (top 10) Dally M Awards The Dally M Awards were, as usual, conducted at the close of the regular season and hence do not take games played in the finals series into account. The Dally M Medal is for the official player of the year while the Provan-Summons Medal is for the fans' of "people's choice" player of the year. Team of the Year See also * Dally M Awards *Dally M Medal The Dally M Medal is awarded each year (annually) to the player voted for as the ' Player of the year' over the National Rugby League (NRL) regular season. The awards are named in honour of Australian former rugby league great Herbert Henry "Da ... * National Rugby League season 2009 Refe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jamal Idris
Jamal Dasuki Idris (born 6 July 1990) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. Idris played in representative teams such as Country, Indigenous All Stars, New South Wales and Australia. A , he previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Gold Coast Titans, Penrith Panthers and Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. Early life Idris is the son of an Aboriginal Dharug mother, Alana, and Nigerian Hausa father, Jerry. Idris spent much of his childhood growing up in an Aboriginal reserve (Cabarita "mission" now under an Aboriginal Land Council) in Forster on the New South Wales Mid North Coast. The family moved to Sydney because of Jamal's interest in athletics, especially javelin throwing. Following several representative seasons in athletics, Idris took up rugby league in high school. His junior clubs were Chester Hill Hornets, Merrylands Rams, Fairfield Patrician Brothers, Bankstown Sports, Guildford Raiders, Berala Bears and Forster T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2009 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Season
The 2009 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 43rd in the club's history. They competed in the NRL The National Rugby League (also known as the NRL Telstra Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is a professional rugby league competition in Oceania which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria (state), Victoria, the Austral ...'s 2009 Telstra Premiership. Ladder Fixtures Trial matches Regular season References {{2009 in rugby league Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks seasons Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blake Ferguson 2009
Blake or Blake's may refer to: People * Blake (given name), a given name of English origin (includes a list of people with the name) * Blake (surname), a surname of English origin (includes a list of people with the name) ** William Blake (1757–1827), English poet, painter, and printmaker Places * Blake, Kentucky, USA * Blake Basin, a deep area of the Atlantic Ocean * Blake Island, Washington, USA, in Puget Sound * Blake River Megacaldera Complex, a large cluster of volcanoes in Ontario and Quebec, Canada * Blake Village, Virginia, USA * Blake's Pools, a nature reserve in south west England, UK Art, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Blake Belladonna, a character of the web series ''RWBY'' * Anita Blake, a character, protagonist of the ''Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter'' series of books by Laurell K. Hamilton * Bellamy Blake, fictional character in ''The 100'' TV series * Bob Blake, a character in a series African American westerns from the 1930s played by Herb J ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Earlwood Saints
The St. George Dragons are an Australian rugby league, rugby league football club from the St George, Sydney, St George District in Sydney, New South Wales that played in the top level New South Wales Rugby League, New South Wales competition and Australian Rugby League competitions from the 1921 NSWRFL season, 1921 until the 1997 ARL season, as well as the unified 1998 National Rugby League season. On 23 September 1998, the club formed a joint venture with the Illawarra Steelers, creating the St. George Illawarra Dragons team which competed in the 1999 NRL season and continues to compete in the league today. As a stand-alone club, it fields teams in the NSWRL underage men's and women's competitions, Harold Matthews Cup, S.G. Ball, Lisa Fiaola Cup, and Tarsha Gale Cup. Entering the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, New South Wales Rugby Football League in NSWRFL season 1921, 1921, the St George club won 15 premierships including 11 in succession between 1956 NSWRFL sea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |