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Keith Edwards (rugby League)
Keith Edwards (born 1947) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. Playing career A local junior, Edwards played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs for six seasons between 1969 and 1975. He is best remembered as a winger in the victorious 1971 NSWRFL season, 1971 Grand Final team. He retired at the conclusion of the 1975 season.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995. () References South Sydney Rabbitohs players Australian rugby league players Living people 1947 births Rugby league wingers Date of birth missing (living people) Rugby league players from Sydney 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsford, New South Wales
Kingsford is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kingsford is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Randwick. Location Kingsford is a mainly residential area, situated directly south of the University of New South Wales, which is in Kensington. Many of the residents are students living in medium and high density housing. A large Australian Army depot lies in the east of Kingsford. Kingsford surrounded by Daceyville to the south, Eastlakes to the west, Randwick to the north, and Maroubra to the south, At the centre of Kingsford, on Anzac Parade and Gardeners Road, there was a large roundabout connecting a public transport system to nine possible destinations via a large number of bus services. For this reason, this part of Kingsford is sometimes referred to as "nine-ways". Due to construction on light rail, the roundabout has since been conver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Rugby League
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playing field, field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends. It is one of the Comparison of rugby league and rugby union, two major codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union. It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, as the result of a History of rugby league#The schism in England, split from the Rugby Football Union (RFU) over the issue of payments to players.Tony Collins, ''Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain'' (2006), p.3 The rules of the game governed by the new Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby Football Union progressively changed from those of the RFU with the specific aim of producing a faster and more entertaining game to appeal to paying spectators, on whose income the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 NSWRFL Season
The 1971 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the sixty-fourth season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six foundation clubs and another six admitted since 1908, competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a Grand Final match for the W.D. & H.O. Wills between the South Sydney and St. George clubs. Season summary The season saw the number of tackles in a set increased from four to six. In addition, the number of points awarded for a field goal was reduced from two to one. Each side met all others twice in twenty-two regular season rounds, resulting in the top four teams consisting of Manly-Warringah, South Sydney, St. George and Parramatta who fought out three finals for the right to play in the Grand Final. The 1971 Rothmans Medal was won by South Sydney's five-eighth Denis Pittard while '' Rugby League Week'' awarded their player of the year award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Sydney Rabbitohs Players
Following are lists of all rugby league footballers who have played first-grade for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Football Club. Players and statistics ''Correct as of round 15 of the 2024 NRL season'' Club Internationals – Australia The following players have represented Australia national rugby league team, Australia whilst playing for South Sydney. * Tommy Anderson (rugby league), Tommy Anderson * Jim Armstrong (wrestler), Jim Armstrong * Alf Blair * Cec Blinkhorn * Ray Branighan * Tim Brasher * Arthur Butler (rugby league), Arthur Butler * Billy Cann * Mark Carroll (rugby league), Mark Carroll * Clive Churchill * Michael Cleary (rugby), Michael Cleary * Arthur Conlin * Damien Cook * Ron Coote * Les Cowie * Frank Curran (rugby league), Frank Curran * Steve Darmody * Les Davidson * Jim Davis (rugby league), Jim Davis * Denis Donoghue (rugby league), Denis Donoghue * Terry Fahey * Harry Finch * Bryan Fletcher (rugby league), Bryan Fletch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
