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Keith Winning
Keith Charles "Arch" Winning (1928 – 2003) was an Australian national representative rugby union player for Australia. He captained the national side in the sole Test match appearance he made. Biography Born in Maleny, Queensland Winning's early rugby was played at Brisbane Grammar and at the University of Queensland. He burst onto the representative scene in 1947 at aged 19 playing for Queensland. Howell asserts that Winning was a surprise selection in the squad for the 1947–48 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North AmericaHowell pp133-5 that year. Squad captain Bill McLean and Colin Windon were the senior flankers in the squad with Jimmy Stenmark and John Fuller also picked. Winning beat out Roger Cornforth for a tour berth but a debilitating groin injury restricted him greatly and he played in only eight matches of the tour, none of them Tests. In 1951 Winning was selected to captain Australia in a Test match against the All Blacks The N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maleny, Queensland
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All Blacks
The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987, 2011 and 2015. They were the first country to win the Rugby World Cup 3 times. New Zealand has a 76 per-cent winning record in test-match rugby, and has secured more wins than losses against every test opponent. Since their international debut in 1903, New Zealand teams have played test matches against 19 nations, of which 12 have never won a game against the All Blacks. The team has also played against three multinational all-star teams, losing only eight of 45 matches. Since the introduction of the World Rugby Rankings in 2003, New Zealand has held the number-one ranking longer than all other teams combined. They jointly hold the record for the most consecutive test match wins for a tier-one ranked nation, along with England. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Reds Players
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Rugby Union Flankers
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University Of Queensland Rugby Club Players
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Australian Rugby Union Players
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Australia International Rugby Union Players
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2003 Deaths
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1928 Births
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Nev Cottrell
Neville Cottrell (1927–2014) was an Australian rugby union footballer. A Queensland and national representative forward, he played fourteen Test matches for Australia, two as captain. Early life Cottrell was born in Brisbane, Queensland and attended St Laurence's College in there .Howell pp130 He played in a Brisbane West End rugby side in "B" grade competitions before being invited to join the Brisbane YMCA side in the Queensland Premier competition coached by former Wallaby hooker Edward Bonis who mentored Cottrell on a rapid rise to the representative level. Representative rugby career His state representative debut was made for Queensland in 1947 against a touring All Blacks side. He was deemed too young to make the 1947–48 tour to the British Isles. By 1949 he was Australia's number one hooker and appeared again for Queensland against the New Zealand Māori and made his national representative debut with three Test appearances against the Māori visitors. In 1949 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia Rugby Union Captains
Australia has played Test rugby since 1899. Test captains are listed chronologically from the first time they captained Australia in a Test match. Matches are exclusively those that have been granted Test status by the Australian Rugby Union regardless of whether the opposing team's governing body awarded the match Test status or not. Captains ;Notes See also * List of Australia national rugby union team records * List of Australia national rugby union team test match results A list of all international Test match (rugby union), Test Matches played by the Australia national rugby union team, Wallabies. 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s Notes: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 20 ... Citations References * {{Australia national rugby union team Captains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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