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Rebecca Young (rugby)
Rebecca Young (née Anderson; born 27 December 1981) is an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer who played for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership. Primarily a , she is an Australian, New South Wales, Indigenous All Stars and Prime Minister's XIII representative. In rugby union, she represented Australia at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup. Background Young was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and is of Indigenous Australian descent. She is married to former Newcastle Knights player Michael Young. Playing career Rugby union Young played rugby union for Merewether Carlton from 1999 to 2011 and represented the New South Wales Country team. In 2006, she represented Australia at the Women's World Cup in Canada. She was named in the Wallaroos 22-player squad that toured New Zealand in October 2007. Rugby league In 2011, Young began playing in the Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League and for the Indigenous All Stars in the inaugural wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle ( ; Awabakal: ) is a metropolitan area and the second most populated city in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas, and is the hub of the Greater Newcastle area, which includes most parts of the local government areas of City of Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Cessnock, City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council. Located at the mouth of the Hunter River, it is the predominant city within the Hunter Region. Famous for its coal, Newcastle is the largest coal exporting harbour in the world, exporting 159.9 million tonnes of coal in 2017. Beyond the city, the Hunter Region possesses large coal deposits. Geologically, the area is located in the central-eastern part of the Sydney Basin. History Aboriginal history Newcastle and the lower Hunter Region were traditionally occupied by the Awabakal and Worimi Aboriginal people, who called the area Malubimba. Based on Aboriginal lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Young (rugby League)
Michael Young (born 11 February 1984) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He played as a and was used as a utility player. Background Young was born in Camden, New South Wales. Playing career Young made his first grade debut for Newcastle in Round 4 2004 against St George which ended in a 48-2 loss. Young's final game in first grade was a 38-26 loss against the Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional Rugby league, rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a j ... in Round 10 2008. Personal life Young married Rebecca Anderson (now Rebecca Young) who played at inside centre for the Australian Women's rugby union team, the 'Wallaroos'. References External linksNewcastle Knights profile 1984 births Australian rugb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia Women's International Rugby Union Players
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical rainforests in the north-east, and mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately 65,000 years ago, during the last ice age. The Dreaming">religious traditions in the world. Australia's history of Australia">written history commenced with the European maritime exploration of Australia. The Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon was the first known European to reach Australia, in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1981 Births
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New Zealand Warriors
The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as the Auckland Warriors, and are officially known as the One New Zealand Warriors for sponsorship reasons. The Warriors are coached by Andrew Webster (rugby league), Andrew Webster and captained by Tohu Harris. The Warriors are based at Mount Smart Stadium in the Auckland suburb of Penrose, New Zealand, Penrose. For the 1995 ARL season, 1995 season the newly formed Auckland Warriors became the first club from outside Australia to be admitted to the Australian Rugby League's premiership when it expanded from 16 to 20 teams. As a result of the Super League war in the mid-1990s, Auckland left the ARL to compete in the Super League (Australia), Super League competition of 1997, before joining the re-unified NRL the following year. They re-brand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 NRL Women's Season
The 2019 NRL Women's Premiership was the second season of professional women's rugby league in Australia. Teams Pre-season Regular season The season again operated under a round-robin format, with games played as curtain-raisers to the 2019 NRL Finals Series as well as two standalone matches. The top two finishing teams will then contest the Grand Final, which is to be played before the men's Grand Final on 6 October. Ladder Ladder progression * Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top two. * Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round. * Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round. Grand Final Individual Awards Dally M Medal Awards Night The following award was presented at the ''Dally M Medal Awards'' ceremony in Sydney on the night of 2 October 2019. Dally M Medal Player of the Year: Jessica Sergis ( St. Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup
The 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the fifth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup and was held in Australia between 16 November and 2 December 2017. Pool and semi-final matches was held at Southern Cross Group Stadium in Sydney, with the final held at Brisbane Stadium. The final was played as a double-header with the men's final. Teams Qualifying Five teams (Australia, New Zealand, England, Papua New Guinea, and Canada) qualified automatically for the World Cup. A round-robin tournament featuring the , , , and was to decide the sixth and final team. However, the , , and withdrew at short notice due to various logistical issues; therefore, the tournament was scratched, and the qualified automatically. Pre-tournament matches Before the World Cup it was announced that France would host England in two tests in Perpignan, and Papua New Guinea would host Australia in Port Moresby. Squads Venues All the matches were played at Endeavour Field ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup
The 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the fourth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup. The tournament was held in Great Britain from 26 October, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 14 July. It was held at Headingley Stadium#Rugby ground, Headingley Headingley Rugby Stadium, Rugby Stadium, Leeds. Four teams took part and these teams were: Australia, England, France and New Zealand. Participating teams Each team was to play the other three once during the round robin tournament. The top two finishing teams would then contest the final. The competition featured four teams: 3 time World Cup champions New Zealand, the tournament hosts England, Australia and France Squads Round robin New Zealand v. France England v. Australia Australia v. France England v. New Zealand Australia v. New Zealand England v. France Third Place Play Off Final The fourth Women's Rugby League World Cup were held in Leeds alongside the studen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Women's Rugby League Team
The Queensland women's rugby league team represents the Australian state of Queensland in rugby league football. Nicknamed the "Maroons", after the colour of their jersey, the team compete in the annual Women's State of Origin game against arch-rivals New South Wales. Coached by Tahnee Norris and captained by Ali Brigginshaw, the team is administered by the Queensland Rugby League. Until 2017, the team competed in the Women's Interstate Challenge before the game was rebranded as State of Origin in 2018. From 1999 to 2015, the Maroons went on an unprecedented 17-year undefeated streak. History In 1999, Queensland played New South Wales for the first time at Brisbane's ANZ Stadium, with the Maroons' winning 18–16. The win started an undefeated streak that would last for 17 years. The team were originally nicknamed the " Brolgas". In 2015, Queensland failed to defeat New South Wales for the first time, drawing with them 4–all at Townsville's 1300SMILES Stadium. In 2016, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samoa Women's National Rugby League Team
The Samoa women's national rugby league team, also known as the Fetū Samoa (means Samoa Stars), represents Samoa in Women's rugby league. They are administered by the Rugby League Samoa. Fetu Samoa has made appearances at the 2003 and 2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup's. Samoa's last international Test Match was against the New Zealand Kiwi Ferns in June 2019, Auckland, New Zealand. Results Full internationals Nines Teams 2019 Squad Fetu Samoa vs Kiwi Ferns Saturday 22 June 2019 Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand Result: 8-46 (tries to Billy-Jean Ale & Moana Fineaso-Levi). The last time Fetu Samoa played against the New Zealand Kiwi Ferns team was at the 2008 World Cup in Queensland, Australia losing that match 4-26. # Sieni Mose # Moana Fineaso-Levi # Va'anessa Molia-Fraser # Ricshay Lemanu # Sarah Togatuki # Mikayla Malaki # Taliah Fuimaono # Emma Young # Cesca Luafalealo # Elianna Walton (Captain) # Christina Pauli # Masuisuimatamaalii Tauaua-Pauaraisa # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League
The Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League was the premier Women's rugby league competition in the state of New South Wales, Australia. In 2017, the competition became known as the NSWRL Women's Premiership. The New South Wales Rugby League also administer open age women's and age group girls' competitions that sit below the NSWRL Women's Premiership. Within the Sydney Metropolitan region, there are several conferences. History A regular women's rugby league competition was started in Sydney in the 1990s. This competition folded after the conclusion of the 2001 season. The Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League restarted a competition in 2005. A meeting in March 2005 at the Police Citizens Youth Club, PCYC in Miller, New South Wales, Miller, South-western Sydney, south west of Sydney was the catalyst to get the women's competition up and running again. Sydney Metropolitan - Rugby League Clubs with Women's Teams In the 2021 season, the following Rugby League clubs field wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
