Posts Tagged "Canberra"

Super Rugby’s Cheetahs from South Africa play the Brumbies in Canberra this Saturday. It’s a long-forgotten fact, though, that 75 years ago a visit by South Africans to our federal capital was the catalyst for the re-birth of rugby in the Australian Capital Territory.

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Although Canberra was founded as the nation’s capital in 1913, a significant event in the area did indeed celebrate its 100th birthday on the weekend.

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Until recently, the closest I ever came to being affiliated with a sporting club was paying the $2 associate membership fee to gain entrance to a NSW club. That was until last week, when I made the decision to become a ‘green-eyed’ member and support the Canberra Raiders.

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The team from the nation’s capital provided a near-fairytale finish to a roller coaster 2010 season. The Raiders looked very shaky at the start of the season. By round 10, the Green Machine were looking a little blue, registering only three wins.

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Canberran football supporters are once again let down by the FFA, with no outlook or vision to give us some practical idea about when the national capital will be getting an A-League license.

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Before the Australia – Fiji Test at Canberra, won 49 -3 by the Wallabies, the former super star Rupeni Caucaunibuca claimed that his side’s religious beliefs would help to defeat the Wallabies. ‘The thing we believe in is someone will play with us on Saturday night and that is God,’ he told reporters.

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Make no mistake, we are currently witnessing one of the most intriguing and wide-reaching expansion phases in the history of Australian sport with codes venturing into uncharted waters like never before.

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The ACT ceased to be a strong Aussie Rules territory over 25 years ago – its demise corresponding with the Swans moving to Sydney in the same year that the Raiders were admitted to the then NSWRL.

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What a sad twist of fate that the two A-League matches which were always going to be overshadowed by crowd-watching happened to be back-to-back on Saturday night; underscoring a deplorable week for the league.

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Central Coast Mariners finished with ten men but held Adelaide United to scoreless draw in a scrappy A-League match at Canberra Stadium on Saturday night.

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The Wallabies extended their unbeaten run at Canberra Stadium beyond 10 years on Saturday night, in temperatures that can only be described as “character-building”.

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A second Sydney AFL team may have links with Canberra and play at least three home games a season in the national capital, AFL boss Andrew Demetriou says.

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Michael Crocker has become the second high-profile NRL player to be refused a visa to play in the English Super League, fuelling speculation that Greg Bird could soon become the third.

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Where to from here for Australian basketball?

By The Crowd, 26 Jan 2009

 

As the 2008/2009 NBL basketball season draws to a conclusion, many Aussie basketball fans are asking, “who cares!”

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Jack Johnson, a great figure in world heavyweight boxing

By Spiro Zavos, 26 Dec 2008

 

Some sports historians argue that the two Olympic Games in 1956 and 2000 were the most important sporting events held in Australia, from an historical and cultural viewpoint. But the majority of experts insist that the contest for the Heavyweight Boxing Championship between the holder, Tommy Burns, and the challenger, Jack Johnson, on 26 December [...]

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Canberra appears close to launching a fully-funded bid for an A-League licence after winning backing from Victorian businesswoman Millissa (Millissa) Fischer.

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Terry Campese is all set to make his Test debut for the Kangaroos in their third World Cup clash against Papua New Guinea. After leading the Canberra Raiders to the most unlikely of finals berths this season, one of the most significant surnames in Australian sport is about to make its mark in Test rugby [...]

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Test coach Ricky Stuart will turn Emus into Kangaroos this weekend with the peripheral members of Australia’s World Cup squad to be given a run against Papua New Guinea on Sunday night.

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Tasmanian officials reckon their A-League bid has the edge over rival syndicates as it makes for a genuine national competition.

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The Wallabies have agreed to host France in a one-off Test next year after receiving an iron-clad guarantee that Les Bleus will field a full-strength line-up this time around.

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