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2 unusual facts about Australia national rugby league team


Australia national rugby team

Australia national rugby league team, often nicknamed the Kangaroos, administered by Australian Rugby League.

Rugby League European Cup

Starting from 2010 the tournament will be used to choose the team that compete with Australia, New Zealand and England in the Four Nations.


2003 Sydney Roosters season

A total of four Roosters players, Shannon Hegarty, Anthony Minichiello, Luke Ricketson and Michael Crocker, were selected to make their Test match débuts for the Australian national team in 2003.

Arthur Justice

Justice made his Test debut for Australia in the first match of Ashes series against England in 1928 and played in all three Tests of that series.

Chicago Stockyarders

Visiting Australian Kangaroo player Daniel Wagon guested for the Stockyarders in a game against the Philadelphia Fight.

Clem Kennedy

Kennedy also played for both the New South Wales and Australia representative sides and served Australia during the Second World War which saw him serve in the Kokoda Track campaign.

England national rugby league team

Compared to 1995, England had little success, losing their opening game at Twickenham 22–2 against Australia.

Gymea Gorillas

The Gymea Gorillas club currently fields teams from Under 6 age groups all the way up to A Grade and has produced several international players including former Australian captain Greg Pierce.

Israel Folau

In October 2008, Folau was chosen to play for the Kangaroos in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

Matthew Petersen

In 2004, Petersen played a game for the United States against Australia in an exhibition match in Philadelphia, qualifying for the American side under the parent rule.

Phil Houston

He controlled two Australia v New Zealand test matches in 1995 and in November 1997 he refereed all three matches of the Super League Test series between Great Britain and Australia in England.


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