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2 unusual facts about New Zealand national rugby league team


New Zealand football team

New Zealand national rugby league team, often nicknamed the Kiwis, administered by New Zealand Rugby League.

Sunbury United Rugby League

The club was originally formed by Ted & Maureen Riley after they viewed a rugby league international game between Australia and New Zealand at Olympic Park in 1991 which left them wondering if rugby league could take off in the Victorian township of Sunbury.


2008 New Zealand rugby league season

As the All Golds they played a match against the New Zealand Māori in New Plymouth.

Chris Cahill

He is the brother of Australian international Tim Cahill, who currently plays for New York Red Bulls and cousin of Ben Roberts (New Zealand Kiwis), Joe Stanley (New Zealand All Blacks), and Jeremy Stanley (New Zealand All Blacks).

Doug Gailey

Doug Gailey (died 6 February 2007) is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country in the 1970 and 1972 World Cups.

Fred Farrar

Fred Farrar was a non-playing substitute for England against New Zealand, and had been previously complimented on his length-of-the field try for Hunslet against Leeds at Headingley Stadium by Hercules Richard "Bumper" Wright who was watching his first British rugby league match.

Gerard Beale

He is a relative of All Black great Zinzan Brooke and was named in New Zealand 19-man squad for the 2011 ANZAC Test.

Junior Kiwis

Prior to 2010, the Junior Kiwis consisted of the best New Zealand players aged 18 years or younger and would represent the country against the likes of the Australian Schoolboys, the New South Wales Under 18 side and the England Under 18 side, sometimes as curtain raisers to the senior Kiwi games.

Romi Ropati

Ropati is a member of a famous rugby league family and he had three older brothers who played internationally for the New Zealand Kiwis (Joe, Tea and Iva).

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.

Sel Belsham

Selwyn Eric Belsham is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country in the 1957 World Cup.

Sri Lanka national rugby union team

The nation's first "national" match was on 12 September 1907 and involved an All Ceylon team against the professional All Blacks (the New Zealand rugby league team) under rugby union rules on their 1907–1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain.


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