Download or read book Modern Aust Sports Stars Rugby League written by D. Chapman and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern Australian Sports Stars written by Gary Chapman and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Nearly Men of Rugby League written by Tom Mather and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the sporting life of fifteen Australian Rugby League players who almost reached the pinnacle of their sporting career. Sadly, for many reasons, they were to fall at the final hurdle. The book also gives fascinating insights into the players’ lives off the field—one player gaining the second-highest military honour during World War I and another dying while en route to England to represent his country. One player was to lose his life in the most bizarre and mysterious circumstances while another remains somewhat of a mystery even to this day. Whilst essentially a book about Rugby League players, it is also a book about the extraordinary lives of sportsmen.
Download or read book The Master written by Sean Fagan and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dally Messenger was an Australian sporting superstar in the early years of the 20th century - a rugby league icon, rugby union champion, and the most popular sporting personality of this day. He was courted by all codes in that heady period of the early 1900s, when rugby league and Australian rules were fighting to become the dominant winter sport. He represented Australia in rugby league and rugby union and also represented New Zealand in rugby league. Thousands flocked to the grounds when he was playing, and he his revered as an icon in rugby league to this very day. The Master is a popular and authoritative account of the life and times of a superlative sportsman, a tribute to a rugby league player without peer, and an inspiring story for all those who would marvel at this sporting excellence and outstanding achievements.
Download or read book The Immortals of Rugby League written by Liam Hauser and published by Gelding Street Press. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Immortals concept has become an established part of the Australian rugby league scene. It honours a very select group of former players regarded as the game's elite. Since 1981, when four former Australian Test captains were inducted as rugby league's first Immortals, a further nine identities have been added to the prestigious group. These players weren't just high achievers and standout performers, but also influential identities who set a new benchmark and changed the way rugby league is played. The Immortals of Rugby League delves into the illustrious careers of the 13 individuals who have attained Immortal status. The book describes their attributes and characteristics, in addition to their achievements and accomplishments at club, state and international level. The glory, triumphs and heroics, mixed with setbacks, controversies and disappointments, reflect their unique standing in rugby league. With career statistics, personal details and a range of photographs included, readers can enjoy an array of information about rugby league's Immortals.
Download or read book Stars of Australian Sport written by and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Album contains spaces for 72 ports. Six ports. to a sheet issued weekly in The comet, over 12 weeks. Also included a group photo entitled: English rugby league touring team (Australian tour, 1936)
Download or read book Australia s Sporting Success written by John Bloomfield and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary performances of Australian athletes, and the awareness of the system that fostered them, came to the world's attention during the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. Bloomfield traces the development of Australian sport from the early 19th century to the modern day institutions that drive our sporting success.
Download or read book Uncommon Heroes written by John Ellicott and published by Hardie Grant Books. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncommon Heroes transports you back to a time when rugby league was a bruising tribal contest of local rivalries, muddy grounds were packed with fans and the corporate juggernaut of today’s game was all but a distant dream.Much more than a weekend game and points table, rugby league was an all-inclusive family - a grassroots phenomenon loyally followed for generations. Players ran onto sodden fields and survived on their wits, natural brawn and the kind of mateship that transcended club allegiances, state lines and national borders.Often men of little means, their names have faded like the newspaper clippings of their exploits. Through knockabout anecdotes and warm-hearted stories, Uncommon Heroes brings to life the legacies of players like Eric Weissel, Tom Kirk, Ronnie Coote, Lionel Williamson and the Warialda brothers Les and Noel Cleal, who would play in the fierce local contests, the Foley Shield and the Maher Cup, and end up in the big cities, or playing for their state and for Australia.Their names were once emblazoned across the sports pages. They became uncommon heroes. Dreams came true.John Ellicott is the author of Waterhouse & Smith: The power of two racing dynasties, and A Year on the Punt: about country racing. He has over two decades of experience as a journalist for some of Australia’s major newspapers.
Download or read book Stories of Indigenous Success in Australian Sport written by Richard Light and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents journeys of sixteen Indigenous Australian athletes from their first touch of a‘footy’ to the highest levels of Australian football and rugby league, conceptualized as a processof learning. The authors challenge simplistic explanations of Indigenous success in Australianfootball and rugby league, centered on the notion of the ‘natural athlete’. The book tracesthe development of Indigenous sporting expertise as a lifelong process of learning situated inlocal culture and shaped by the challenges of transitioning into professional sport. Individually,the life stories told by the participants provide fascinating insights into experience, cultureand learning. Collectively, they provide deep understanding of the powerful influence thatAboriginal culture exerted on the participants’ journeys to the top of their sports while locatingindividual experience and agency within larger economic, cultural and social considerations.Stories of Indigenous Success in Australian Sport will be of interest to students and scholarsacross a range of disciplines including Indigenous studies, physical education, education, sportmanagement and sociology
Download or read book Benji Marshall written by John Matheson and published by HarperSports. This book was released on 2011 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise, fall and rise again of one of Australasia's greatest sporting talents. On both sides of the Tasman, it's been suggested Beni Marshall wouldn't be out of place in the best-player-ever contest. This classic tale of the rise, fall and rise again of one of Australasia's greatest sporting talents, Marshall's rags-to-riches story captures the hard early years growing up fatherless in rural New Zealand, his unlikely journey to Australia's Gold Coast to become a schoolboy league phenomenon, and his move to the West Tigers in 2003. Interviews with teammates, coaches, opponents and commentators follow the inspirational story of how Marshall helped steer Tigers to the 2005 NRL title. Tested many times since, with injuries and scandal, Marshall has always risen above the mire. While written off as a one-hit wonder and being labelled a liability because of mounting injuries, Marshall helped the Kiwis stun the Australians by winning the World Cup in 2008. Promoted to Kiwis captain and a famous Four Nations title in 2010, he peaked as a player mesmerizing opponents. The book finishes by celebrating NRL's 2011 Face of Rugby League.Benji Marshall could have been just another statistic in rural New Zealand. Instead, he has carved a niche for himself in the world's toughest sport as one of its most resilient and creative forces.
Download or read book ABC of Rugby League written by Malcolm Andrews and published by ABC Enterprises(Australian Broadcasting Corporation). This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised edition of an encyclopedia of Rugby League football in Australia, originally published in 1992. Provides an alphabetical reference to a history of the sport, a biography of the players and details about tests and international tours, famous matches and major clubs. The author is an Australian journalist who has written 13 books many of which involve Australian sport.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players written by Alan Whiticker and published by Gary Allen Pty. Limited. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For any serious follower of the game, this fifth edition is a must. Every premiership player since 1908 is listed, as well as the great players who have represented Australia.
Download or read book Kangaroos an Anthology of Australian Rugby League Players written by Matthew Geddes and published by . This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1908, selection for Australia has been the pinnacle individual achievement for rugby league players from the smallest country towns to the modern day spotlight of the NRL.Kangaroos profiles all 798 players who have been selected to play for their country. Over one hundred years of history is here, including statistical information and career highlights.
Download or read book Inside the Wallabies written by Greg Growden and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dally Messenger, Ken Catchpole, Dick Thornett, David Campese, John Eales, Nick Farr-Jones, Cyril Towers, Mark Ella, George Smith, Dave Brockhoff, Andrew Slack, Ray Price, John Hipwell, Jason Little, Phil Kearns, Will Genia... Herbert 'Paddy' Moran was mesmerised by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. He was also the first captain of a strange, disparate bunch who called themselves the Wallabies. One hundred years on, the Wallabies of today are as outlandish, cocksure and eccentric as their forebears. It is the spirit and soul of this group of remarkable sportsmen that is captured in Inside the Wallabies. This is the real story of the Wallabies from their first games in 1908 to today. It is about the players, the coaches, the politics and the games. It is about the soaring highs of World Cup success and the years when they truly deserved the moniker of Woeful Wallabies. It is about going on Tour, about enmities and friendships, about moments of national elation and player shame. As fast paced as a Mark Ella backline play, as solid as Phil Kearns' front row and as controversial as a Robbie Deans selection, Inside the Wallabies is a fascinating, passionate and insightful history of the world of the Australian Rugby Union. It is a book no rugby fan can be without.
Download or read book Rugby League written by Ian Collis and published by New Holland Australia(AU). This book was released on 2008 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written and compiled by respected authors Ian Collis and Alan Whitticker, Rugby League: 100 Years in Pictures is a sentimental journey through a century of Rugby League in Australia. With over 300 pages, hundreds of archived photos of champion players, great teams and rare memorabilia - many never before published, the history of Rugby League comes alive, decade after decade, photo after photo, page after page, This is a book for followers of the game - both young and old - and all lovers of Australian sporting history to savour and enjoy.
Download or read book Gordie s Tales written by Gorden Tallis and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2013-09-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who are the biggest 'lady killers' in rugby league past and present? Which international footballer was beaten up by teenage kids in Spain? What are the best 10 on-field sledges of all time? In Gordie's Tales, The Footy Show star and Queensland and Australian league legend Gorden Tallis tells these hilarious true stories and many more. Gorden takes you inside State of Origin teams, on Kangaroo tours, and along for the ride on hilarious end of season trips. Gordie gives his 'rant' on what is right and wrong with the game, and even tells us what he would do if he were to run the NRL for one day! Gordie's Tales is a very funny and rare insight into the real world behind modern day rugby league, written by someone who embodies the humour and the grit of the toughest game of all.
Download or read book Australian Rugby League s Greatest Players written by Geoff Greenwood and published by . This book was released on 1978* with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
