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Exhibition matches in Australian rules football have been used to promote the game as a demonstration sport outside of its heartlands in Australia.. Since its Victorian origin in 1859, the sport's beginnings in other states and territories (then separate colonies including New Zealand) has contributed to such matches being played since the 1880s, while the sports origins in other countries has ...
The following list is a complete collection of results for the Australia National Rugby League Team. It includes Test matches, exhibition games, and matches played under the banner of Super League (Australia) .
In October 2015, Western Suburbs Magpies played Randwick DRUFC in Australia's first Clash of Codes games of domestic teams in what was described as "hybrid rugby". The game was 13-a-side and featured league rules when in the teams own half and union rules when in the opposition half, as well as 60 second transitions.
The Baskerville Shield is usually competed for during Lions and Kiwi tours to New Zealand and Great Britain respectively. Rugby league tours are a series of matches in the sport of rugby league against multiple opponents from one geographic area.
In November 2003, Great Britain lost an Ashes series 0–3 on home soil. The margin was extremely small in each game, 22–18 in game 1, 23–20 in game 2 and 18–12 in game 3 and it was known as Brett Kimmorley's greatest series as he orchestrated Australia's last minute victories. However, the dominance of the Australian team over the last ...
Australia vs Papua New Guinea in rugby league is a rivalry between the Australia national rugby league team and the Papua New Guinea national rugby league team in the sport of rugby league. The first match between the two sides was in 1982, with the Kangaroos coming out with a 38–2 victory.
The Kangaroos, coached by Bob Fulton in his 7th year in charge of the national team, and coming off their successful 1994 Kangaroo Tour, were clouded with controversy due to the ARL's stance on SL players in the wake of the Super League War. 1994 Kangaroo test players such as Brett Mullins, Laurie Daley, Ricky Stuart, Steve Walters and Bradley Clyde and Brisbane Broncos players Michael Hancock ...
Lions fullback/winger Jason Robinson was the only player from both teams who was not actually a Super League aligned player having signed an ARL contract in 1995 at the height of the Super League war. Robinson had in fact played for a Rest of the World team in a test against the Australian Kangaroos (ARL) earlier in 1997. [5]