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Events
2008
World Cup
The Rugby League World Cup, contested
by the world's Test playing nations, was inaugurated in 1954. There will be
16-nations competing in the 2008 World Cup..
 January 8, 2008 - 100
Years of Newtown
On this day 100 years ago the very First
Rugby League Club was born on January 8th 1908, it was Newtown.
January 17, 2008 - 100 Years of South Sydney
January 23, 2008 - 100 Years of Balmain
January 24, 2008 - 100 Years of
Roosters
February 4, 2008 - 100 Years of Western Suburbs
February 7, 2008 - 100 Years of North Sydney
April 11,
2008 - 100 Years of Newcastle
CENTENARY OF RUGBY LEAGUE EVENTS PLANNED FOR 2008
January - The naming of the 100 greatest rugby league players of all time as
selected by a panel of judges.
February 2 - Centenary Fan Day at Telstra Stadium, featuring all 16 NRL teams
and 400 players in the biggest public fan event in the game's history.
March-July - Toyota Centenary Cup. A grass-roots knock-out competition to find
the best bush football team in Australia. The best NSW Country side and best
Queensland region side to play off as the curtain raiser to State of Origin game
three.
March 5 - Launch of the NRL season.
March 7 - Official opening of the National Museum of Australia exhibition in
Canberra.
March 13 - NSW Referees Association centenary celebrations.
March 14-17 - Round one of the 2008 NRL premiership. South Sydney to play Sydney
Roosters at Telstra Stadium. Wests Tigers to play at SCG. Gold Coast to open
their new home ground at Skilled Park.
March 28 - Anniversary luncheon at Suncorp Stadium for the establishment of
Queensland Rugby League Association.
April 16 - Captains' Table Centenary Ball. Announcement of the Team of the
Century.
April 18-21 - Heritage Round of the NRL. Wests Tigers v South Sydney; Newcastle
v Sydney Roosters; Bulldogs v St George Illawarra; Brisbane v Gold Coast;
Parramatta v Manly; North Queensland v New Zealand; Cronulla v Penrith;
Melbourne v Canberra.
April 20, 2008 - 100 Years of
Rugby League in Australia
Marks 100 years since the
first NSWRL Premiership commenced. The First Round was played on Easter Monday,
20th April 1908, where 4 Games were played.
Results of the matches.
April 25 - Anzac Day NRL match between St George Illawarra and Sydney Roosters
at SFS.
May 2 - NSW City v NSW Country at Wollongong.
May 9 - Centenary Test between Australia and New Zealand at Sydney Cricket
Ground.
May 21 - Game one of the State of Origin series at Telstra Stadium.
June 10 - 100 years of Queensland v NSW gala function in Brisbane. Naming of
Queensland Team of the Century.
June 11 - Game two of the State of Origin series at Suncorp Stadium.
July 2 - Game three of the State of Origin series at Telstra Stadium.
August 11, 2008 - Anniversary of the first NSW v
QLD Match
The first NSW v QLD rugby
league game was played on Saturday, August 11, 1908 at the Sydney Agricultural
Ground. NSW won the game 43-0 to begin a trend that was largely unbroken until
the arrival of State of Origin in 1980
October 5 - NRL Grand Final at Telstra Stadium.
October 25-November 22 - Centenary World Cup, the first on Australian soil since
1977. The final to be played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
December 12, 2008 - 100 years of the Kangaroos
Marks the anniversary of the first ever 'Ashes' Test which was played on 12
December 1908 at Park Royal in London. The game ended in a 22-all draw.
The Sydney Cricket Ground has been announced as host
of the Australia v New Zealand Centenary Test to be played on Friday 9th May,
2008.
It will be the first time since 1986 that a Rugby League Test match will be
played at the hallowed turf and the first time since 1987 that a major
representative Rugby League match will be at the venue.
The SCG was part of Rugby League tradition and folklore from 1909 to 1987 before
the all-purpose built Sydney Football Stadium was ready for use. The big Sydney
Premiership clashes, all the Grand Final's, Interstate matches and the majority
of Test matches was played at the SCG and the most memorable memories at in our
game come from the deeds of many players on the hallowed SCG turf.
Both sides will mark the occasion by wearing 1968 replica jerseys.
The Test will mark the centenary of Test matches between Australia and New
Zealand. Australia played their first Test against New Zealand in 1908 and
there's been 100 years of battles between the two nations. New Zealand later
this year will be embarking on 100 years of battles against Great Britain, which
will include the famous All Golds clash with Australian prop Steve Price and
great Australian coach Wayne Bennett the two Australian guests as a tribute to
Dally Messenger being guest for the New Zealand side in 1907.
Australia's last Test match at the SCG was in 1986 when they defeated New
Zealand 29-12 in a spirited and competitive match with two late tries blowing
out the scoreline.
The Australian squad that day was: Garry Jack (Balmain), Michael O'Connor (St
George), Brett Kenny (Parramatta), Gene Miles (Wynnum), Les Kiss (North Sydney),
Wally Lewis (c) (Wynnum), Peter Sterling (Parramatta), Steve Roach (Balmain),
Royce Simmons (Penrith), Peter Tunks (Canterbury), Noel Cleal (Manly), Steve
Folkes (Canterbury), Wayne Pearce (Balmain). Subs: Terry Lamb (Canterbury) - Not
Used, Bryan Neibling (Redcliffe) - rep Tunks. Coach: Don Furner (Canberra).
With the Test to be staged at Sydney's most famous and traditional sporting
venue and also being the occasion to celebrate 100 years of Trans Tasman battles
a big crowd is expected and hopefully 50,000 fans will be in attendance with the
SCG capacity expanded due to the Hill and Doug Walters areas being redeveloped.
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