establish and improve pathways and systems to maximize sport development. This essay will discuss and critically analyse the different types of development structures and nature between Rugby League and ice hockey as recognised sports of Australia. Australia has, with its old and inherent football-culture of Rugby League/Union and Aussie Rules, been predominately focused on the domestic development and international competition while aiming at recognition of these sports. AIS has together with the majority
1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Definition and Description: Rugby league is a contract sport and it takes a team to play this sport and there is a lot of running tackling. It’s form of player in a team a thirteen. The goal of the sport is to try a get threw the opposite teams defence to score a try at the other end of the rugby field and don’t let the other team threw your defence and to try and slow the play down so your team can get back on side and you have to be back 10 metre every set when your on defence
blackfella) Arthur Henry "Artie" Beetson was an important Aboriginal Australian and one of the greatest rugby league players of all time Why I chose him: (my reason of choosing/admiring Arthur Beetson) The reason I have I have chosen Arthur Beetson is simply because he is a greatr role model to young Aboriginal males and he has helped out not only his communities but community around Australia in both sport and educational facets. BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: Artie was born on 21 January 1945 in Roma, Queensland
Today, Rugby League is one of the main stream sports in Australia. There are three types of Rugby, Australian Rugby Union, Australian Football League, and Australian Rugby League. Comparing with ARU, ARL’s degree of recognition in the world is lower, however, the popularity in Australia is higher. Generally, ARL is enjoyed as a Australian local sports, and supported by the residents who have lived the area. Therefore, by focusing on the historical aspects, we can assume the relationship between Rugby
How And Why Rugby has Developed from a Traditional form to its Modern day Equivalent Introduction Rugby, also known as Rugger, is a football game played with an oval ball by two teams of either 15(Rugby Union) or 13(Rugby League) players each. The object of the game is to score as many points as possible by carrying, passing, kicking and grounding an oval ball in the scoring zone at the far end of the field -- called the in-goal area. Grounding the ball, which must be done with downward pressure
over three games, typically two in Brisbane Queensland and one in Sydney New South Wales or two in Sydney New South Wales and one in Brisbane Queensland. It is one of the biggest sporting events in Australia that is held annually, and is frequently described as being the highest level of rugby league played anywhere in the world. The purpose of the series is to bring together sporting fans in a state rivalry clash. Fans who would usually be betting against each other at club level rival matches
of access, equity and equality in all sport and physical activity. This framework can be used to help explain the irregularity seen when comparing participation in volleyball in Australia to international participation. In Australia volleyball is not generally recognised as a popular sport compared with cricket, rugby league and AFL however it has the fifth largest fan base internationally (http://www.topendsports.com/world/lists/popular-sport/fans.htm). Sport and physical activity can be viewed as
Sport Analyst John Cooper has spent the last seven years examining the behaviour of professional rugby players on field. The hostile- aggressive acts particularly evident in 21st century rugby league have caused increasing concern amongst industry heavy weights with commissions being authorized in Australia to investigate borderline violence on the field. Violent behaviour in the community is naturally treated as socially unacceptable, however, it is considered entertaining once a punch is thrown
Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania. Rugby League was deemed to be the most attended sport in New South Wales and Queensland. Rugby Union was the highest spectator event in only the Australian Capital Territory. Surprisingly, Motor Sports which include “car, motor cycle, speedway, drag and go-cart racing” was the most attended sport in the Northern Territory (ABS, 2010). Historically, there is a basis as to why this is the case. Phillips (1994) demonstrates that Rugby was formed
country, and a continent. This land is internationally known as Australia. Founded in 1901 Australia is the smallest continent on the planet but is also the sixth largest country in the world (Australia.com/N.D.). The country is divided into six states or territories which all operate under their own individual government. (Powell et al./N.D.). It is home to nearly twenty-four million individuals who live primarily along the coast. Australia is a very diverse country and is home to roughly 270 different
Sporting and the Law Introduction Sport in Australia is a major deal, over 9.5 million Australian’s participated in club sport last year, this was not including referees, coaches, officials and administrators. To add to this number millions and millions tune in every week to watch sports such as AFL and NRL. Both of these sports have many players that are many Australians heroes so they both have a major influence on the way we act in everyday life. However the too codes have a poor reputation
Wheelchair rugby, formally known as Murderball, was developed in Canada in 1977 by quadriplegic athletes. Quadriplegia is more commonly known as tetraplegia, this is where all four limbs are paralysed and most commonly as a result of a neck injury. Wheelchair Rugby was created as an adaptation of wheelchair basketball, by reducing the amount of hand and arm actions to make the game inclusive for quadriplegic athletes; this was done by removing dribbling. Athletes were classified on their medical
most popular outdoor team sports in Australia. In 2006, a total of 970,728 people in Australia played soccer, with 435,728 as registered players, and 535,000 as unregistered players. With coaches and referees included, it is estimated that about 3.1 million people are involved in the sport, which is higher than any other sport in Australia. Origin: Soccer was introduced to Australia by British immigrants in the late 19th century. The first club formed in Australia was called “Wanderers”, and was founded
Intro Sport related Concussion has become a growing concern in Australia and across the globe in recent years with potential negative health ramifications for athletes in the short and long term. Sports organisations in Australia and around the world have similar and contrasting policies which are implemented to best suit the respective athletes health and wellbeing. So what is Concussion? Concussion is a traumatic brain injury caused by a bump or blow to the head which causes the brain to move
Anthony Mundine Biography Anthony Mundine is an Aboriginal Australian professional boxer and former rugby league player and he is currently the WBC Silver Super Welterweight Champion. Before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the NRL. He was born in May 21, 1975, he is 1.8m tall and is the son to Tony and Lyn Mundine. Anthony, or better known as ‘The Man’ Mundine grew up in Redfern, Sydney, An Aboriginal community within Sydney, where Anthony’s father’s gym is situated. Anthony
overseer with responsibility for about 300 people. Neville Bonner became director of Native Affairs of Brisbane in 1957. Then he moved to Ipswich in 1960, where he related with the One People Australia League and he worked there for several years. After a decade he became the president of One People Australia League in Queensland. In 1971 he was the first Aboriginal person, who set in the commonwealth parliament. Bonner worked on a number of committees in the Senate but he was never serious nominee for
field and arenas, into the political arenas and clashes between the classes. Examining the history of rugby throughout Europe, particularly in Great Britain, allows one the opportunity to see how the changes throughout society’s values, norms, and principles are mirrored by the evolution of the game of rugby from the mid-nineteenth century up to World War I. Variations of games similar to rugby can be found throughout history, even dating back to the twelfth century. There was even an attempt to
women. The only students that said women were female themselves. It is fixed in to student’s minds that men are stronger than women because of the lack of recognition to female athletes on the media. Students only see strong male athletes such as rugby league players presented on the media. This accounts for the 70% of students that do not watch any women’s sport and the only students that do were female. This result is due to the lack of women role models in the
hierarchy, where hegemonic masculinity dominates all other genders, can be problematic when oppressive and exclusionary codes of behaviour emerge (Hickey 2006). The belief in ‘Jock Culture’ is just one of the many gender related issues that exist in Australia. In Hickey’s (2006) exploration of the role of sport and Physical Education (PE), he discovered a shadow of ‘alienation and oppression’ (Hickey 2006, p. 17). While the United Nations (UN)
Two different rules, two different balls, two different sports; at first glance Rugby and American football seem to have very little in common, but in reality they actually have a lot in common. Many of the fans that declare allegiance to one sport seem to condescend and down the other. Perhaps that is because they are so similar that it is easy to declare that one is better than another. For example you would not say that basketball has a more efficient scoring system than baseball or vice versa