List of Oceanian stadiums by capacity
Table:
Rank	Stadium	Capacity	City	Country	Home Team/s

1	Melbourne Cricket Ground	100,024	Melbourne	Australia	Richmond FC , Melbourne FC , Collingwood FC , Victorian Bushrangers , some Hawthorn FC , Essendon FC , Carlton FC , Australia national rugby union team and Australia national soccer team matches , mainly used for Australia national cricket team for Test Cricket , One Day International and Twenty20 matches

2	ANZ Stadium	83,500	Sydney	Australia	South Sydney Rabbitohs , Canterbury Bulldogs , New South Wales Blues , Australia national rugby league team , Australia national rugby union team , and Australia national soccer team

3	Optus Stadium	60,000	Perth	Australia	Australia national rugby league team , Australia national cricket team , Perth Scorchers , Perth Glory , Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles

4	Marvel Stadium	56,347	Melbourne	Australia	St Kilda Football Club , Carlton Football Club , Essendon Football Club , North Melbourne Football Club , Western Bulldogs , Melbourne Victory , Australia national rugby union team matches , Australia national cricket team and Melbourne Renegades

5	Adelaide Oval	53,583	Adelaide	Australia	Southern Redbacks , Australia national cricket team for Test Cricket and One Day International , Twenty20 matches , Adelaide Crows , Port Adelaide Power and SANFL

6	Suncorp Stadium	52,500	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Broncos , Queensland Maroons , Queensland Reds , Brisbane Roar FC , Australia national rugby league team and Australia national rugby union team

7	Eden Park	50,000	Auckland	New Zealand	Auckland Rugby Football Union , Blues , some New Zealand national rugby union team , Auckland Aces and New Zealand national cricket team for Test Cricket and One Day International and Twenty20 matches

8	Aloha Stadium	50,000	Honolulu	United States	Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors ( American football ) , Hawaiʻi Bowl game , usual site of Pro Bowl , many local high school football games

9	Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre	49,000	Brisbane	Australia	Athletics events

10	Sydney Cricket Ground	48,000	Sydney	Australia	Mainly used for Australian national cricket team for Test Cricket , One Day International and Twenty20 matches , home ground for New South Wales Blues and Sydney Sixers , Sydney Roosters , New South Wales rugby league team , Sydney Swans

11	The Gabba	42,000	Brisbane	Australia	Australian national cricket team for Test Cricket , One Day International and Twenty20 matches , Brisbane Heat , Queensland Bulls , Brisbane Lions

12	GMHBA Stadium	36,000	Geelong	Australia	Geelong Cats , Western United FC

13	Westpac Stadium	34,500	Wellington	New Zealand	Hurricanes , Wellington Rugby Football Union , Wellington Phoenix FC , some New Zealand national rugby union team matches , New Zealand national cricket team for One Day International and Twenty20 matches

14	Rotorua International Stadium	34,000	Rotorua	New Zealand	Some Bay of Plenty Rugby Union matches

15	Forsyth Barr Stadium	30,748	Dunedin	New Zealand	Highlanders , Otago Rugby Football Union , Otago United , some New Zealand national rugby union team matches

16	AAMI Park	30,050	Melbourne	Australia	Melbourne Storm , Melbourne Rebels , Melbourne Victory FC , Melbourne Heart FC

=17	ANZ National Stadium	30,000	Suva	Fiji	Suva Highlanders , Suva FC

=17	Mt Smart Stadium	30,000	Auckland	New Zealand	New Zealand Warriors , Counties Manukau Rugby Union

=17	Bankwest Stadium	30,000	Sydney	Australia	Parramatta Eels , Western Sydney Wanderers FC , some Wests Tigers , Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs , South Sydney Rabbitohs and New South Wales Waratahs matches

=17	Henson Park	30,000	Sydney	Australia	Newtown Jets

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The Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) , also known simply as The G , is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park , Melbourne , Victoria . Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club , it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere , the 11th largest globally , and the second largest cricket ground by capacity . The MCG is within walking distance of the city centre and is served by Richmond and Jolimont railway stations , as well as the route 70 tram . It is adjacent to Melbourne Park and is part of the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct . Since it was built in 1853 , the MCG has undergone numerous renovations . It served as the centrepiece stadium of the 1956 Summer Olympics , the 2006 Commonwealth Games and two Cricket World Cups : 1992 and 2015 . Noted for its role in the development of international cricket , the MCG hosted both the first Test match and the first One Day International , played between Australia and England in 1877 and 1971 respectively . It has also maintained strong ties with Australian rules football since its codification in 1859 , and has become the principal venue for Australian Football League ( AFL ) matches , including the AFL Grand Final , the world 's highest attended league championship event . Home to the National Sports Museum , the MCG has hosted other major sporting events , including international rules football matches between Australia and Ireland , international rugby union matches , State of Origin ( rugby league ) games , and FIFA World Cup qualifiers . Concerts and other cultural events are also held at the venue with the record attendance standing at 143,750 for a Billy Graham evangelistic crusade in 1959 . Grandstand redevelopments and occupational health and safety legislation have limited the maximum seating capacity to approximately 95,000 with an additional 5,000 standing room capacity , bringing the total capacity to 100,024 . The MCG is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and was included on the Australian National Heritage List in 2005 .
Melbourne ( /ˈmɛlbən/ ( listen ) MEL-bərn ) [ note 1 ] is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria , and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania . Its name refers to an urban agglomeration of 9,993 km2 ( 3,858 sq mi ) , comprising a metropolitan area with 31 municipalities , and is also the common name for its city centre . The city occupies much of the coastline of Port Phillip bay and spreads into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon ranges , Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley . It has a population of 5 million ( 19% of the population of Australia ) , and its inhabitants are referred to as Melburnians . [ note 2 ] The city was founded on 30 August 1835 , in the then-British colony of New South Wales , by free settlers from the colony of Van Diemens Land ( modern-day Tasmania ) . It was incorporated as a Crown settlement in 1837 , and named Melbourne by Governor General Richard Bourke on 10 April 1837 in honour of the British Prime Minister , William Lamb , 2nd Viscount Melbourne . In 1851 , four years after Queen Victoria declared it a city , Melbourne became the capital of the new colony of Victoria . In the wake of the 1850s Victorian gold rush , the city entered a lengthy boom period that , by the late 1880s , had transformed it into one of the world 's largest and wealthiest metropolises . After the federation of Australia in 1901 , it served as interim seat of government of the new nation until Canberra became the permanent capital in 1927 . Today , it is a leading financial centre in the Asia-Pacific region and ranks 15th in the Global Financial Centres Index . Melbourne is home to many of Australia 's best-known landmarks , such as the Melbourne Cricket Ground , the National Gallery of Victoria and the World Heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building . It is also the birthplace of Australian impressionism , Australian rules football , and the Australian film and television industries .
The Richmond Football Club , nicknamed the Tigers , is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the sport 's premier competition . Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907 , the club competed in the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) , winning two premierships . Richmond joined the Victorian Football League ( now known as the AFL ) in 1908 and has since won twelve premierships , most recently in 2019 . Richmond 's headquarters and training facilities are located at its original home ground , the Punt Road Oval , which sits adjacent to the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) , the club 's playing home since 1965 . Richmond traditionally wears a black guernsey with a yellow sash . The club song , We 're From Tigerland , is well known for its yellow and black refrain . The club is coached by Damien Hardwick and its current captain is Trent Cotchin . Five Richmond players have been inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as Legends of the sport : Kevin Bartlett , Jack Dyer , Royce Hart , Kevin Sheedy and Ian Stewart .
The Melbourne Football Club , nicknamed the Demons , is a professional Australian rules football club , playing in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . It is named after and based in the city of Melbourne , Victoria , and plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) . Melbourne is the world 's oldest professional club of any football code . The club 's origins can be traced to an 1858 letter in which Tom Wills , captain of the Victoria cricket team , calls for the formation of a foot-ball club with its own code of laws . An informal Melbourne team played that winter and was officially formed in May 1859 when Wills and three other members codified The Rules of the Melbourne Football Club - the basis of Australian rules football . The club was a dominant force in the early years of Australian rules football competition , and was also a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) in 1877 and the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) in 1896 , which later became the national Australian Football League . Melbourne has won 12 VFL/AFL premierships , the latest in 1964 . Melbourne was a foundation team of the AFL Women 's league , entering the competition in the inaugural year 2017 . The club celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2008 by naming 150 Heroes as well as creating a birthday logo which appeared on its official guernsey . The football club has been a sporting section of the Melbourne Cricket Club ( MCC ) since 2009 , having previously been associated with the MCC between 1889 and 1980 .
The Collingwood Football Club , nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies , is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . Formed in 1892 in the then-working class Melbourne suburb of Collingwood , the club played in the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) before joining seven other teams in 1896 to found the breakaway Victorian Football League ( now the national AFL ) . Originally based at Victoria Park , Collingwood now plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with its training and administrative headquarters located at Olympic Park Oval and the Holden Centre . Collingwood has played in a record 44 VFL/AFL Grand Finals ( including rematches ) , winning 15 , drawing two and losing 27 ( also a record ) . Regarded as one of Australia 's most popular sports clubs , Collingwood attracts the highest attendance figures and television ratings of any professional team in the nation . The club 's song , Good Old Collingwood Forever , dates back to 1906 , making it the oldest song currently used in the AFL . Its iconic home guernsey consists of black and white stripes , matching the colours of the Australian magpie . Historically the club 's main rivals have been cross-town clubs Carlton , Richmond and Essendon . Since the turn of the millennium , the club developed rivalries with the West Coast Eagles and the Brisbane Lions . Collingwood fields a reserves team in the Victorian Football League ( formerly the VFA ) and women 's teams in the AFL Women 's and VFL Women 's competitions . It also owns and operates a netball team in the National Netball League .
The Victoria cricket team , who were named Victorian Bushrangers between 1995 and 2018 , is an Australian first-class cricket team based in Melbourne , Victoria . The Victoria cricket team , which first played in 1851 , represents the state of Victoria in the Sheffield Shield first-class competition and the Marsh One Day Cup competition . The team shares home matches between the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Junction Oval . The team is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Victoria 's Premier Cricket competition and throughout the country . Victoria also played in the now-defunct Twenty20 competition , the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash , which was replaced by the franchise-based Big Bash League . Victoria is the second-most successful state team in Australian first-class cricket , having won 32 Sheffield Shield titles , the most recent of which was in the 2018-19 season . The Victorians have also claimed six One-Day Cups and four KFC Twenty20 Big Bash tiles .
The Hawthorn Football Club , nicknamed the Hawks , is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The club , founded in 1902 , is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL and has won thirteen VFL/AFL premierships . It is the only club to have won premierships in each decade of the 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s and 2010s . The team play in brown and gold vertically striped guernsey . The club 's Latin motto is spectemur agendo , the English translation being Let us be judged by our acts . The Hawks ' origins are in the inner-eastern Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn and also at Glenferrie Oval , the club 's former administrative and training base and social club . Matches , however , have not been played there since 1973 . In 2006 , Hawthorn 's training and administration facilities were relocated to Waverly Park which is located 27.8 km from the CBD and in the middle of the club 's major supporter base in Melbourne 's outer-eastern region . The mascot of the club is a hawk . Since 2007 Hawthorn have played four games a year at their second ground of York Park in Launceston , Tasmania , with the remaining games played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , the club 's current playing home ground . Hawthorn 's current Victorian Football League ( VFL ) affiliate team is the Box Hill Hawks Football Club .
The Essendon Football Club , nicknamed the Bombers , is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the sport 's premier competition . Thought to have formed in 1872 , the club played its first recorded game on 7 June 1873 against a Carlton Second 20 , winning 1 goal to nil . The club played a senior club in the Victorian Football Association in 1878 , one year after the VFA formed . It is historically associated with Essendon , a suburb in the north-west of Melbourne , Victoria . Since 2013 , the club has been headquartered at The Hangar , Melbourne Airport , and plays its home games at either Docklands Stadium or the Melbourne Cricket Ground ; throughout most of its history the club 's home ground and headquarters was Windy Hill , Essendon , where it played from 1922 until 1991 . While it stopped playing games at the ground thereafter , Windy Hill remained its training and administration base until the end of 2013 . Dyson Heppell is the current team captain . A founding member club of both the Victorian Football Association , in 1877 , and the Victorian Football League ( renamed the AFL in 1990 ) , in 1896 , Essendon is one of Australia 's best-known football clubs . Essendon has won 16 VFL/AFL premierships , which , along with Carlton , is the most of any club in the competition . The club won four consecutive VFA premierships between 1891 and 1894 , a feat matched only by Collingwood between 1927 and 1930 .
The Carlton Football Club , nicknamed the Blues , is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne , Victoria . Founded in 1864 in Carlton , an inner suburb of Melbourne , the club competes in the Australian Football League ( formerly the Victorian Football League ) , and was one of the competition 's eight founding member clubs in 1896 . The club 's headquarters and training facilities are located in Carlton at Princes Park , its traditional home ground , and it currently plays its home matches at either Docklands Stadium ( currently known as Marvel Stadium ) or the Melbourne Cricket Ground . Carlton has historically been one of the AFL 's most successful clubs , having won sixteen senior VFL/AFL premierships , equal with Essendon as the most of any club ; prior to this , it won six senior premierships , including two in the Victorian Football Association . The club has also fielded a team in the AFL Women 's league since its establishment in 2017 .
The Australia national rugby union team , nicknamed the Wallabies , is the representative national team in the sport of rugby union for the nation of Australia . The team first played at Sydney in 1899 , winning their first test match against the touring British Isles team . Australia have competed in all eight Rugby World Cups , winning the final on two occasions and also finishing as runner-up twice . Australia beat England at Twickenham in the final of the 1991 Rugby World Cup and won again in 1999 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff when their opponents in the final were France . The Wallabies also compete annually in The Rugby Championship ( formerly the Tri-Nations ) , along with southern hemisphere counterparts Argentina , New Zealand and South Africa . They have won this championship on four occasions . Australia also plays Test matches against the various rugby-playing nations . More than a dozen former Wallabies players have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame .
The Australia national soccer team represents Australia in international men 's soccer . Officially nicknamed the Socceroos , the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia , Football Federation Australia ( FFA ) , which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation ( AFF ) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation ( OFC ) in 2006 . Australia is the only national team to have been a champion of two confederations , having won the OFC Nations Cup four times between 1980 and 2004 , as well as the AFC Asian Cup at the 2015 event on home soil . The team has represented Australia at the FIFA World Cup tournament on five occasions , in 1974 and from 2006 to 2018 . The team has also represented Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup four times .
The Australian men 's national cricket team represents Australia in men 's international cricket . As one of the oldest teams in Test cricket history , playing in the first ever Test match in 1877 , the team also plays One-Day International ( ODI ) and Twenty20 International ( T20I ) cricket , participating in both the first ODI , against England in the 1970-71 season and the first T20I , against New Zealand in the 2004-05 season , winning both games . The team draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions - the Sheffield Shield , the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament and the Big Bash League . The national team has played 830 Test matches , winning 393 , losing 224 , drawing 211 and tying 2 . As of February 2020 [ update ] , Australia is ranked second in the ICC Test Championship on 108 rating points . Australia is the most successful team in Test cricket history , in terms of overall wins , win-loss ratio and wins percentage . The Australian cricket team has played 942 ODI matches , winning 573 , losing 326 , tying 9 and with 34 ending in a no-result . As of January 2020 [ update ] , Australia is ranked fifth in the ICC ODI Championship on 110 rating points , though have been ranked first for 141 of 185 months since its introduction in 2002 . Australia is the most successful team in ODI cricket history , winning more than 60 per cent of their matches . Australia have made a record seven World Cup final appearances ( 1975 , 1987 , 1996 , 1999 , 2003 , 2007 and 2015 ) and have won the World Cup a record five times : 1987 , 1999 , 2003 , 2007 and 2015 . Australia is the first team to appear in four consecutive World Cup finals ( 1996 , 1999 , 2003 and 2007 ) , surpassing the old record of three consecutive World Cup appearances by the West Indies ( 1975 , 1979 and 1983 ) and the first team to win 3 consecutive World Cups ( 1999 , 2003 and 2007 ) . The team was undefeated in 34 consecutive World Cup matches until the 2011 Cricket World Cup where Pakistan beat them by 4 wickets in the Quarter-final .
Test cricket is the form of the sport of cricket with the longest match duration , and is considered the game 's highest standard . Test matches are played between national representative teams that have been granted Test status , as determined and conferred by the International Cricket Council ( ICC ) . The term Test stems from the fact that the long , gruelling matches are mentally and physically testing . Two teams of 11 players each play a four-innings match , which may last up to five days ( or longer in some historical cases ) . It is generally considered the most complete examination of a team 's endurance and ability . The first officially recognised Test match took place between 15 and 19 March 1877 and was played between England and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) . In October 2012 , the ICC recast the playing conditions for Test matches , permitting day/night Test matches . The first day/night game took place between Australia and New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval , Adelaide , on 27 November - 1 December 2015 .
A One Day International ( ODI ) is a form of limited overs cricket , played between two teams with international status , in which each team faces a fixed number of overs , usually 50 . The Cricket World Cup , generally held every four years , is played in this format . One Day International matches are also called Limited Overs Internationals ( LOI ) , although this generic term may also refer to Twenty20 International matches . They are major matches and considered the highest standard of List A , limited overs competition . The international one day game is a late-twentieth-century development . The first ODI was played on 5 January 1971 between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground . When the first three days of the third Test were washed out officials decided to abandon the match and , instead , play a one-off one day game consisting of 40 eight-ball overs per side . Australia won the game by 5 wickets . ODIs were played in white coloured kits with a red coloured ball . In the late 1970s , Kerry Packer established the rival World Series Cricket competition , and it introduced many of the features of One Day International cricket that are now commonplace , including coloured uniforms , matches played at night under floodlights with a white ball and dark sight screens , and , for television broadcasts , multiple camera angles , effects microphones to capture sounds from the players on the pitch , and on-screen graphics . The first of the matches with coloured uniforms was the WSC Australians in wattle gold versus WSC West Indians in coral pink , played at VFL Park in Melbourne on 17 January 1979 . This led not only to Packer 's Channel 9 getting the TV rights to cricket in Australia but also led to players worldwide being paid to play , and becoming international professionals , no longer needing jobs outside cricket .
Twenty20 cricket or Twenty-20 ( often abbreviated to T20 ) , is a shortened format of cricket . At the professional level , it was originally introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board ( ECB ) in 2003 for the inter-county competition . In a Twenty20 game the two teams have a single innings each , which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs . Together with first-class and List A cricket , Twenty20 is one of the three current forms of cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council ( ICC ) as being at the highest international or domestic level . A typical Twenty20 game is completed in about three hours , with each innings lasting around 90 minutes and an official 10 minute break between the innings . This is much shorter than previous forms of the game , and is closer to the timespan of other popular team sports . It was introduced to create a fast-paced game that would be attractive to spectators at the ground and viewers on television . The game has succeeded in spreading around the cricket world . On most international tours there is at least one Twenty20 match and all Test-playing nations have a domestic cup competition . West Indies are the reigning world champions , winning the 2016 competition .
Stadium Australia , commercially known as ANZ Stadium , is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park , in Sydney , Australia . The stadium , which in Australia is sometimes referred to as Sydney Olympic Stadium , Homebush Stadium or simply the Olympic Stadium , was completed in March 1999 at a cost of A $ 690 million to host the 2000 Summer Olympics . The Stadium was leased by a private company the Stadium Australia Group until the Stadium was sold back to the NSW Government on 1 June 2016 after NSW Premier Michael Baird announced the Stadium was to be redeveloped as a world-class rectangular stadium . The Stadium is owned by Venues NSW on behalf of the NSW Government . The stadium was originally built to hold 110,000 spectators , making it the largest Olympic Stadium ever built and the second largest stadium in Australia after the Melbourne Cricket Ground which held more than 120,000 before its re-design in the early 2000s . In 2003 , reconfiguration work was completed to shorten the north and south wings , and install movable seating . These changes reduced the capacity to 83,500 for a rectangular field and 82,500 for an oval field . Awnings were also added over the north and south stands , allowing most of the seating to be under cover . The stadium was engineered along sustainable lines , e.g. , utilising less steel in the roof structure than the Olympic stadiums of Athens and Beijing .
Sydney ( /ˈsɪdni/ ( listen ) SID-nee ) is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania . Located on Australia 's east coast , the metropolis surrounds Port Jackson and extends about 70 km ( 43.5 mi ) on its periphery towards the Blue Mountains to the west , Hawkesbury to the north , the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west . Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs , 40 local government areas and 15 contiguous regions . Residents of the city are known as Sydneysiders . As of June 2017 , Sydney 's estimated metropolitan population was 5,230,330 and is home to approximately 65% of the state 's population . Indigenous Australians have inhabited the Sydney area for at least 30,000 years , and thousands of engravings remain throughout the region , making it one of the richest in Australia in terms of Aboriginal archaeological sites . During his first Pacific voyage in 1770 , Lieutenant James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to chart the eastern coast of Australia , making landfall at Botany Bay and inspiring British interest in the area . In 1788 , the First Fleet of convicts , led by Arthur Phillip , founded Sydney as a British penal colony , the first European settlement in Australia . Phillip named the city Sydney in recognition of Thomas Townshend , 1st Viscount Sydney . Penal transportation to New South Wales ended soon after Sydney was incorporated as a city in 1842 . A gold rush occurred in the colony in 1851 , and over the next century , Sydney transformed from a colonial outpost into a major global cultural and economic centre . After World War II , it experienced mass migration and became one of the most multicultural cities in the world .
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league team based in Redfern , a suburb of inner-southern Sydney , New South Wales . They participate in the National Rugby League ( NRL ) premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital . They are often called Souths and The Bunnies . The club was formed in 1908 as one of the founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League , making them one of Australia 's oldest rugby league teams . The Rabbitohs were formed , under their original 1908 articles of association with the NSWRL competition , to represent the Sydney municipalities of Redfern , Alexandria , Zetland , Waterloo , Mascot and Botany . They are one of only two foundation clubs still present in the NRL , the other being the Sydney Roosters . The South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club is currently a subsidiary company 75% owned by Blackcourt League Investments which is , in turn , 50% owned by the actor Russell Crowe and 50% owned by James Packer 's Consolidated Press Holdings ; the other 25% is owned by the financial Members of the club . The Rabbitohs ' traditional heartland covers the once typically working-class suburbs of inner-south Sydney now generally occupied by factories . The club is based in Redfern , where the club 's administration and training facilities are located , however they have long held a wide supporter base spread all over New South Wales . The team 's home ground is currently Stadium Australia in Sydney Olympic Park . In the New South Wales Rugby League ( 1908-1994 ) , Australian Rugby League ( 1995-1997 ) , and National Rugby League ( 1998-1999 , 2002-present ) competitions South Sydney are the most successful professional team in the history of Australian rugby league in terms of total championships won , having claimed 21 first grade premierships . In addition to winning the most premierships , the Rabbitohs also hold the distinction of being the only club to win a premiership in their inaugural season .
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore , a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney . They compete in the National Rugby League ( NRL ) premiership , as well as the New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions . The club was admitted to the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership , predecessor of the current NRL competition , in 1935 . They won their first premiership in their fourth year of competition with another soon after , and after spending the 1950s and most of the 1960s on the lower rungs went through a very strong period in the 1980s , winning four premierships in that decade . Known briefly in the 1990s as the Sydney Bulldogs , as a result of the Super League war the club competed in that competition in 1997 before changing their name to the geographically indistinct Bulldogs and continuing to play every season of the re-unified NRL , winning their most recent premiership in 2004 . In 2012 , Canterbury won the minor premiership , but lost to the Melbourne Storm 14-4 in the Grand Final , in October . In 2014 , they came from 7th to make the Grand Final against South Sydney , but lost 30-6 .
The New South Wales rugby league team has represented the Australian state of New South Wales in rugby league football since the sport 's beginnings there in 1907 . Also known as the Blues due to their sky blue jerseys , the team competes in the annual State of Origin series against neighbouring state , the Queensland rugby league team . This annual event is a series of three games competing for the State of Origin shield . As of 2019 , the team is coached by Brad Fittler and captained by Boyd Cordner . Prior to 1980 when the state-of-origin selection criteria were introduced , the New South Wales team , in addition to playing annually against Queensland , played matches against foreign touring sides and occasionally toured overseas themselves . They have played all their home matches at ANZ stadium in Sydney , New South Wales in the largest stadium in the state , since it was built in 1999 for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.The New South Wales team retain the 2019 Holden State of Origin shield after beating Queensland 2-1 after being down 1-0 .
The Australian national rugby league team ( or the Kangaroos ) have represented Australia in senior men 's rugby league football competition since the establishment of the 'Northern Union game ' in Australia in 1908 . Administered by the Australian Rugby League , the Kangaroos are ranked second in the RLIF World Rankings . The team is the most successful in Rugby League World Cup history , having contested all 15 and winning 11 of them , failing to reach the final only once ; the inaugural tournament in 1954 . Only five nations have beaten Australia in test matches , and Australia have an overall win percentage of 67% . Dating back to 1908 , Australia are the fourth oldest national side after England , New Zealand and Wales . The team was first assembled in 1908 for a tour of Great Britain . The majority of the Kangaroos ' games since then have been played against Great Britain and New Zealand . In the first half of the 20th century , Australia 's international competition came from alternating tours to Great Britain and New Zealand , with Australia playing host to these teams in non-tour years . Great Britain dominated in the early years , and Australia did not win a Test against the Lions until 11 November 1911 under captain Chris McKivat . Australia did not win a series at home against Great Britain until 1920 or abroad until 1958 . Since 1908 , the team has been nicknamed the Kangaroos . Initially only used when touring Great Britain , and later France , this has been the official nickname of the team since 7 July 1994 .
Perth Stadium , also known by naming rights sponsorship as Optus Stadium , is a multi-purpose stadium in Perth , Western Australia , located in the suburb of Burswood . It was completed in late 2017 and officially opened on 21 January 2018 . The stadium has a capacity of over 60,000 people , making it the third-largest stadium in Australia ( after the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Stadium Australia ) . The stadium can be extended up to 65,000 seats for rectangular sports . Perth Stadium is primarily used for Australian rules football and cricket . Perth 's two Australian Football League ( AFL ) teams - the Fremantle Football Club and the West Coast Eagles - relocated their home games from Subiaco Oval to Perth Stadium , while the Perth Scorchers play their Big Bash League home games at the venue , having previously played at the WACA Ground . Perth Stadium was built by a consortium led by Multiplex . The announcement of the Burswood location in June 2011 followed a series of earlier proposals for the stadium , including locations in Subiaco and East Perth .
Perth ( /ˈpɜːrθ/ ( listen ) PURTH ) is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia ( WA ) . It is named after the city of Perth , Scotland and is Australia 's fourth-most populous city , with a population of 2.06 million living in Greater Perth . Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia , with most of the metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain , a narrow strip between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp . The first areas settled were on the Swan River at Guildford , with the city 's central business district and port ( Fremantle ) both later founded downriver . Captain James Stirling founded Perth in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony . It gained city status ( currently vested in the smaller City of Perth ) in 1856 and was promoted to the status of a Lord Mayorality in 1929 . The city inherited its name due to the influence of Sir George Murray , then Member of Parliament for Perthshire and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies . The city 's population increased substantially as a result of the Western Australian gold rushes in the late 19th century . During Australia 's involvement in World War II , Fremantle served as a base for submarines operating in the Pacific Theatre , and a US Navy Catalina flying boat fleet was based at Matilda Bay . An influx of immigrants after the war , predominantly from Britain , Italy , Greece , and Yugoslavia , led to rapid population growth . This was followed by a surge in economic activity flowing from several mining booms in the late 20th and early 21st centuries that saw Perth become the regional headquarters for several large mining operations . As part of Perth 's role as the capital of Western Australia , the state 's Parliament and Supreme Court are in the city , as is Government House , the residence of the Governor of Western Australia .
The Perth Scorchers is an Australian domestic Twenty20 franchise cricket team representing Perth in the Big Bash League ( BBL ) . The Scorchers are the most successful team in BBL history , winning three championships and coming runners up twice . They were defeated in their second final by the Brisbane Heat in BBL02 . They then won the next two consecutive championships , becoming the first team to achieve the feat in the league 's history . These wins came against the Hobart Hurricanes and the Sydney Sixers in a last-ball thriller at Canberra 's Manuka Oval . Mickey Arthur was originally appointed coach , but quit before the beginning of the 2011-12 season after he was appointed coach of the Australian cricket team . He was replaced by his former assistant , Lachlan Stevens . Justin Langer replaced Stevens in November 2012 . Following the appointment of Langer as the Australian coach in May 2018 , Adam Voges was named as the new coach for the 2018-19 season . The Scorchers also have a side in the Women 's Big Bash League .
Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth , Western Australia . It competes in the country 's premier competition , the A-League , under licence from Football Federation Australia ( FFA ) . Founded in 1995 , Perth Glory is one of three A-League clubs to survive from the now-defunct National Soccer League ( NSL ) . In this competition , Perth won three league Premierships and two Championships from four grand final appearances and were the final Champions and Premiers of this league before it was dissolved in 2004 . Perth entered the A-League as one of the eight original teams for the inaugural 2005-06 season , eight years after the club 's formation in 1995 . The club has won one Premiership and appeared in two grand finals in this competition . The club has also qualified for the AFC Champions League once and appeared in two FFA Cup finals and two A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup finals . The club 's home ground is Perth Oval , currently known as HBF Park for sponsorship purposes , a 20,500-seat stadium . Major friendly and grand final matches are played at Perth Stadium , currently known as Optus Stadium for sponsorship purposes , a 60,000-seat stadium . The youth side competes in the Y-League and the National Premier Leagues and the women 's side competes in the W-League . The youth side and women 's side play home matches at various stadiums across Perth , including Dorrien Gardens and E & D Litis Stadium , as well as the senior team 's home ground . Perth 's main supporter group is known as 'The Shed ' , named this due to the covered terraced standing area that is present at the northern end of the club 's home ground .
The Fremantle Football Club , nicknamed the Dockers , is a professional Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . It was founded in 1994 in honour of the rich footballing history associated with the Western Australian port city of Fremantle , and entered the AFL the following year , making it the second team from the state after the West Coast Eagles to be admitted to the competition . Originally based at Fremantle Oval , the club 's training facilities and administrative headquarters are now located nearby at Cockburn ARC in Cockburn Central . The club 's guernsey is purple and white . High-profile players since the club 's inception include six time All-Australian Matthew Pavlich , dual Brownlow Medal winner Nat Fyfe , and the league 's former all-time tallest player Aaron Sandilands . Currently captained by Fyfe , the club is coached by Justin Longmuir , who replaced Ross Lyon at the end of the 2019 home-and-away season . Fremantle is one of only three active AFL clubs ( the others being Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney ) that has not won a premiership , however it did win the minor premiership in 2015 , and reached the 2013 AFL Grand Final which it lost to Hawthorn . Fremantle has had a team in the AFL Women 's league since its inception in 2017 . They are coached by Trent Cooper and captained by Kara Antonio .
The West Coast Eagles Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth , Western Australia , and plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The West Coast Eagles was founded in 1986 as an expansion team . It entered the AFL , then known as the Victorian Football League , in 1987 along with Queensland 's Brisbane Bears . It reached the finals series for the first time in 1988 , and won its first premiership in 1992 , having been defeated in the grand final the previous year . It was the first non-Victorian team to compete in and win a grand final . The Eagles have since won three more premierships , in 1994 , 2006 and 2018 . The club is currently coached by Adam Simpson . The Eagles have won the second most premierships ( four , second to Hawthorn ) in the AFL era ( 1990 onwards ) and are one of the most strongly supported and profitable clubs in the league . As well as competing in the AFL , West Coast also field teams in the AFL Women 's ( AFLW ) and West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) .
Docklands Stadium , also known by naming rights sponsorship as Marvel Stadium , is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands area of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . Construction started in October 1997 , under the working name Victoria Stadium , and was completed in 2000 at a cost of A $ 460 million . Originally built as a replacement for Waverley Park , the stadium is primarily used for Australian rules football and is the headquarters of the Australian Football League ( AFL ) which , since 7 October 2016 , has had exclusive ownership of the venue . Also headquartered in the stadium precinct is Seven Network 's digital broadcast centre . The stadium also hosts a number of other sporting events , including some domestic Twenty20 cricket matches , Melbourne Victory soccer home matches , one-off rugby league and rugby union matches as well as number of special events and concerts .
The St Kilda Football Club , nicknamed the Saints , is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . The club plays in the Australian Football League , the sport 's premier league . The club 's name originates from its original home base in the bayside Melbourne suburb of St Kilda in which the club was established in 1873 . The club also has strong links to the south-eastern suburb of Moorabbin , where it was based between 1965 and 2010 . St Kilda were a foundation team of the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) in 1877 and later , in 1897 , became a foundation team in the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) , which later became known as the Australian Football League ( AFL ) in 1990 . The Saints field teams in the AFL Women 's and VFL Women 's competitions , and are in an alignment with the Sandringham Football Club in the Victorian Football League . St Kilda have won a single premiership to date , a famous one-point win in the 1966 VFL Grand Final . St Kilda most recently won the minor premiership in the 2009 AFL season and were grand finalists in 2009 and 2010 . St Kilda developed a reputation as perennial underachievers , much of this attributed to their record of finishing last more often than any other club in the league ( 27 times ) , as well as having the second lowest all-time win percentage of any team still playing in the league .
The Essendon Football Club , nicknamed the Bombers , is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the sport 's premier competition . Thought to have formed in 1872 , the club played its first recorded game on 7 June 1873 against a Carlton Second 20 , winning 1 goal to nil . The club played a senior club in the Victorian Football Association in 1878 , one year after the VFA formed . It is historically associated with Essendon , a suburb in the north-west of Melbourne , Victoria . Since 2013 , the club has been headquartered at The Hangar , Melbourne Airport , and plays its home games at either Docklands Stadium or the Melbourne Cricket Ground ; throughout most of its history the club 's home ground and headquarters was Windy Hill , Essendon , where it played from 1922 until 1991 . While it stopped playing games at the ground thereafter , Windy Hill remained its training and administration base until the end of 2013 . Dyson Heppell is the current team captain . A founding member club of both the Victorian Football Association , in 1877 , and the Victorian Football League ( renamed the AFL in 1990 ) , in 1896 , Essendon is one of Australia 's best-known football clubs . Essendon has won 16 VFL/AFL premierships , which , along with Carlton , is the most of any club in the competition . The club won four consecutive VFA premierships between 1891 and 1894 , a feat matched only by Collingwood between 1927 and 1930 .
The North Melbourne Football Club , nicknamed the Kangaroos or less formally the Roos , the Kangas or North , is an Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the sport 's premier competition . Founded in North Melbourne , Victoria in 1869 , it is based at its traditional home ground , Arden Street Oval , and currently plays its home matches at both the nearby Docklands Stadium and Blundstone Arena in Hobart , Tasmania . The club 's mascot is a grey kangaroo donning the club uniform , and its use dates from the mid-20th century . The club is also unofficially known as The Shinboners , a term which dates back to its 19th-century abattoir-worker origins . The club 's motto is Victoria amat curam , Latin for Victory Demands Dedication . Aside from their representation in the AFL , the Kangaroos also field teams in the following competitions ; AFL Women 's , VFL Women 's and Victorian Football League .
The Western Bulldogs ( formerly the Footscray Football Club [ a ] ) is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the sport 's premier competition . Founded in 1877 in Footscray , an inner-western suburb of Melbourne , the club won nine premierships in the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) before gaining entry to the Victorian Football League ( since renamed the AFL ) in 1925 . The club has won two VFL/AFL premierships , in 1954 and 2016 , and was runner up in 1961 . It has also claimed one premiership in the AFL Women 's competition , in 2018 , having been a foundation member of the league the previous year . The Western Bulldogs ' home guernsey features two thick horizontal hoops - one red and one white - on a royal blue background . The club 's headquarters and training facilities are located in Footscray at Whitten Oval , nicknamed The Kennel , its original home ground . The club draws much of its supporter base from Melbourne 's traditionally working class western region , and plays its home matches at Docklands Stadium ( currently known as Marvel Stadium ) in the Docklands area , also in the city 's inner-west . In 1996 , the club changed its name from the Footscray Football Club to the Western Bulldogs. [ why ? ] As well as their participation in AFL and AFLW , the club also fields reserves sides in the Victorian Football League and VFL Women 's .
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne , Victoria . Competing in the country 's premier competition , the A-League , under licence from Football Federation Australia , Victory entered the competition in the inaugural season as the only Victorian-based club in the newly revamped domestic Australian league . Recognised as the most supported and currently the most successful club in the league to date , Victory has won four A-League Championships , three A-League Premierships , one Pre-Season Challenge Cup and one FFA Cup , the only club to have won all four domestic trophies in the modern era of Australian soccer . They have also competed in the AFC Champions League on seven occasions , most recently in2019 . Their furthest placement in the tournament was the 2016 campaign , where they were knocked out in the Round of 16 . Although Victory are supported across the whole Melbourne metropolitan area , as well as regional cities in the state , it is based primarily in the city centre . The club 's home ground is the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium , playing a majority of home matches at the venue , with the larger Docklands Stadium utilised for matches such as derbies and finals . As well as this , the club has an agreement to play a single match at Kardinia Park in Geelong every season . The club operates two other football departments , with youth & reserves team competing in the National Youth League and National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 respectively , and a women 's team competing in the W-League . The NYL/NPL , and W-League home matches are played at various locations across Melbourne , including Lakeside Stadium , Kingston Heath Soccer Complex as well as the senior team 's various venues .
The Melbourne Renegades are an Australian professional men 's Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in the Australian state of Victoria . They compete in the Australian Twenty20 cricket competition , the Big Bash League . The Renegades play their home matches at Marvel Stadium , in Melbourne 's Docklands precinct , whilst also using Geelong 's GMHBA Stadium for home matches . The team is coached by Michael Klinger and captained by Aaron Finch . Melbourne Renegades won their first title in BBL08 when they defeated their arch rivals the Melbourne Stars at Marvel Stadium .
Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide , South Australia , located in the parklands between the city centre and North Adelaide . The venue is predominantly used for cricket and Australian rules football , but has also played host to rugby league , rugby union , soccer , tennis among other sports as well as regularly being used to hold concerts . Austadiums.com described Adelaide Oval as being one of the most picturesque Test cricket grounds in Australia , if not the world . After the completion of the grounds most recent redevelopment in 2014 , sports journalist Gerard Whateley described the venue as being the most perfect piece of modern architecture because it 's a thoroughly contemporary stadium with all the character that it 's had in the past . Adelaide Oval has been headquarters to the South Australian Cricket Association ( SACA ) since 1871 and South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) since 2014 . The stadium is managed by the Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority ( AOSMA ) . Its record crowd for cricket was 55,317 for the Second Ashes Test on 2 December 2017 and its record crowd for an Australian rules football match was 62,543 at the 1965 SANFL Grand Final between Port Adelaide and Sturt .
Adelaide ( /ˈædəleɪd/ ( listen ) AD-ə-layd ) is the capital city of the state of South Australia , and the fifth-most populous city of Australia . The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide . Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula , between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east . Its metropolitan area extends 20 km ( 12 mi ) from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges , and stretches 96 km ( 60 mi ) from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south . Named in honour of Queen Adelaide , consort to King William IV , the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia . Colonel William Light , one of Adelaide 's founding fathers , designed the city centre and chose its location close to the River Torrens , in the area originally inhabited by the Kaurna people and known as Tarndanyangga ( place of the red kangaroo ) . Light 's design , now listed as national heritage , set out the city centre in a grid layout , interspaced by wide boulevards and large public squares , and entirely surrounded by parklands . Early colonial Adelaide was shaped by the diversity and wealth of its free settlers , in contrast to the convict history of other Australian cities . Until the post-war era , it was Australia 's third-largest city . It has been noted for its leading examples of religious freedom and progressive political reforms , and became known as the City of Churches due to its diversity of faiths . Today , Adelaide is noted for its many festivals and sporting events , its food and wine , its coastline and hills , and its large defence and manufacturing sectors . Adelaide 's quality of life has ranked consistently highly in various measures through the 21st century .
The South Australia cricket team , named West End Redbacks , nicknamed the Southern Redbacks , is an Australian men 's professional first class cricket team based in Adelaide , South Australia . The Redbacks play their home matches at Adelaide Oval and are the state cricket team for South Australia , representing the state in the Sheffield Shield competition and the limited overs Marsh One-Day Cup . Their Marsh One-Day Cup uniform features a red body with black sleeves . They are known as the West End Redbacks due to a sponsorship agreement with West End . The Redbacks formerly competed in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash , but were succeeded by the Adelaide Strikers in 2011 because this league was replaced with the Big Bash League .
The Adelaide Football Club , nicknamed the Crows , are a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The club has both a men 's team , which played its first match in 1991 , and a women 's team , which began in 2017 in the inaugural season of the AFLW . The club is based in Adelaide , South Australia , playing its home matches at Adelaide Oval . The club has its training and administration base at Football Park in West Lakes , where it previously played home matches between 1991 and 2013 . The club song is The Pride of South Australia , to the tune of the US Marines ' Hymn . The Crows were formed in 1990 to be the 'state team ' to represent the South Australia in the AFL . They were originally owned by the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) , before gaining independence . They played their first season in 1991 . The men 's team won both the 1997 and 1998 Grand Finals , and have appeared in 15 finals series in their 28-year history . The club has had a reserves team compete in the South Australian National Football League since 2014 and has fielded a women 's team in the AFL Women 's competition since 2017 . The men 's team is currently coached by Matthew Nicks and captained by Rory Sloane , who was appointed co-captain alongside Taylor Walker prior to the 2019 season . Don Pyke permanently succeeded the late Phil Walsh as head coach in October 2015 before departing the club at the end of 2019 .
Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton , Port Adelaide , South Australia . The club 's senior team plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , where they are nicknamed the Power , whilst its reserves team competes in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) , where they are nicknamed the Magpies . Port Adelaide is the oldest professional sporting club in South Australia and the fifth-oldest club in the AFL . Since the club 's founding on 12 May 1870 , the club has won 36 South Australian league premierships , including six in a row . The club also won the Champions of Australia competition on a record four occasions . After successfully winning an AFL licence in 1994 the club began competing in the Australian Football League in 1997 as the only pre-existing non-Victorian club - and has subsequently added the 2004 AFL premiership to its achievements .
The South Australian National Football League , or SANFL ( /ˈsænfəl/ or S-A-N-F-L ) , is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia . It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia . Originally formed as the South Australian Football Association on 30 April 1877 , the SANFL is the oldest surviving football league of any code in Australia and one of the oldest football competitions in the world , forming just a few years after the United Hospitals Challenge Cup ( 1874 ) , the oldest rugby football competition , and over a decade before The Football League , although later than the FA Cup ( soccer ) . Consisting of a single division competition , since 2014 the season has been an 18-round home-and-away ( regular ) season from April to September . The top five teams play-off in a final series culminating in the grand final for the Thomas Seymour Hill Premiership Trophy . The grand final had traditionally been held at Football Park in October , generally the week after the AFL Grand Final , though this was altered ahead of the 2014 season resulting in Adelaide Oval hosting the grand final in the penultimate weekend of September . The league owned the sub-licences for South Australia 's two AFL clubs - Adelaide Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club until March 2014 , when South Australian Football Commission reached an agreement with the Adelaide and Port Adelaide football clubs - endorsed by the AFL - which will see the two AFL licences transferred to the clubs in return for payments totalling more than $ 18 million . The league is also responsible for the management of all levels of football in the state . This includes junior football , country football , amateur football and specific programs rolled out across schools , indigenous communities ( including the APY Lands in the state 's north ) and newly arrived migrant communities . The SANFL owns Football Park , formerly the largest stadium in South Australia . The stadium , which opened in 1974 , was primarily used for Australian Football League matches up until 2013 and had a capacity of over 51,000 prior to being demolished . The stadium was the headquarters for the league from 1974-2013 .
Lang Park , also known as Brisbane Stadium , and by the sponsored name Suncorp Stadium , is a multi-purpose stadium in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia , located in the suburb of Milton . The current facility comprises a three-tiered rectangular sporting stadium with a capacity of 52,500 people . It is primarily used for rugby league , rugby union , and soccer , with a rectangular playing field of 136 metres by 82 metres . Lang Park was established in 1914 , on the site of the former North Brisbane Cemetery , and in its early days was home to a number of different sports , including cycling , athletics , and soccer . The lease of the park was taken over by the Brisbane Rugby League in 1957 and it became the home of the game in Queensland ( remaining so to this day ) . It has also been the home ground of major rugby union and soccer matches in Queensland since its modern redevelopment , including the Queensland Reds and the Brisbane Roar , and some Wallabies and Socceroos matches . It hosted the 2008 Rugby League World Cup Final and the 2017 Rugby League World Cup Final .
Brisbane ( /ˈbrɪzbən/ ( listen ) ) is the capital of and the most populated city in the Australian state of Queensland , and the third most populous city in Australia . Brisbane 's metropolitan area has a population of approximately 2.5 million , and the South East Queensland metropolitan region , centred on Brisbane , encompasses a population of more than 3.6 million . [ failed verification ] The Brisbane central business district stands on the historic European settlement and is situated inside a peninsula of the Brisbane River , about 15 kilometres ( 9 miles ) from its mouth at Moreton Bay , a bay of the Coral Sea . The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor and D'Aguilar mountain ranges . It sprawls across several of Australia 's most populous local government areas ( LGAs ) - most centrally the City of Brisbane , which is by far the most populous LGA in the nation . The demonym of Brisbane is Brisbanite , whilst common nicknames include Brissy , River City and Brisvegas . One of the oldest cities in Australia , Brisbane was founded upon the ancient homelands of the indigenous Turrbal and Jagera peoples . Named after the Brisbane River on which it is located - which in turn takes its name from Sir Thomas Brisbane , the Governor of New South Wales at the time of the city 's founding - the area was chosen as a place for secondary offenders from the Sydney Colony . A penal settlement was founded in 1824 at Redcliffe , 28 kilometres ( 17 mi ) north of the central business district , but was soon abandoned and moved to North Quay in 1825 , opening to free settlement in 1842 . Brisbane was chosen as the capital when Queensland was proclaimed a separate colony from New South Wales in 1859 . During World War II , Brisbane played a central role in the Allied campaign and served as the South West Pacific headquarters for United States Army General Douglas MacArthur . A diverse city with 32.2% of its metropolitan population being foreign born , Brisbane is ranked as a world city , and ranks highly in ratings of livable cities .
The Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club Ltd. , commonly referred to as the Broncos , are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane , the capital of the state of Queensland . Founded in April 1988 , the Broncos play in Australia 's elite competition , the National Rugby League ( NRL ) premiership . They have won six premierships , including two NSWRL titles , a Super League premiership and three NRL premierships . They also have two World Club Challenges . The Broncos have achieved four minor premierships during their 29 years in multiple competitions , making them Rugby League 's most successful club over the past three decades . Until 2015 , Brisbane had never been defeated in a grand final , and since 1991 , have only failed to qualify for the finals twice . They are one of the most successful clubs in the National Rugby League since it began in 1998 , winning three premierships ( second only to the Sydney Roosters ' four ) . It is also one of the most successful clubs in the history of rugby league , having won 62.5% of games played since its induction in 1988 , second only to Melbourne Storm with 65.2% . Since the club 's founding , Brisbane has never received the wooden spoon . The club records the highest annual revenue of all NRL clubs - $ A32.8m for the 2012 financial year - and is one of the most valuable clubs of any code in Australia , worth over $ 42 million . Along with financial competitiveness , the Broncos have been voted one of Australia 's most popular and most watched football teams , and has one of the highest average attendances of any rugby league club in the world ; 33,337 in the 2012 NRL season . The club was founded in April 1988 as part of the Winfield Cup 's national expansion , becoming , along with the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants , one of Queensland 's first two participants in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership .
The Queensland rugby league team represents the Australian state of Queensland in rugby league football . Nicknamed the Maroons , after the colour of their jersey , the team plays three times a year against arch-rivals New South Wales in the State of Origin series . Coached by Kevin Walters and captained by Daly Cherry-Evans , the team is administered by the Queensland Rugby League and plays all of its home matches at Brisbane 's Lang Park ( now known as Suncorp Stadium ) . Since 1908 , a rugby league team representing Queensland has been assembled from players based in the state to compete annually against New South Wales . The team used to play matches against other high-profile foreign and domestic touring teams , but has not played anyone other than New South Wales in several decades . From 1980 onwards , when Queensland was first allowed to select players of local origin even if they were currently at clubs outside its borders , the team 's success rate against New South Wales improved dramatically . Until 1987 clubs from both the Brisbane Rugby League and the NSWRL provided players for the side . Maroons players have been chosen exclusively from clubs in the National Rugby League since Game III 2001 when Allan Langer was selected from the Super League . As of 2018 , the Maroons have won eleven out of the past thirteen series , including a record-breaking eight successive State of Origin victories between 2006 and 2013 .
The Queensland Reds is the rugby union team for the Australian state of Queensland that competes in the Southern Hemisphere 's Super Rugby competition . Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland . With the introduction of the professional Super 12 competition they moved to a model where players are contracted to the Reds through the Queensland Rugby Union rather than selected on the basis of club form . From 1996 to 2005 they were one of three Australian teams competing in the Super 12 competition , alongside the New South Wales Waratahs and the ACT Brumbies . Queensland finished as minor premiers in 1996 and 1999 . From 2006 to 2010 , they competed in the expanded Super 14 competition as one of four Australian sides . Beginning in 2011 , they are one of five Australian sides in the expanded and renamed Super Rugby , winning the competition in its first season in its new format . In 2012 they finished first in the Australian conference .
Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane , Queensland and has won the domestic title on three separate occasions , as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat . Brisbane competes in the country 's premier competition , the A-League , and has ex Liverpool and England international player Robbie Fowler as manager . The club has a shared history with Queensland Lions F.C . who competed in the inaugural A-League season as Queensland Roar . This shared history with Lions , dating back to Hollandia F.C . and 1957 , comfortably makes them the oldest club in the A-League .
Eden Park is New Zealand 's largest sports stadium . Located in central Auckland , New Zealand 's largest city , it is three kilometres southwest of the CBD , on the boundary between the suburbs of Mount Eden and Kingsland . Although used primarily for rugby union in winter and cricket in summer , it has hosted rugby league and football matches . In 2011 it hosted pool games , two quarter-finals , both semi-finals and the final of 2011 Rugby World Cup . In doing so it became the first stadium in the world to host two Rugby World Cup Finals , having held the inaugural final in 1987 . It was a venue for the 2015 Cricket World Cup , which was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand . Eden Park is considered one of rugby union 's most difficult assignments for visiting sides : New Zealand 's national rugby union team , the All Blacks , have been unbeaten at this venue for over 40 consecutive test matches stretching back to 1994 . Eden Park is the site of the 2021 Te Matatini . It will also be the site for 2021 Women 's Cricket World Cup and the final of the 2021 Women 's Rugby World Cup .
Auckland ( /ˈɔːklənd/ AWK-lənd ) ( Māori : Tāmaki Makaurau ) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand . The most populous urban area in the country , Auckland has an urban population of around 1,570,100 ( June 2018 ) . It is located in the Auckland Region - the area governed by Auckland Council - which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf , resulting in a total population of 1,618,400 . Auckland is a diverse , multicultural and cosmopolitan city , home to the largest Polynesian population in the world . The Māori-language name for Auckland is Tāmaki Makaurau , meaning Tāmaki desired by many , in reference to the desirability of its natural resources and geography . Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean to the east , the low Hunua Ranges to the south-east , the Manukau Harbour to the south-west , and the Waitakere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west . The surrounding hills are covered in rainforest and the landscape is dotted with dozens of dormant volcanic cones . The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitematā Harbour on the Pacific Ocean . Auckland is one of the few cities in the world to have a harbour on each of two separate major bodies of water . The isthmus on which Auckland resides was first settled around 1350 and was valued for its rich and fertile land . The Māori population in the area is estimated to have peaked at 20,000 before the arrival of Europeans . After a British colony was established in 1840 , William Hobson , then Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand , chose the area as his new capital .
Auckland are the top representative rugby union team of the Auckland Rugby Football Union in New Zealand . They currently compete in the Mitre 10 Cup Premiership . Auckland has been the most successful team in NPC and its successors , winning the title a record 16 times . Auckland have also produced a record number of All Blacks , 181 , the most recent being Akira Ioane in 2017 . Auckland are currently coached by Alama Ieremia .
The Blues ( known as the Auckland Blues from 1996 to 2000 ) is a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Auckland , New Zealand who play in the Super Rugby competition . Like New Zealand 's four other Super Rugby teams , the Blues were established by the NZRU in 1996 . One of the most successful teams in Super Rugby history , the Blues won the competition in its first two seasons , 1996 and 1997 , and again in 2003 . Additionally , the team were finalists in 1998 and semi-finalists in 2007 and 2011 .
The New Zealand national rugby union team , commonly known as the All Blacks , represents New Zealand in men 's international rugby union , which is considered to be the country 's national sport . The team won the Rugby World Cup in 2011 and 2015 , as well as the inaugural tournament in 1987 . New Zealand has a 77 per cent winning record in test match rugby , and is the only international men 's side to have secured more wins than losses against every opponent . Since their international debut in 1903 , they have played test matches against 19 nations , of which 12 have never won a game against the All Blacks . The team has also played against three multinational all-star teams , losing only eight of 45 matches . Since the introduction of the World Rugby Rankings in 2003 , New Zealand has held the number one ranking longer than all other teams combined . They jointly hold the record for the most consecutive test match wins for a tier one ranked nation , along with England . The All Blacks compete with Argentina , Australia and South Africa in The Rugby Championship , and have won the trophy sixteen times in the competition 's 23-year history . The team has completed a Grand Slam tour , against the four nations of the United Kingdom , four times ( 1978 , 2005 , 2008 and 2010 ) . New Zealand has been named the World Rugby Team of the Year ten times since the award was created in 2001 , and an All Black has won the World Rugby Player of the Year award ten times over the same period . Fifteen former All Blacks have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame . The team 's first match was in 1884 in New South Wales , and their first international test match was in 1903 against Australia in Sydney .
The Auckland Aces represent the Auckland region and are one of six New Zealand domestic first class cricket teams . Governed by the Auckland Cricket Association they are the most successful side having won 28 Plunket Shield titles , ten Ford Trophy championships and the Super Smash four times . The side currently play their home games at Eden Park Outer Oval . The limited overs side , known as Auckland Aces , have a predominantly light blue kit with a navy and white trim . Their One Day Championship shirt sponsors are Ford whilst their major T20 sponsor is Mondiale . They won the Super Smash competition in the 2015-16 season , their 4th domestic Twenty20 title overall , making them become the most successful team in New Zealand .
The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in men 's international cricket . Nicknamed the Black Caps , they played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch , becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket . From 1930 New Zealand had to wait until 1956 , more than 26 years , for its first Test victory , against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland . They played their first ODI in the 1972-73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch . The current captain in all formats of the game is Kane Williamson , who replaced Brendon McCullum after the latter 's retirement in December 2015 . The national team is organised by New Zealand Cricket . The New Zealand cricket team became known as the Black Caps in January 1998 , after its sponsor at the time , Clear Communications , held a competition to choose a name for the team . This is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks . As of 8 September 2019 , New Zealand have played 1324 international matches , winning 505 , losing 599 , tying 12 and drawing 165 matches while 43 matches ended as no result . The team is ranked 2nd in Tests , 3rd in ODIs and 6th in T20Is by the ICC . New Zealand defeated South Africa in the semi final of the 2015 World Cup , which was their first win in the a world cup semi final and hence they made their maiden appearance in a World Cup Final , but they ultimately lost to Trans-Tasman rivals Australia . In the next World Cup in 2019 , New Zealand again reached the final which they lost to the hosts England on boundary count after the match and the subsequent Super Over both ended as ties .
Aloha Stadium is a stadium located in Halawa , Hawaii , a western suburb of Honolulu ( though with a Honolulu address ) . It is the largest stadium in the state of Hawaii . Aloha Stadium is home to the University of Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors football team ( Mountain West Conference , NCAA Division I FBS ) . It hosts the NCAA 's Hawaiʻi Bowl ( 2002-present ) and Hula Bowl ( restarting in 2020 , previously hosted 1975-1997 and 2006-2008 ) , and formerly was home to the National Football League 's Pro Bowl from 1980 through 2016 ( except in 2010 and 2015 ) . It also hosts numerous high school football games during the season , and serves as a venue for large concerts and events , including high school graduation ceremonies . A swap meet in the stadium 's parking lot every Wednesday , Saturday and Sunday draws large crowds . Aloha Stadium was home field for the AAA Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League ( PCL ) from 1975 to 1987 , before the team moved to Colorado Springs .
Honolulu ( /ˌhɒnəˈluːluː/ ; Hawaiian : [ honoˈlulu ] ) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii . It is an unincorporated part of and the county seat of the City and County of Honolulu along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu . [ a ] The city is the main gateway to Hawaiʻi and a major portal into the United States . The city is also a major hub for international business and military defense , as well as being host to a diverse variety of east-west and Pacific cultures , cuisine , and traditions . Honolulu is the remotest city of its size in the world , and is the westernmost and southernmost major U.S. city . For statistical purposes , the United States Census Bureau recognizes the approximate area commonly referred to as City of Honolulu ( not to be confused with the City and County ) as a census county division ( CCD ) . Honolulu is a major financial center of the islands and of the Pacific Ocean . The population of the Honolulu census designated place ( CDP ) was 359,870 as of the 2017 population estimate , while the Honolulu CCD was 390,738 and the population of the consolidated city and county was 953,207 . Honolulu means sheltered harbor or calm port in Hawaiian . The old name is Kou , a district roughly encompassing the area from Nuʻuanu Avenue to Alakea Street and from Hotel Street to Queen Street which is the heart of the present downtown district . The city has been the capital of the Hawaiian Islands since 1845 and gained historical recognition following the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan near the city on December 7 , 1941 . As of 2015 [ update ] , Honolulu was ranked high on world livability rankings , and was also ranked as the 2nd safest city in the U.S .
The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represents the University of Hawaii at Manoa in NCAA Division I FBS college football . It was part of the Western Athletic Conference until July 2012 , when the team joined the Mountain West Conference . From 2000 until July 1 , 2013 , the football team was renamed to simply Warriors , until a 2013 decision to standardize all of the school 's athletic team names took effect , and the team was once again known as the Rainbow Warriors . The Hawaiʻi Warriors were the third team from a non automatic qualifier conference to play in a BCS bowl game . They played Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on January 1 , 2008 in New Orleans , and lost 41-10 .
The Hawaiʻi Bowl is a college football bowl game that has been played annually at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu , Hawaii , since 2002 . The bowl is one of the post-season contests run by ESPN Events . Since 2018 , the game has been sponsored by the personal finance company SoFi and officially known as the SoFi Hawai ' i Bowl . Previous sponsors include ConAgra Foods ( 2002 ) and Sheraton Hotels and Resorts Hawaii ( 2003-2013 ) . Typically played on or near Christmas Eve , the bowl normally features a team from the Mountain West Conference , playing a team from either the American Athletic Conference or Conference USA . For practical and logistical reasons , the Mountain West bid is automatically awarded to the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors if the team is bowl-eligible , and was not selected to play in a New Year 's Six ( or previously BCS ) bowl game . This means that the Rainbow Warriors do not have to travel to the mainland for a bowl game unless it is of significant importance . As a result of this practice , they have also made the most appearances in the game , at nine .
The Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League ( NFL ) . From the merger with the rival American Football League ( AFL ) in 1970 up through 2013 and since 2017 , it is officially called the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl , matching the top players in the American Football Conference ( AFC ) against those in the National Football Conference ( NFC ) . From 2014 through 2016 , the NFL experimented with an unconferenced format , where the teams were selected by two honorary team captains ( who are each in the Hall of Fame ) , instead of selecting players from each conference . The players were picked in a televised schoolyard pick prior to the game . Unlike most major sports leagues , which hold their all-star games roughly midway through their regular seasons , the Pro Bowl is played around the end of the NFL season . The first official Pro Bowl was played in January 1951 , three weeks after the 1950 NFL Championship Game ( between 1939 and 1942 , the NFL experimented with all-star games pitting the league 's champion against a team of all-stars ) . Between 1970 and 2009 , the Pro Bowl was usually held the weekend after the Super Bowl . Since 2010 , it has been played the weekend before the Super Bowl . Players from the two teams competing in the Super Bowl do not participate . For years , the game has suffered from lack of interest due to perceived low quality , with observers and commentators expressing their disfavor with it in its current state . It draws lower TV ratings than regular season NFL games , although the game draws similar ratings to other major all-star games , such as the Major League Baseball All-Star Game . However , the biggest concern of teams is to avoid injuries to the star players .
High school football is gridiron football played by high school teams in the United States and Canada . It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both countries , but its popularity is declining . According to the Washington Post , between 2009 and 2019 , participation in high school football has declined by 9% .
The Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre ( QSAC ) , more commonly known by its former names ANZ Stadium or QE II , is a major multi-purpose sporting facility on the south side of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia . From 1993 to 2003 , QSAC was the home of the Brisbane Broncos , who play in National Rugby League .
The Sydney Cricket Ground ( SCG ) is a sports stadium in Sydney , Australia . It is used for Test , One Day International and Twenty20 cricket , as well as Australian rules football , rugby league football , rugby union , and association football . It is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team , the Sydney Sixers of the Big Bash League and the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League . It is also the temporary home of the Sydney Roosters of the National Rugby League and the NSW Waratahs of Super Rugby , during the redevelopment of the Sydney Football Stadium . It is owned and operated by the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust . Until the 44,000 seat Sydney Football Stadium opened in 1988 , the Sydney Cricket Ground was the major rugby league venue in Sydney .
The Australian men 's national cricket team represents Australia in men 's international cricket . As one of the oldest teams in Test cricket history , playing in the first ever Test match in 1877 , the team also plays One-Day International ( ODI ) and Twenty20 International ( T20I ) cricket , participating in both the first ODI , against England in the 1970-71 season and the first T20I , against New Zealand in the 2004-05 season , winning both games . The team draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions - the Sheffield Shield , the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament and the Big Bash League . The national team has played 830 Test matches , winning 393 , losing 224 , drawing 211 and tying 2 . As of February 2020 [ update ] , Australia is ranked second in the ICC Test Championship on 108 rating points . Australia is the most successful team in Test cricket history , in terms of overall wins , win-loss ratio and wins percentage . The Australian cricket team has played 942 ODI matches , winning 573 , losing 326 , tying 9 and with 34 ending in a no-result . As of January 2020 [ update ] , Australia is ranked fifth in the ICC ODI Championship on 110 rating points , though have been ranked first for 141 of 185 months since its introduction in 2002 . Australia is the most successful team in ODI cricket history , winning more than 60 per cent of their matches . Australia have made a record seven World Cup final appearances ( 1975 , 1987 , 1996 , 1999 , 2003 , 2007 and 2015 ) and have won the World Cup a record five times : 1987 , 1999 , 2003 , 2007 and 2015 . Australia is the first team to appear in four consecutive World Cup finals ( 1996 , 1999 , 2003 and 2007 ) , surpassing the old record of three consecutive World Cup appearances by the West Indies ( 1975 , 1979 and 1983 ) and the first team to win 3 consecutive World Cups ( 1999 , 2003 and 2007 ) . The team was undefeated in 34 consecutive World Cup matches until the 2011 Cricket World Cup where Pakistan beat them by 4 wickets in the Quarter-final .
The New South Wales cricket team ( currently named NSW Blues ) are an Australian men 's professional first class cricket team based in Sydney , New South Wales . The team competes in the Australian first class cricket competition known as the Sheffield Shield and the limited overs Marsh One-Day Cup . The team previously played in the now defunct Twenty20 , Big Bash , which has since been replaced by the Big Bash League since the 2011-12 season . New South Wales were the inaugural winners of the Champions League Twenty20 . They are by far the most successful domestic cricket side in Australia having won the First-class competition 46 times . In addition , they have also won the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament cup 11 times . They occasionally play first-class matches against touring International sides . New South Wales have played teams representing nine of the twelve test playing nations . Besides its domestic successes , the state is also known for producing some of the finest Australian cricketers to have graced the game .
The Sydney Sixers are an Australian professional franchise men 's cricket team , competing in Australia 's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition , the Big Bash League ( BBL ) . Along with the Sydney Thunder , the Sixers are the successors of the New South Wales Blues who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash . The Sixers play at Sydney Cricket Ground in the south-eastern area of the inner city while the Thunder play out of Spotless Stadium further west . The inaugural coach was Trevor Bayliss , who was replaced in 2015 by current coach Greg Shipperd . The Sixers ' inaugural captain was Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin . Both Steve Smith and Moises Henriques have also spent time captaining the team . Competing in the inaugural Big Bash League , the Sydney Sixers went on to win the tournament . After finishing third in the regular season games , the Sixers defeated the Hobart Hurricanes in the semi-final at Bellerive Oval . This facilitated a show-down with the Perth Scorchers in the final . They defeated the Scorchers on 28 January 2012 , at the WACA Ground , thus becoming the inaugural champions of the Big Bash League . Their second championship came in the ninth BBL season in 2019-20. making the team the current BBL Champions . As a result of their successful Big Bash League grand final win in BBL01 , the Sixers competed for the first time in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament .
The Sydney Roosters is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney . The club competes in the National Rugby League ( NRL ) competition and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs . The Roosters have won fifteen New South Wales Rugby League ( NSWRL ) and National Rugby League titles , and several other competitions . As a franchise , the Eastern Suburbs/Sydney City/Sydney Roosters have won 15 premierships , tying them with the St George Dragons . Only South Sydney Rabbitohs have won more premierships . The club holds the record for having the most wins and the second greatest margin of victory in a match in Australian rugby league history , and has won more minor premierships than any other club . The Roosters is one of only two clubs ( the other being the St. George Illawarra Dragons in 1999 ) to finish runners-up in its inaugural season . The Eastern Suburbs DRLFC is the only club to have played in each and every season at the elite level , and since the 1970s has often been dubbed the glamour club of the league . Coached by Trent Robinson along with captains Boyd Cordner and Jake Friend , the Roosters play their home games at the Sydney Cricket Ground . The club was founded in 1908 in Paddington , Sydney , as Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club ; in 1995 the club 's name was changed to the Sydney City Roosters , and in 2000 to the Sydney Roosters . The Bondi Junction and Moore Park-based Roosters have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with other Sydney-based clubs , especially the South Sydney Rabbitohs , a fellow foundation club based in neighbouring Redfern .
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . Established in Melbourne as the South Melbourne Football Club in 1874 , the Swans relocated to Sydney in 1982 , thus making it the first club in the competition to be based outside Victoria . Initially playing in the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) , the Swans joined seven other clubs in founding the breakaway Victorian Football League ( now known as the AFL ) in 1896 . It won premierships in 1909 , 1918 and 1933 before experiencing a 72-year premiership drought - the longest in the competition 's history . The club broke the drought in 2005 and won another premiership in 2012 . The club has proven to be one of the most consistent teams in the AFL era , failing to make the finals in only four seasons since 1995 , playing the most number of finals matches and winning the second-most matches overall ( only behind Geelong ) since 2000 and boasting a finals winning record of over 50% in the same time period . The Swans ' headquarters and training facilities are located at the Sydney Cricket Ground , the club 's playing home ground since 1982 .
The Brisbane Cricket Ground , commonly known as the Gabba , is a major sports stadium in Brisbane , the capital of Queensland , Australia . The nickname Gabba derives from the suburb of Woolloongabba , in which it is located . Over the years , the Gabba has hosted athletics , Australian rules football , baseball , concerts , cricket , cycling , rugby league , rugby union , soccer and pony and greyhound races . At present , it serves as the home ground for the Queensland Bulls in domestic cricket , the Brisbane Heat of the Big Bash League and Women 's Big Bash League , and the Brisbane Lions of the Australian Football League . Between 1993 and 2005 , the Gabba was redeveloped in six stages at a cost of A $ 128,000,000 . The dimensions of the playing field are now 170.6 metres ( east-west ) by 149.9 metres ( north-south ) , to accommodate the playing of Australian rules football at elite level . The seating capacity of the ground was 42,000 in 2010 , which has been reduced in recent times due to new electronic scoreboards and corporate facilities . For international cricket matches , the capacity is reduced to 36,000 due to new scoreboards and the addition of a pool deck , as well as wider sight screens . For AFL matches the capacity is slightly larger at 41,974 .
The Brisbane Heat are an Australian men 's professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the Big Bash League . The Heat wears a teal uniform and are based in Brisbane in the Australian state Queensland . Their home ground is the Brisbane Cricket Ground . In their second season , they won the Big Bash League for the first time and thus qualified for the Champions League Twenty20 .
The Queensland cricket team or the Queensland Bulls , is the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket side in Australia 's domestic cricket tournaments :
The Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club who play in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The club is based in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia . The club was formed in late 1996 from the merger of the Fitzroy Lions and the Brisbane Bears . The Lions are one of the most successful AFL clubs of the 21st century , having appeared in four consecutive AFL Grand Finals from 2001 to 2004 and winning three premierships ( 2001 , 2002 , 2003 ) . The club plays home matches in the AFL at the Gabba and is captained by Dayne Zorko and coached by Chris Fagan . The Lions were a foundation team in the AFL Women 's competition in 2017 and have featured in two grand finals in that time , finishing runners-up on both occasions . The Brisbane Bears were the first south-east Queensland based team formed in the region . They played at their home ground at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast from 1987 to 1992 before relocating to the Gabba in 1993 . The club continues to play its home games at the Gabba .
Kardinia Park ( also known as GMHBA Stadium due to naming rights ) is a sporting and entertainment venue located within Kardinia Park , South Geelong , in the Australian state of Victoria . The stadium , which is owned and operated by the Kardinia Park Stadium Trust , is the home ground of the Geelong Football Club and the A-League football club Western United FC . The capacity of Kardinia Park is 36,000 , making it the largest-capacity Australian stadium in a regional city .
Geelong ( /dʒɪˈlɒŋ/ ) is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River , in the state of Victoria , Australia . Geelong is 75 kilometres ( 47 mi ) south-west of the state capital , Melbourne . It is the second largest Victorian city , with an estimated urban population of 268,277 as of June 2018 . Geelong runs from the plains of Lara in the north to the rolling hills of Waurn Ponds to the south , with Corio Bay to the east and the Barrabool Hills to the west . Geelong is the administrative centre for the City of Greater Geelong municipality , which covers urban , rural and coastal areas surrounding the city , including the Bellarine Peninsula . [ note 1 ] Geelong was named in 1827 , with the name derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region , Djillong , thought to mean land or cliffs or tongue of land or peninsula . Geelong City is also known as the 'Gateway City ' due to its central location to surrounding Victorian regional centres like Ballarat in the north west , Torquay , Great Ocean Road and Warrnambool in the southwest , Hamilton , Colac and Winchelsea to the west , and the state capital of Melbourne in the north east . The area was first surveyed in 1838 , three weeks after Melbourne . The post office was open by June 1840 ( the second to open in the Port Phillip District ) . The first woolstore was erected in this period and it became the port for the wool industry of the Western District . During the gold rush , Geelong experienced a brief boom as the main port to the rich goldfields of the Ballarat district . The city then diversified into manufacturing , and during the 1860s , it became one of the largest manufacturing centres in Australia with its wool mills , ropeworks , and paper mills .
The Geelong Football Club , nicknamed the Cats , are a professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong , Australia . The club competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the highest level of Australian rules football in Australia . The Cats have been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times , with three in the AFL era ( since 1990 ) . The Cats have also won ten McClelland Trophies . The club was formed in 1859 , making it the second oldest club in the AFL after Melbourne and one of the oldest football clubs in the world . Geelong participated in the first football competition in Australia and was a foundation club of both the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) in 1877 and the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) in 1897 . The club first established itself in the VFA by winning seven premierships , making it the most successful VFA club leading up to the formation of the VFL in 1897 . The club won a further six premierships by 1963 , before enduring a 44-year waiting period until it won its next premiership - an AFL-record 119-point victory in the 2007 AFL Grand Final . Geelong have since won a further two premierships in 2009 and 2011 . The Cats play most of their home games at Kardinia Park ( known for sponsorship reasons as GMHBA Stadium ) and play the remainder at the Melbourne Cricket Ground . Geelong 's traditional guernsey colours are navy blue and white hoops . The club 's nickname , The Cats , was first used in 1923 after a run of losses prompted a local cartoonist to suggest that the club needed a black cat to bring it good luck .
Western United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club . Based in the western Melbourne suburb of Truganina , the club aims to represent western Victoria , incorporating the western suburbs of Melbourne , the regional cities of Geelong , Ballarat and Bendigo , as well as regional and country towns in western Victoria . The club was first established as part of an expansion process in the country 's premier soccer competition , the A-League . It has begun competing in the 2019-20 A-League season , under licence from Football Federation Australia ( FFA ) . Western United play home matches at GMHBA Stadium in Geelong and Mars Stadium in Ballarat , though plan to permanently relocate matches to a proposed soccer-specific stadium in Tarneit , Wyndham .
Wellington Regional Stadium ( known commercially as Sky Stadium through naming rights , and colloquially as The Cake Tin ) is a major sporting venue in Wellington , New Zealand . The stadium 's bowl site size is 48,000 m2 . The stadium was built in 1999 by Fletcher Construction and is situated close to major transport facilities ( such as Wellington railway station ) one kilometre north of the CBD . It was built on reclaimed railway land , which was surplus to requirements . The stadium also serves as a large-capacity venue for concerts .
Wellington ( Māori : Te Whanganui-a-Tara [ tɛ ˈfaŋanʉi a taɾa ] ) is the capital and second-most populous urban area of New Zealand , with 418,500 residents . It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island , between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range . Wellington is the major population centre of the southern North Island , and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region , which also includes the Kapiti Coast and the Wairarapa . It is the world 's southernmost capital of a sovereign state . Wellington features a temperate maritime climate , and is the world 's windiest city by average wind speed . The Wellington metropolitan area comprises four local authorities : Wellington City , on the peninsula between Cook Strait and Wellington Harbour , contains the central business district and about half the population ; Porirua on Porirua Harbour to the north is notable for its large Māori and Pacific Island communities ; Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt are largely suburban areas to the northeast , together known as the Hutt Valley . As the nation 's capital since 1865 , the New Zealand Government and Parliament , Supreme Court and most of the public service are based in the city . Architectural sights include The Old Government Buildings - one of the largest wooden buildings in the world - as well as the iconic Beehive , the executive wing of the New Zealand Parliament . Wellington is also home to several of the largest and oldest cultural institutions in the nation , such the National Archives , the National Library , the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa , and numerous theatres . It plays host to many artistic and cultural organisations , including the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Royal New Zealand Ballet . One of the world 's most liveable cities , the 2016 Mercer Quality of Living Survey ranked Wellington 12th in the world , and was first in the world for both liveability and non-pollution by Deutsche Bank , from 2017-18 . Wellington 's economy is primarily service-based , with an emphasis on finance , business services , and government .
The Hurricanes ( formerly the Wellington Hurricanes ) is a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Wellington that competes in Super Rugby . The Hurricanes were formed to represent the lower North Island , including the East Coast , Hawke 's Bay , Horowhenua Kapiti , Manawatu , Poverty Bay , Wairarapa-Bush , Wanganui and Wellington unions . They currently play at Sky Stadium ( formerly named Westpac Stadium ) , having previously played at the now-defunct Athletic Park . The Hurricanes had a poor first season in 1996 's Super 12 , but rebounded in 1997 with a third placing . The team did not reach the play-offs for another five years as they struggled in the bottom four of the table . Since 2003 the Hurricanes have made the post-season play-offs seven times out of fourteen seasons , including the 2006 final , which they lost in foggy weather against the Crusaders 19-12 . After hosting but failing to win the final in 2015 , the 2016 season was the Hurricanes ' best season to date . They won the final 20-3 against the Lions , after again finishing the regular season first and hosting the final .
The Wellington Rugby Football Union ( known as the Wellington Lions for competition reasons ) are a New Zealand governing body of rugby union in the New Zealand province of Wellington Region . The main stadium is Sky Stadium ( formerly named Westpac Stadium ) which is located in Wellington . The union also represents the Wellington Lions , which is professional rugby union team who compete in the Mitre 10 Cup competition and contest for the Ranfurly Shield . Before 2006 the Lions competed in the National Provincial Championship .
Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional football club based in Wellington , New Zealand . It competes in the Australian A-League , under licence from Football Federation Australia . Phoenix entered the competition in the 2007-08 season after its formation in March 2007 , by New Zealand Football to replace New Zealand Knights as a New Zealand-based club in the Australian A-League competition . The club is one of the few clubs in the world to compete in a league of a different confederation ( AFC ) from that of the country where it is based ( OFC ) . Ernie Merrick was the head coach following the resignation of founding coach Ricki Herbert late in the 2012-13 season , until his own resignation on 5 December 2016 . The current club captain is Steven Taylor , who took over in 2019 . Andrew Durante was club captain from the 2008-09 season until leaving the club in 2019 , succeeding from the inaugural captain , Ross Aloisi . The club 's highest achievement is reaching the A-League Preliminary Final in 2010 . The club plays matches at Sky Stadium ( formerly named Westpac Stadium ) , a 34,500-seat multi-purpose venue in Wellington . Their home kit consists of black and yellow stripes .
Rotorua International Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located on Devon Street West in the Westbrook suburb of Rotorua , New Zealand . It is currently used mostly for rugby union and rugby league matches , being one of three home stadiums for the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union ( the others being Baypark Stadium and Tauranga Domain in Tauranga ) . In addition , a softball field is sited at the northern end . The stadium has a capacity of 26,000 people . The stadium was originally built in 1911 , and renovated several times since . The stadium features a covered stand seating up to 4,000 with a concrete seating area on the western side of the field . In rugby union the stadium has been used for the 1987 Rugby World Cup 3rd/4th playoff , Test matches and British and Irish Lions tours matches . To many it is considered the rightful home of Bay of Plenty rugby , despite the recent majority of home matches being scheduled in Tauranga . Rotorua International Stadium has hosted three rugby league Test matches . The first , held on 16 July 1989 saw the Wally Lewis led Australians defeat New Zealand 8-0 in front of 26,000 fans . The second Test was held seven years later when New Zealand defeated Papua New Guinea 62-8 in front of only 4,800 fans on 5 October 1996 . The last rugby league international held at the venue as of 2014 was when the Kiwis defeated the PNG Kumuls 76-12 in front of 6,000 fans .
Rotorua [ ˌɾɔtɔˈɾʉa ] ( Māori : Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe The second great lake of Kahumatamomoe ) is a city on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua from which the city takes its name , located in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand 's North Island . It is the seat of the Rotorua District , a territorial authority encompassing Rotorua and several other nearby towns . The majority of the Rotorua District is in the Bay of Plenty Region , but a sizeable southern section and a small western section are in the Waikato Region . Rotorua is in the heart of the North Island , 60 kilometres ( 37 miles ) south of Tauranga , 80 km ( 50 mi ) north of Taupo , 105 km ( 65 mi ) east of Hamilton , and 230 km ( 140 mi ) southeast of the nation 's most populous city , Auckland . Rotorua has an estimated permanent population of 59,500 , making it the country 's 10th largest urban area , and the Bay of Plenty 's second largest urban area behind Tauranga . The Rotorua District has a total estimated population of 74,000 , of which 3,600 live in the Waikato section . Rotorua is a major destination for both domestic and international tourists ; the tourism industry is by far the largest industry in the district . It is known for its geothermal activity , and features geysers - notably the Pohutu Geyser at Whakarewarewa - and hot mud pools . This thermal activity is sourced to the Rotorua caldera , in which the town lies . Rotorua is home to the Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology . The Lakes of Rotorua are a collection of many lakes surrounding Rotorua .
The Bay of Plenty Steamers are the top representative team under the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union in New Zealand . They have competed in the ITM Cup since 2006 . They have a total of 21 All Blacks , the latest being Nathan Harris in 2014 . They are coached by Clayton McMillan .
The Forsyth Barr Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dunedin , New Zealand . At various stages of development it was also known as Dunedin Stadium or Awatea Street Stadium , or its non-commercial official name during the 2011 Rugby World Cup and 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup , Otago Stadium . It is also known colloquially as 'the glasshouse ' due to its resemblance to a horticultural hothouse . The stadium was opened by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on 5 August 2011 , replacing Carisbrook as the home stadium of the Highlanders team in Super Rugby and the Otago Rugby Football Union team in the domestic ITM Cup . The stadium hosted four matches of the 2011 Rugby World Cup , and has hosted major music tours , starting in November 2011 with Elton John .
Dunedin ( /dʌˈniːdɪn/ ( listen ) duh-NEE-din ; Māori : Ōtepoti ) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand ( after Christchurch ) , and the principal city of the Otago region . Its name comes from Dùn Èideann , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh , the capital of Scotland . The urban area of Dunedin lies on the central-eastern coast of Otago , surrounding the head of Otago Harbour , and the harbour and hills around Dunedin are the remnants of an extinct volcano . The city suburbs extend out into the surrounding valleys and hills , onto the isthmus of the Otago Peninsula , and along the shores of the Otago Harbour and the Pacific Ocean . Dunedin was the largest New Zealand city by territorial land area until superseded by Auckland with the formation of the Auckland Council in November 2010 . Archaeological evidence points to lengthy occupation of the area by Māori prior to the arrival of Europeans . The province and region of Otago takes its name from the Ngai Tahu village of Otakou at the mouth of the harbour , which became a whaling station in the 1830s . In 1848 a Scottish settlement was established by the Lay Association of the Free Church of Scotland . Between 1855 and 1900 many thousands of Scots emigrated to the incorporated city . Dunedin became wealthy during the Central Otago Gold Rush , beginning in the 1860s . In the mid-1860s , and between 1878 and 1881 , it was New Zealand 's largest urban area . The city population at 5 March 2013 was 120,246 .
The Highlanders ( formerly the Otago Highlanders and currently known as the Pulse Energy Highlanders for sponsorship reasons ) is a New Zealander professional rugby union team based in Dunedin that compete in Super Rugby . The team was formed in 1996 to represent the lower South Island in the newly formed Super 12 competition , and includes the Otago , North Otago and Southland unions . The Highlanders take their name from the Scottish immigrants that helped found the Otago , North Otago , and Southland regions in the 1840s and 1850s . Their main ground through the 2011 Super Rugby season was Carisbrook in Dunedin , with home games occasionally being played in Invercargill and Queenstown . The Highlanders moved into Carisbrook 's replacement , Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza , for the 2012 season ; the stadium opened in time for the 2011 Rugby World Cup , but after the Super Rugby season . They finished the inaugural season eighth , and the following season finished last after winning only three of eleven matches . However , in the 1998 , 1999 and 2000 seasons they qualified for semi-finals ; hosting the 1999 competition final against fellow South Island team the Crusaders . They lost the match 24-19 , and the following year were again knocked out by the Crusaders - this time in their semi-final . In the following fifteen seasons they would only finish in the top four once more , in 2002 . But in 2015 , they were crowned Super Rugby champions after beating the Hurricanes at Westpac Stadium . Current Highlander , Ben Smith has played a record 129 games for the Highlanders , [ needs update ] and thirteen other players have played over 50 games for the team . The Highlanders ' highest career points scorer is Lima Sopoaga with 866 points , and highest career try scorer is Jeff Wilson with 35 .
The Otago Rugby Football Union is the official governing body of rugby union for the Otago region of New Zealand . The union is based in the city of Dunedin , and its home ground is Forsyth Barr Stadium . The top representative team competes in the ITM Cup , New Zealand 's top provincial competition . The union was to have been liquidated in March 2012 . However a deal involving the Dunedin City Council allowed it to keep operating . Otago are the current holders of the Ranfurly Shield after winning it from Waikato in a 23-19 victory in Hamilton on 13 October 2018 .
Southern United , previously known as Otago United , is a football club based in Dunedin , New Zealand . Founded in 2004 , they play their home games at the Caledonian Ground and Forsyth Barr Stadium .
The Melbourne Rectangular Stadium , known as AAMI Park for sponsorship reasons , is an outdoor sports stadium on the site of Edwin Flack Field in the Sports and Entertainment Precinct in the Melbourne City Centre . The stadium 's major tenants are NRL team Melbourne Storm , the Super Rugby team Melbourne Rebels , and the A-League teams Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC . AAMI Park became Melbourne 's first large purpose-built rectangular stadium when completed in 2010 . Referred to as Melbourne Rectangular Stadium during its construction , the ground was officially named AAMI Park on 16 March 2010 , in an eight-year sponsorship deal with insurance firm AAMI . When the project to build the new stadium was approved , the largest stadiums in use were the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) and Docklands Stadium . These were venues of oval configuration and best suited to Australian rules football or cricket . The previous largest rectangular stadium in the city , Olympic Park , was a repurposed track and field venue . The stadium was one of five venues for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup , hosting the opening match and six other matches including one Quarter-final game . AAMI Park hosted rugby league Four Nations matches in 2010 and 2014 , and was used for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup .
The Melbourne Storm are a rugby league team based in Melbourne , Victoria in Australia , that participate in the National Rugby League . The first fully professional rugby league team based in the state , the Storm entered the competition in 1998 . The Storm were originally a Super League initiative , created in 1997 during the Super League war , however , following the Super League collapse , the team became a part of the newly formed , united competition . The club play their home games at AAMI Park . The Storm have won three premierships since their inception , in 1999 , 2012 and 2017 , have contested several more grand finals and were stripped of the 2007 and 2009 premierships , following salary cap breaches . The Storm have built a loyal supporter base through the years . A record membership figure was set in 2019 with the club having 25,208 people signed up as season ticket holders . The Storm also competed in the NRL 's Under-20s competition ( as Melbourne Thunderbolts ) from 2008 until its demise in 2017 and in 2018 they entered the ( Victorian Thunderbolts ) in the Hastings Deering Colts u20s QLD competition . In addition , the club has also expanded into netball with a joint venture with University of the Sunshine Coast . The Sunshine Coast Lightning commenced playing in the National Netball League in 2017 .
The Melbourne Rebels ( formerly known as the RaboDirect Melbourne Rebels for sponsorship reasons ) is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Melbourne . They made their debut in SANZAR 's Super Rugby tournament in 2011 . They were the first privately owned professional rugby union team in Australia , until 2017 when shares in the franchise were returned to the Victorian Rugby Union . The club shares its name with a former Australian Rugby Championship team , but is unrelated , The team plays it 's home matches in AAMI Park .
Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Bundoora , Victoria . It competes in the country 's premier competition , the A-League , under licence from Football Federation Australia . Founded in 2009 as Melbourne Heart , the club competed under that name from its inaugural 2010-11 season until it was acquired and subsequently rebranded in mid-2014 by the City Football Group , in partnership with Holding M.S . Australia . In August 2015 , City Football Group bought out the Holding M.S . Australia consortium to acquire 100% ownership of the club . The club is run from the City Football Academy , a facility in the northern suburb of Bundoora near La Trobe University . The club plays home matches at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium , commercially known as AAMI Park , a 30,050 seat multi-use venue in Melbourne 's City Centre . The club also has an affiliated youth team which competes in the National Youth League , an NPL team which competes in the National Premier Leagues and a senior women 's team which competes in the W-League .
The ANZ National Stadium ( known as ANZ Stadium ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Suva , Fiji . ANZ Stadium is used primarily for rugby league , rugby union and football matches , and features a track as well as a pitch suitable for worldwide competition . It has undercover seating for 4,000 spectators , and concrete and grass embankments that increase the capacity to 15,000 people .
Suva ( Fijian pronunciation : [ ˈsuβa ] ) is the capital and largest metropolitan city in Fiji . It is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu , in the Rewa Province , Central Division . In 1877 , it was decided to make Suva the capital of Fiji , as the geography of former main European settlement at Levuka on the island of Ovalau , Lomaiviti province proved too restrictive . The administration of the colony was moved from Levuka to Suva in 1882 . At the 2007 census , the city of Suva had a population of 85,691 . Including independent suburbs , the population of the Greater Suva urban area was 172,399 at the 2007 census . Suva , along with the bordering towns of Lami , Nasinu , and Nausori have a total urban population of around 330,000 , over a third of the nation 's population . This urban complex ( not including Lami ) is known also as the Suva-Nausori corridor . Suva is the political , economic , and cultural centre of Fiji . It is also the economic and cultural capital of the South Pacific , hosting the majority of regional headquarters of major corporations , as well as international agencies and diplomatic missions in the region . The city also has a thriving arts and performance scene , with a growing reputation as the region 's fashion capital .
Fiji ( /ˈfiːdʒi/ ( listen ) FEE-jee ; Fijian : Viti [ ˈβitʃi ] ; Fiji Hindi : फ़िजी , Fijī ) , officially the Republic of Fiji ( Fijian : Matanitu Tugalala o Viti ; Fiji Hindi : फ़िजी गणराज्य , Fijī Gaṇarājya ) , is an island country in Melanesia , part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about 1,100 nautical miles ( 2,000 km ; 1,300 mi ) northeast of New Zealand 's North Island . Its closest neighbours are Vanuatu to the west , New Caledonia to the southwest , New Zealand 's Kermadec Islands to the southeast , Tonga to the east , the Samoas and France 's Wallis and Futuna to the northeast , and Tuvalu to the north . Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands - of which 110 are permanently inhabited - and more than 500 islets , amounting to a total land area of about 18,300 square kilometres ( 7,100 sq mi ) . The most outlying island is Ono-i-Lau . The two major islands , Viti Levu and Vanua Levu , account for 87% of the total population of 883,483 . The capital , Suva , on Viti Levu , serves as the country 's principal cruise-ship port . [ failed verification ] About three-quarters of Fijians live on Viti Levu 's coasts , either in Suva or in smaller urban centres such as Nadi - where tourism is the major local industry - or Lautoka , where the sugar-cane industry is paramount . Due to its terrain , the interior of Viti Levu is sparsely inhabited . The majority of Fiji 's islands formed through volcanic activity starting around 150 million years ago . Some geothermal activity still occurs today , on the islands of Vanua Levu and Taveuni . The geothermal systems on Viti Levu are non-volcanic in origin , with low-temperature ( c. 35-60 degrees Celsius ) surface discharges . Sabeto Hot Springs near Nadi is a good example .
The Suva Highlanders is a Fijian former rugby union team that had a franchise area coverering Suva , Naitasiri and Kadavu . The team played in Fiji 's premier the Colonial Cup from 2004 to 2008 before the competition ceased in 2008 .
Suva F.C . is a Fijian football team playing in the super premier division of the Fiji Football Association competitions . It is based in Suva . Their home stadium is ANZ Stadium formerly known as National Stadium . Their uniform is white shirt , white shorts and white socks .
Mount Smart Stadium ( formerly known as Ericsson Stadium ) is located in Auckland , New Zealand . It is the home ground of National Rugby League team , the New Zealand Warriors . Built within the quarried remnants of the Rarotonga / Mount Smart volcanic cone , it is located 10 kilometres south of the city centre , in the suburb of Penrose .
The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland , New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League ( NRL ) premiership and is the League 's only team from outside Australia . They were formed in 1995 as the Auckland Warriors , and are officially known as the Vodafone Warriors for sponsorship reasons . The Warriors are coached by Stephen Kearney and captained by Roger Tuivasa-Sheck . They are based at Mt Smart Stadium in the Auckland suburb of Penrose . For the 1995 season the newly-formed Auckland Warriors became the first club from outside Australia to be admitted to the Australian Rugby League 's premiership when it expanded from 16 to 20 teams . As a result of the Super League war in the mid-1990s , Auckland left the ARL to compete in the Super League competition of 1997 , before joining the re-unified NRL the following year . They re-branded themselves the New Zealand Warriors in 2001 . The club has yet to win a premiership as of 2019 , but has won one minor premiership ( in 2002 ) , reached two grand finals ( 2002 and 2011 ) , reached the play-offs eight times , have never won the wooden spoon , and provided the majority of the New Zealand national team 's players .
The Counties Manukau Rugby Football Union ( CMRFU ) is the governing body of rugby union in Southern Auckland and the Franklin district of New Zealand . Nicknamed the Steelers , their colours are red , white , and black horizontal bands . The Steelers moniker is a reference to the Glenbrook steel factory , which is in the area . The union is based in Pukekohe , and plays at Navigation Homes Stadium .
Western Sydney Stadium , commercially known as Bankwest Stadium , is a multi-purpose rectangular stadium in Parramatta , New South Wales , Australia . It replaced the demolished Parramatta Stadium . The stadium opened in April 2019 . It has a 30,000 seat capacity . The stadium is owned by the NSW Government , operated by VenuesLive , designed by Populous Architects and built by Lendlease with a build cost of $ 360 million . The stadium hosts games across the major rectangular field sports in Sydney . The primary uses of the stadium are to host rugby league , soccer , rugby union as well as concerts and special events . The foundation teams are National Rugby League club Parramatta Eels and A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers . Other tenants include NRL team Wests Tigers and Super Rugby team New South Wales Waratahs . Some clubs , such as Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and South Sydney Rabbitohs , are relocating games while the rebuilding of the Sydney Football Stadium and the redevelopment of Stadium Australia goes ahead . The stadium was opened by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on 14 April 2019 . The first sporting event at the stadium saw Parramatta Eels defeat Wests Tigers in an NRL premiership match on 22 April 2019 .
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta . The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947 , and their home ground was Parramatta Stadium ( formerly Cumberland Oval ) . As of 2019 , Parramatta 's home ground stadium has been rebuilt and they now play as the majority tenants at Western Sydney Stadium , which sits on the same site that was once Parramatta Stadium . It took thirty years for the club to make the grand final , which they did in 1976 and 1977 , losing on both occasions . However , this period foreshadowed their most successful period in the early 1980s , when they won four premierships and qualified for five grand finals in six seasons . This was a golden era for the club and yielded their only premiership titles . In 2016 , a salary cap breach saw them stripped of their 2016 Auckland Nines premiership . The club plays in the National Rugby League , the premier rugby league football competition in Australia . Parramatta sides are also fielded in lower grades and junior competitions run by the New South Wales Rugby League where they regularly win premierships in various grades .
Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club ( colloquially known as Western Sydney , or simply as Wanderers ) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney , New South Wales . It competes in the country 's premier soccer competition , the A-League , under licence from Football Federation Australia ( FFA ) . The club has established itself as a major force in both Australia and Asia , having won one A-League Premiership and an AFC Champions League title in its short history . Formed in April 2012 by FFA , Wanderers was established with a strong community focus . A series of community forums across Western Sydney helped choose the club 's name and colours , as well as its culture and playing style . The club 's record-breaking inaugural season won them an A-League premiership and saw the club reach the 2013 A-League Grand Final . The club followed that up by contesting the 2014 A-League Grand Final and securing second place in their second season of the league . The club was also crowned Asian Champions in their debut Champions League season , becoming the first , and so far only , Australian side to win the tournament . The club is run from a facility based in Blacktown , and currently plays matches at Bankwest Stadium . Their foundation home ground of Parramatta Stadium was closed & demolished in 2017 as part of process for building the new stadium . An academy youth team competes in the National Youth League and the National Premier Leagues NSW . A women 's team competes in the W-League .
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football based in the contiguous regions of the Inner West and Western Sydney . They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs Magpies . The Wests Tigers started playing in the 2000 NRL season and they won their maiden premiership in 2005 . It is one of only two clubs ( the other being the Newcastle Knights ) that has never lost a Grand Final in which it has participated . The club also won the World Sevens in 2004 . The Wests Tigers play home games at three grounds : Leichhardt Oval ( the home ground of Balmain ) , Campbelltown Stadium ( the home ground of Western Suburbs ) and Bankwest Stadium in Parramatta as of 2019 , which they have committed to playing four games a year at . They are currently coached by Michael Maguire . The club CEO is Justin Pascoe and Adam Hartigan is the General Manager ( Head of Football ) In 2018 , blue Wiggle and fan Anthony Field wrote and produced a song about the Wests Tigers and various artists from The Wiggles who had collaborated sang it to promote this club .
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore , a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney . They compete in the National Rugby League ( NRL ) premiership , as well as the New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions . The club was admitted to the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership , predecessor of the current NRL competition , in 1935 . They won their first premiership in their fourth year of competition with another soon after , and after spending the 1950s and most of the 1960s on the lower rungs went through a very strong period in the 1980s , winning four premierships in that decade . Known briefly in the 1990s as the Sydney Bulldogs , as a result of the Super League war the club competed in that competition in 1997 before changing their name to the geographically indistinct Bulldogs and continuing to play every season of the re-unified NRL , winning their most recent premiership in 2004 . In 2012 , Canterbury won the minor premiership , but lost to the Melbourne Storm 14-4 in the Grand Final , in October . In 2014 , they came from 7th to make the Grand Final against South Sydney , but lost 30-6 .
The New South Wales Waratahs ( /ˈwɒrətɑːz/ or /ˌwɒrəˈtɑːz/ ; referred to as the Waratahs , are an Australian rugby union team representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super Rugby competition . The Riverina and other southern parts of the state , are represented by the Brumbies , who are based in Canberra , Australian Capital Territory ( ACT ) . The Waratahs name has historically been the name for the New South Wales Rugby Union ( NSWRU ) representative team , and became the name for the New South Wales team when it entered the Super Six , Super 10 and Super 12 competitions . The name and emblem comes from the waratah , the state flower for New South Wales . Until 2019 , their home ground was Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney . With this closed for demolition and rebuilding , in 2019 home games will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground and Western Sydney Stadium .
Henson Park is a multi purpose sports ground in Marrickville , New South Wales , Australia .
The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown , a suburb of Sydney 's inner west . They currently compete in the Canterbury Cup NSW competition , having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season . The Jets ' home ground is Henson Park , and their team colours are blue ( traditionally royal blue ) and white . Established in 1908 , Newtown were one of the founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League . They competed continuously in the NSWRFL premiership until their departure in 1983 , the first reduction in the League since 1937 . Over this period they won the competition three times .