Australia–New Zealand sports rivalries, the Glossary
Cricket, rugby union, rugby league & netball are the prominent sporting rivalries between Australia and New Zealand.[1]
Table of Contents
127 relations: A-League Men, AFL New Zealand, Anzac Test, Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship, Association football, Australasia at the Olympics, Australasian Breeders Crown, Australasian Pacers Grand Circuit, Australia, Australia men's national field hockey team, Australia national cricket team, Australia national netball team, Australia national rugby league team, Australia women's national field hockey team, Australia women's national rugby union team, Australia women's national soccer team, Australian Football League, Australian Open, Australian rules football in New Zealand, Badminton Australia, Badminton New Zealand, Basketball, Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Bill Kelly (rugby league), Bledisloe Cup, Bowls, Canterbury Australian Football League, Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth of Nations, Constellation Cup, Cricket, Davis Cup, Docklands Stadium, FIBA Oceania, Field hockey, Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics, First-class cricket, Hamilton 400, Harness racing, Head of government, History of rugby union matches between Australia and New Zealand, ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Ice hockey, Inter Dominion, International Korfball Federation, International Softball Federation, Israel Adesanya, List of articles about Australia and New Zealand jointly, Melbourne, ... Expand index (77 more) »
- Australia–New Zealand sports relations
- Sports rivalries in Australia
- Sports rivalries in New Zealand
A-League Men
A-League Men (currently known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand.
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AFL New Zealand
AFL New Zealand is the governing body of Australian rules football in New Zealand.
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Anzac Test
The Anzac Test is an annual rugby league football test match played between Australia and New Zealand for the Bill Kelly Memorial Trophy. Australia–New Zealand sports rivalries and Anzac Test are Australia–New Zealand sports relations, sports rivalries in Australia and sports rivalries in New Zealand.
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Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship
Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship is the korfball competition played by the Asian and Oceanian national teams, organized by the Asia-Oceania Korfball Federation and the International Korfball Federation.
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Australasia at the Olympics
Australasia was a combined team of athletes from Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand that competed together at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. Australia–New Zealand sports rivalries and Australasia at the Olympics are Australia–New Zealand sports relations.
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Australasian Breeders Crown
The Australasian Breeders Crown is a futurity harness racing series for horses bred in Australia and New Zealand.
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Australasian Pacers Grand Circuit
The Australian Grand Circuit for Pacers.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
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Australia men's national field hockey team
The Australia men's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Kookaburras) is one of the nation's most successful top-level sporting teams.
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Australia national cricket team
The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket.
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Australia national netball team
The Australia national netball team, also known as the Australian Diamonds, represent Netball Australia in international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the Constellation Cup, the Netball Quad Series and the Fast5 Netball World Series.
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Australia national rugby league team
The Australian national rugby league team, the Kangaroos, have represented Australia in senior men's rugby league football competitions since the establishment of the game in Australia in 1908.
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Australia women's national field hockey team
The Australia women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Hockeyroos) are, as of August 2023, ranked second in the world.
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Australia women's national rugby union team
The Australia women's national rugby union team, also known as the Wallaroos, has competed at all Women's Rugby World Cups since 1998, with their best result finishing in third place in 2010.
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Australia women's national soccer team
The Australia women's national soccer team is overseen by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, 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.
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The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional competition of Australian rules football.
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Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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In New Zealand, Australian rules football dates back to the 1860s, was home to the first club formed outside Australia in 1876 and was the first colony outside of Australia to take up the sport. Australia–New Zealand sports rivalries and Australian rules football in New Zealand are Australia–New Zealand sports relations.
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Badminton Australia
Badminton Australia (BA) is the top governing body for badminton in Australia.
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Badminton New Zealand
Badminton New Zealand is the badminton organisation in New Zealand which was established in 1927 under the stewardship of Archdeacon Ralph Creed Meredith of Whanganui, one of its first champions, and became a founding member of Badminton World Federation (then known as International Badminton Federation) in 1934.
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.
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Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the sixteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event.
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Bill Kelly (rugby league)
William Martin Kelly (1892–1975), born in Westport, New Zealand was a rugby league football identity who enjoyed success in New Zealand and Australia as both a player and coach in the first half of the 20th century.
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Bledisloe Cup
The Bledisloe Cup is an annual rugby union competition between the national teams of Australia's Wallabies and New Zealand's All Blacks that has been contested since the 1930s.
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Bowls
Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport.
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The Canterbury Australian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in New Zealand and is one of the Leagues governed by AFL New Zealand.
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Chappell–Hadlee Trophy
The Chappell–Hadlee Trophy in cricket is a One Day International & Twenty20 International cricket series between Australia and New Zealand. Australia–New Zealand sports rivalries and Chappell–Hadlee Trophy are Australia–New Zealand sports relations, sports rivalries in Australia and sports rivalries in New Zealand.
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Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire.
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Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.
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Constellation Cup
The Constellation Cup is an international netball competition contested by Australia and New Zealand. Australia–New Zealand sports rivalries and Constellation Cup are Australia–New Zealand sports relations.
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.
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Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis.
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Docklands Stadium
Docklands Stadium, known by naming rights sponsorship as Marvel Stadium, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the suburb of Docklands in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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FIBA Oceania
FIBA Oceania is a zone within FIBA (International Basketball Federation).
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Field hockey
Field hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper.
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Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics
The field hockey competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, which was held in the Percival Molson Memorial Stadium at the McGill University, on an artificial surface for the first time.
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First-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket.
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Hamilton 400
The Hamilton 400 was a V8 Supercar motor racing event held on the Hamilton Street Circuit, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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Harness racing
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace).
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Head of government
In the executive branch, the head of government is the highest or the second-highest official of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a group of ministers or secretaries who lead executive departments.
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History of rugby union matches between Australia and New Zealand
The first clash in Rugby Union between Australia and New Zealand took place in a test match on 15 August 1903 in Sydney, New South Wales. Australia–New Zealand sports rivalries and History of rugby union matches between Australia and New Zealand are Australia–New Zealand sports relations.
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup (formerly the ICC World Twenty20) is a biennial Twenty20 International cricket tournament, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) every 2 years since it's inauguration in 2007 with the exception of 2011, 2018 and 2020.
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Ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport.
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Inter Dominion
The Inter Dominion is a harness racing competition that has been contested since 1936 in Australia and New Zealand.
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International Korfball Federation
The International Korfball Federation (IKF) is the governing body of korfball.
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International Softball Federation
right The International Softball Federation (ISF) is the former international governing body for the sport of softball with its world headquarters and training centre at Plant City, Florida.
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Israel Adesanya
Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya (born 22 July 1989) is a New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and former boxer.
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List of articles about Australia and New Zealand jointly
The following articles refer or relate to the subject matter of Australia – New Zealand as a conjoint or unified entity, or otherwise refer or relate to aspects of Australia – New Zealand relations, comparisons between Australia and New Zealand, the culture of Australia – New Zealand, Australia – New Zealand business and other entities, governance and standardisation in Australia-New Zealand, Australia – New Zealand lists and comparisons, the economy of Australia – New Zealand, Australia – New Zealand-focused publications, and individuals with notable affinity to and/or significance for Australia and New Zealand concurrently.
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Melbourne
Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.
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The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition.
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Men's Oceania Cup
The Oceania Cup is an international men's field hockey competition organised by Oceania Hockey Federation (OHF).
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Motorsport
Motorsport(s) or motor sport(s) are sporting events, competitions and related activities that primarily involve the use of automobiles, motorcycles, motorboats and powered aircraft.
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National Basketball League (Australia)
The National Basketball League (NBL) is a men's professional basketball league in Australasia, currently composed of 10 teams: 9 in Australia and 1 in New Zealand. Australia–New Zealand sports rivalries and National Basketball League (Australia) are Australia–New Zealand sports relations.
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National Rugby League
The National Rugby League (known as the NRL Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship) is a professional rugby league competition in Australasia which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand.
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Netball
Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players.
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Netball at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Netball was one of 17 sports that were contested at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
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Netball at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Netball is one of ten core sports at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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Netball at the Commonwealth Games
Netball at the Commonwealth Games, together with the Netball World Cup, is one of the two major tournaments in international netball.
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Netball World Cup
The Netball World Cup is a quadrennial international netball world championship organised by World Netball, inaugurated in 1963.
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New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.
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New South Wales Waratahs
The New South Wales Waratahs, referred to as the Waratahs, are an Australian professional rugby union team representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super Rugby competition.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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New Zealand Breakers
The New Zealand Breakers (also known as the BNZ Breakers for sponsorship reasons) are a New Zealand professional basketball team based in Auckland.
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New Zealand men's national field hockey team
The New Zealand men's national field hockey team, also known as the Black Sticks Men, is the national team for men's field hockey of New Zealand, under the New Zealand Hockey Federation.
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New Zealand men's national softball team
The New Zealand men's national softball team (nicknamed the Black Sox/Black Socks) is the national softball team for New Zealand.
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The New Zealand national Australian rules football team (tīmi whutupaoro Ahitereiria o Aotearoa; nicknamed the Falcons (Ngā Kāhu); previously the Hawks (Ngā Kārearea), is the national men's team for the sport of Australian rules football in New Zealand. The International Cup team is selected from strict criteria from the best New Zealand born and developed players, primarily from the clubs of the AFL New Zealand.
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New Zealand national netball team
The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns (Rau Hiriwā), represent Netball New Zealand in international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the Taini Jamison Trophy, the Constellation Cup, the Netball Quad Series and the Fast5 Netball World Series.
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New Zealand national rugby league team
The New Zealand national rugby league team (tīma rīki motu Aotearoa) has represented New Zealand in rugby league since 1907.
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New Zealand Warriors
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.
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New Zealand women's national basketball team
The New Zealand women's national basketball team represents New Zealand in international basketball competitions.
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New Zealand women's national field hockey team
The New Zealand women's national field hockey team is also known as the Black Sticks Women.
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The New Zealand women's national football team (recognised as Aotearoa New Zealand by FIFA) is governed by New Zealand Football (NZF).
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New Zealand women's national rugby union team
The New Zealand women's rugby union team, called the Black Ferns (Rarauhe Pango), represents New Zealand in women's international rugby union, which is regarded as the country's national sport.
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Oceania Badminton Championships
The Oceania Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Oceania (BO) and is held once every two years to crown the best badminton players and teams in Oceania.
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Oceania Continent Handball Federation
The Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF) is the governing body for the Olympic sport of Handball in Oceania.
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The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football.
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Oceania Handball Nations Cup
The Oceania Handball Nations Championship was the official competition for senior national handball teams of Oceania, and took place every two years.
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OFC U-19 Men's Championship
The OFC U-19 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the under-19 champions of Oceania and also decides who will represent Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) at the biennial FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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OFC Women's Nations Cup
The OFC Women's Nations Cup (previously known as the OFC Women's Championship) is a women's association football tournament for national teams who belong to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).
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One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of 50 overs limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 7 hours.
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Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities.
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PGA Tour of Australasia
The PGA Tour of Australasia, currently titled as the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tour for men, owned and operated by the PGA of Australia.
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Robert Whittaker (fighter)
Robert John Whittaker (born 20 December 1990) is a New Zealand-born Australian professional mixed martial artist.
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Royal Park, Melbourne
Royal Park is the largest of Melbourne's inner city parks.
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Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.
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Rugby League Four Nations
The Rugby League Four Nations was a rugby league football tournament run in partnership between Australia, England, New Zealand, and a guest nation which changed with every edition.
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Rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.
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Rugby World Cup
The Men's Rugby World Cup is a rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams, the winners of which are recognised as the World champions of the sport.
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Softball at the Summer Olympics
Softball was on the Olympic program from 1996 to 2008.
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Standardbred
The Standardbred is an American horse breed best known for its ability in harness racing where they compete at either a trot or pace.
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Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years.
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Super Rugby
Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.
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Supercars Championship
The Supercars Championship currently known as the Repco Supercars Championship under sponsorship, is a touring car racing category in Australia and New Zealand, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport.
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Tasman Series
The Tasman Series (formally the Tasman Championship for Drivers)Tasman Championship for Drivers, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport with National Competition Rules 1974, pages 80 to 83 was a motor racing competition held annually from 1964 to 1975 over a series of races in New Zealand and Australia.
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Test cricket
Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at the international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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Test match (netball)
A test match in netball is an international match played between two senior national teams, that is recognised as such by at least one of the teams' national governing bodies.
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The New Zealand Herald
The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand.
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The Rugby Championship
The Rugby Championship, formerly known as the Tri Nations Series (1996–2011), is an international rugby union competition contested annually by Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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Touch (sport)
Touch (also known as touch football or touch rugby) is a variant of rugby league that is conducted under the direction of the Federation of International Touch (FIT).
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The first Touch Football World Cup tournament was held in 1988.
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Touring car racing
Touring car racing is a motorsport road racing competition that uses race prepared touring cars.
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Trans-Tasman Trophy
The Trans-Tasman Trophy is awarded to the winner of the Australia–New Zealand Test match series in cricket. Australia–New Zealand sports rivalries and Trans-Tasman Trophy are Australia–New Zealand sports relations, sports rivalries in Australia and sports rivalries in New Zealand.
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Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Underarm bowling incident of 1981
The underarm bowling incident of 1981 is a sporting controversy that took place on 1 February 1981, when Australia played New Zealand in a One Day International cricket match, the third in the best-of-five final of the 1980–81 World Series Cup, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Australia–New Zealand sports rivalries and underarm bowling incident of 1981 are Australia–New Zealand sports relations.
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Victoria (state)
Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.
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Webb Ellis Cup
The Webb Ellis Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the men's Rugby World Cup, the premier competition in men's international rugby union.
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Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice.
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Women's international rugby union
Women's international rugby union has a history going back to the late 19th century, but it was not until 1982 that the first international fixture (or "test match") involving women's rugby union took place.
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Women's National Basketball League
The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is a professional women's basketball league in Australia composed of eight teams.
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Women's Rugby League World Cup
The Women's Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league tournament, contested by the women's national team of the International Rugby League (IRL).
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Women's Softball World Cup
The Women's Softball World Cup is a fastpitch softball tournament for women's national teams held historically every four years, now every two years, by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).
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World Netball Rankings
The World Netball Rankings are published by the World Netball to make it possible to compare the relative strengths of internationally active national netball teams.
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1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales
The first New Zealand team was selected in 1884, for a tour to New South Wales, Australia.
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1907–08 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain
The 1907–1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain was made by a group of New Zealand rugby footballers who played matches in Australia, Ceylon, England and Wales between 1907 and 1908.
1908 Melbourne Carnival
The 1908 Melbourne Carnival was the inaugural Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition, held in Melbourne in August 1908.
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1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain
The 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain was the second ever Kangaroo tour and was actually a tour by an "Australasian" squad that included four New Zealand players in addition to 24 Australian representatives.
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1938 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1938 in Australia.
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1963 World Netball Championships
The 1963 World Netball Championships was the first edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial international netball competition.
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1987 Rugby World Cup
The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup.
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1991 World Netball Championships
The 1991 World Netball Championships (also known as the Johnson & Johnson World Netball Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball.
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1999 World Netball Championships
The 1999 World Netball Championships (also known as the Vodafone World Netball Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball.
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2002 FIBA World Championship
The 2002 FIBA World Championship was the 14th edition of the FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams.
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2005–06 A-League
The 2005–06 A-League was the 29th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the inaugural season of the A-League.
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2007 All Golds Tour
The 2007 All Golds Tour was a tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team, the Kiwis, of Great Britain and France.
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2011 World Netball Championships
The 2011 World Netball Championships was the 13th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball.
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2015 Netball World Cup
The Netball World Cup Sydney 2015 (NWC2015) was the 14th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, the premier competition in international netball.
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See also
Australia–New Zealand sports relations
- 2000 Rugby League World Cup final
- 2008 Rugby League World Cup final
- 2013 Rugby League World Cup final
- 2015 Cricket World Cup final
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
- Anzac Test
- Australasia at the Olympics
- Australia vs New Zealand in rugby league
- Australia–New Zealand soccer rivalry
- Australia–New Zealand sports rivalries
- Australian rules football in New Zealand
- Chappell–Hadlee Trophy
- Constellation Cup
- History of rugby union matches between Australia and New Zealand
- History of women's rugby union matches between Australia and New Zealand
- Laurie O'Reilly Cup
- National Basketball League (Australia)
- Rose Bowl series
- Soccer Ashes
- Trans-Tasman Trophy
- Underarm bowling incident of 1981
Sports rivalries in Australia
- 1989 League Legends Cup
- Alex McKinnon Cup
- Anzac Day Cup
- Anzac Test
- Artie Legacy Medal
- Australia vs England in rugby league
- Australia vs Fiji in rugby league
- Australia vs France in rugby league
- Australia vs New Zealand in rugby league
- Australia vs Papua New Guinea in rugby league
- Australia–England sports rivalries
- Australia–New Zealand sports rivalries
- Battle for Brisbane (rugby league)
- Battle of Bell Street
- Chappell–Hadlee Trophy
- Charity Shield (NRL)
- City vs Country Origin
- Dan Vickerman Cup
- Easter Monday match (NRL)
- Emerson–Laver rivalry
- Foundation Cup
- Greater Western Sydney–Western Bulldogs rivalry
- Heritage Round (NRL)
- Interstate Rugby League in Australia (1908–1981)
- Jack Gibson Cup
- Johnny Mannah Cup
- King's Birthday match (NRL)
- Laver–Rosewall rivalry
- Manly–Melbourne NRL rivalry
- NRL Good Friday Game
- Port Adelaide–Norwood rivalry
- Queensland derby
- Rivalries in the National Rugby League
- Rod Macqueen Cup
- Ron Coote Cup
- Showdown (AFL)
- Soccer Ashes
- South East Queensland Derby
- State of Origin series
- The Ashes
- The Ashes (rugby league)
- Trans-Tasman Cup
- Trans-Tasman Trophy
- Western Sydney Derby
- Wheelchair State Challenge
- Women's State of Origin
Sports rivalries in New Zealand
- Anzac Test
- Auckland derby
- Australia vs New Zealand in rugby league
- Australia–New Zealand soccer rivalry
- Australia–New Zealand sports rivalries
- Chappell–Hadlee Trophy
- England vs New Zealand in rugby league
- History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and the British & Irish Lions
- New Zealand vs Samoa in rugby league
- New Zealand vs Tonga in rugby league
- Soccer Ashes
- Trans-Tasman Cup
- Trans-Tasman Trophy
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia–New_Zealand_sports_rivalries
Also known as Australia-New Zealand sporting rivalry.
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