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Rugby League World Sevens, the Glossary

The Rugby League World Sevens, usually referred to as the World Sevens and sometimes as the World Cup Sevens, was a pre-season rugby league sevens tournament made up over the years primarily of New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL), Australian Rugby League (ARL) and mostly recently National Rugby League (NRL) teams, along with teams representing NSW Country and nations including Tonga, France, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Russia, Fiji, the US and England.^[1]

Australian dollar

The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the official currency and legal tender of Australia, including all of its external territories, and three independent sovereign Pacific Island states: Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu.

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Australian Rugby League Commission

The Australian Rugby League Commission Limited (ARL), formerly the Australian Rugby Football League Limited known as the Australian Rugby League is an Australian rugby league football competition operator.

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Balmain Tigers

The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995 to 1996) are a rugby league club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain.

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BBC Sport

BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online.

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Brisbane Broncos

The Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club Ltd., commonly referred to as the Broncos, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland.

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Canada national rugby league team

The Canada national rugby league team represents Canada in international rugby league football tournaments.

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Canberra Raiders

The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney.

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Challenge Cup

The Rugby Football League Challenge Cup, commonly known just as the Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, it is the world's oldest cup competition in either code of rugby.

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Coca-Cola Amatil

Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (CCAL) was an Australian bottler of non-alcoholic beverages that existed from 1904 to 2021, when it merged with Coca-Cola European Partners to form Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

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Colin Love

Colin Love AM, (born 25 January 1945 in Australia) is the former chairman of the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF), New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) and Australian Rugby League (ARL).

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Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales.

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Denis Betts

Denis Charles Betts (born 14 September 1969) is an English rugby league coach and former player.

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England national rugby league team

The England national rugby league team represents England in international rugby league since the first international match in 1904.

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Fiji national rugby league team

The Fiji national rugby league team, nicknamed the Bati (pronounced), has been participating in international rugby league football since 1992.

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Gene Miles

Gene Miles (born 21 July 1959) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Gold Coast Titans

The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

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Group 2 Rugby League

Group 2 is a rugby league competition on the north coast of New South Wales Since 1966, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League.

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International Rugby League

The International Rugby League (IRL) is the global governing body for the sport of rugby league football.

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John Monie

John Stephen Monie (born 6 October 1946) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

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Keith Senior

Keith Andrew Senior (born 24 April 1976) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Sheffield Eagles and the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League.

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Lang Park

Lang Park, nicknamed "The Cauldron", also known as Brisbane Stadium and commercially Suncorp Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Milton.

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Manly Warringah Sea Eagles

The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches.

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Martin Offiah

Martin Nwokocha Offiah MBE ((original pronunciation), (commonly used)); born 29 December 1965) is an English former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Offiah was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame in 2013. He scored over 500 tries during his rugby league career, making him the third-highest try scorer (and top try-scoring English player) of all time, and now features in a statue of great rugby league players outside Wembley Stadium.

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Maurice Lindsay (rugby league)

Maurice Lindsay (8 May 1941 – 17 May 2022) was the chairman of Preston North End F.C. and of Wigan Warriors R.L.F.C. and had two stints at the club after being one of the 'Gang of Four' directors that used to run the club when it dominated the league in the 1980s.

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Nathan Hindmarsh

Nathan William Hindmarsh (born 7 September 1979) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who captained the Parramatta Eels in the NRL.

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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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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 Rugby League

The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission.

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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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Newcastle Knights

The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league team based in Newcastle, New South Wales that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Rugby League World Sevens and Newcastle Knights are 1988 establishments in Australia.

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Nine Network

The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network.

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North Queensland Cowboys

The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest city in North Queensland.

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North Sydney Bears

The North Sydney Bears is an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales.

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NRL Nines

The NRL Nines is a rugby league nines competition, normally held during the NRL preseason each year.

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Parramatta Eels

The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL).

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Parramatta Stadium

Parramatta Stadium was a sports stadium in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, west of Sydney CBD.

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Penrith Panthers

The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL).

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Pepsi

Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink with a cola flavor, manufactured by PepsiCo.

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Queensland

Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.

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Queensland Cup

The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia.

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Rugby league sevens

Rugby league sevens (or simply sevens) is a seven-a-side derivative of rugby league football, which is usually a thirteen-a-side sport.

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Russell Crowe

Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is a New Zealand-born actor, director and musician.

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South Sydney Rabbitohs

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Redfern that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL).

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Souths Logan Magpies

The Souths Logan Magpies, more commonly referred to by their former names Southern Suburbs Magpies, or South Brisbane Magpies, or often simply referred to as Souths, are a rugby league football club based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane, Australia.

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St. George Dragons

The St.

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Steve Folkes

Steven John Folkes (30 January 1959 – 27 February 2018) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League.

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The Sydney Football Stadium, commercially known as Allianz Stadium and previously Aussie Stadium, was a football stadium in the Moore Park suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Rugby League World Sevens and Sydney Football Stadium (1988) are 1988 establishments in Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_League_World_Sevens

Also known as Nissan World 7s, Nissan World Sevens, Rugby World 7s, Rugby World Sevens, The World 7s, The World Sevens, World 7s, World 7s (rugby league), World Cup 7s, World Sevens (rugby league).

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Rugby League World Sevens, the Glossary

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See also

International rugby league competitions hosted by Australia

Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2004

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