Australia
Local Name: Australia
Team Name: Australia Kangaroos
Nicknames: Kangaroos, Green and Golds
Colours: Green and Gold
Inaugurated: 1908
First WC Appearance: 1954
No. Of RLWC Titles: 11
Governing Body: Australian Rugby League Commission (ARL)
Region: Asia-Pacific
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Australia Kangaroos
Australia maybe historically the kings of International Rugby League but in recent times both New Zealand and England have started to close the gap in recent years which has led to some great games between the 3 international power houses.
The Kangaroos are still the team to beat and feature many of the world’s most iconic International Rugby League superstars.
Australia Rugby League
The Australian authorities have always made the decision that only players playing in the NRL (the Australasian version of the Super League) can be selected for Australia duty, which gives an element of mystique to any Australian team that heads over to Europe.
With so many of the Australian players playing together at both club and State of Origin level, when it comes to the step up to the International stage, the Australian often have the unity and teamwork from the off which makes them a dangerous team for anyone.
Playing in the famous green and gold, matches between England and the Aussies are always great games and continue the rivalry that is enjoyed between the 2 nations at many sporting events such as cricket.
Australia are still the team to beat and feature many of the world’s most iconic International Rugby League superstars.
There is always something special about watching the Australian Kangaroos, as the Australian National Rugby League team are known as, simply because for the majority of the history of Rugby League, the Kangaroos have been the team to beat.
In many sports a country can stay ahead of the game by simply maintaining their standards and letting others fall away but in Rugby League the Australians have stayed the leader nations by constantly evolving and improving. There have been challengers to their crown over the years with the New Zealand Kiwi’s been the last team to overtake them as the leading Rugby League Nation but whenever a country gets near to them, that simply awakens their drive to be number.
That leads to the Kangaroos improving and taking the game to another level which always makes the kangaroos a team to watch and for supporters of all other nations, the country to beat.
Australian National Rugby League Team
The Australian national Rugby League team are not just the most dominant force in world Rugby League but they have remained one of the most consistent and dominant sporting team in world sport.
That makes every game that they participate in simply a must watch for not just their fans but for neutrals alike and so it will come as no surprise that there is always lots of interest from around the world when the Kangaroos take to the field and that means that there is always lots of betting markets offered by the best bookies, such as those featured on this page.
Colours and Kit
The Australian kit is one of the most iconic and easily recognisable in world sport thanks to the titles and trophies that have been won whilst the biggest stars in the sport have been wearing the green and gold colours of Australia.
Although the kit does have minor changes form one major tournament to the next, the iconic nature of the Aussies strip does mean it remains amongst the most consistent in the sport.
Their shirt is predominantly green with a yellow chevron across the chest, whilst their shorts are usually solely green with yellow and green hooped socks.
Honours
It is difficult to sum up on this page the list of achievements and successes of the Kangaroos due to the consistent level of success over last century or so.
It is probably best to say if it is a tournament that Australia have entered or atrophy that they have competed for, they have won it.
Australia have the most Rugby League World Cup titles, they have won the Tri-Nations and 4 Nations the most time and they have won the World Cup 9s tournament.
Notable Players
As you would expect from a country that has continually been at the very top of the sport for almost all of its entirety and for a country that has continued to produce the sports best players, it is difficult to list the most notable players to have competed for them on this page as there are simply so many.
In 2008, the ARL announced a ‘Team of the Century’ to celebrate the first 100 years of Australian Rugby League, with that squad consisting of Clive Churchill, Reg Gasnier, Mal Meninga, Ken Irvine, Wally Lewis, Andrew Johns, Arthur Beetson, Noel Kelly, Duncan Hall, Norm Provan, Ron Coote, Johnny Raper, Graeme Langlands, Dally Messenger, Bob Fulton, and Frank Burge. The squad did include Brian Bevan as well but he neither featured in a test match for the Kangaroos.
That is obviously an incredible line up but when you think about some of the modern day superstars who missed the cut and you can see the depth of stars the kangaroos have featured down the years.
Amongst the other stars of Aussie national team have included Darren Lockyer, Cameron Smith, Petero Civoniceva, Brad Fittler, Greg Inglis, Johnathan Thurston, Cooper Cronk, Billy Slater, Mick Cronin, Craig Gower, Gorden Tallis and Laurie Daley.
History
The history of the Australian national team is one of the longest in the sport as they were the 4th country, behind Great Britain, Wales, and New Zealand, to play an international test match when a team of mostly players from the newly established NSWRFL competitions played the returning New Zealand All Golds on their way back form a tour of Britain.
That proved to be a success and a tour of their own was organised by the end of the year, with the Kangaroos taking on the Northern union for the first time in London in a game that finished 22-22.
The Kangaroos welcomed a Great British touring side for the first time in 1910 and for the next couple of decades, international Rugby League consisted of Australia and New Zealand touring Britain and France or vice versus.
That lasted until 1954, when the first ever Rugby World Cup in either code was organised and played in France with Australia not reaching the final.
That did not last long however as the 1957 edition of the RLWC was hosted by Australia and they not only reached the final but they picked up their first ever title.
The 1963-64 tour of Great Britain was the 10th tour for the Kangaroos and it proved to be their most successful as it was the first time that they came away with an overall Ashes win.
The 1970’s saw the emergence of the Kangaroos as the dominant force in world Rugby League but that emergence was cemented in the 1980’s when the country won all that there was to win.
Sine then, they have remained the domain force in the sport aside from the 2008 edition when they suffered a shock home loss to New Zealand in the final, they have all but owned the RLWC since the 1988 edition.
