* 1939 – Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league footballer

Use of the name " Ashes " was suggested by the Australian team when rugby league matches between the two countries commenced in 1908.

* 1900 – Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player ( d. 1965 )

* Adrian Purtell ( born 1985 ), Australian rugby player

* 1986 – Brett Morris, Australian rugby player

* 1973 – George Gregan, Australian rugby player

* 1962 – Steve Roach, Australian rugby player

* Bobby Dimond, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1940s and ' 50s

Bundaberg Rum is a major sponsor of the Australian Wallabies rugby union team and also sponsors the Bundaberg Rum Rugby Series.

Celebrities may be known around the world ( e. g., pop stars and film actors ), within a specific country ( e. g., a top Australian rugby player ); or within a region ( e. g., a local television news anchor ).

:* Central Coast Rays, a rugby union club playing in the Australian Rugby Championship

* 1979 – Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby league footballer

* 1983 – Cooper Cronk, Australian rugby player

* 1947 – Bob Fulton, English-born Australian rugby league footballer

* 1959 – Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league footballer

In Australian rules football, the move commonly described as a " tackle " is similar to in rugby and involves wrapping, holding or wrestling a player who has possession of the ball to the ground.

There are several varieties of football, with the most notable being Association football, Gridiron football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby league and rugby union.

* 1983 – Rocky Elsom, Australian rugby player

* 1891 – Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player ( d. 1978 )

* 1987 – Jarrod Sammut, Australian rugby player

* 1988 – Jarryd Hayne, Australian rugby player

* 1988 – Tim Mannah, Australian rugby player

* 1929 – Jack Gibson, Australian rugby footballer and coach ( d. 2008 )

* 1980 – Scott Prince, Australian rugby player

* Australian Premier League, an online football gaming league

The AFL is the List of sports attendance figures # Top 10 in average attendance | most attended national competition in Australia and the only fully professional league for Australian football in the world.

The league changed its name to the Australian Football League ( AFL ) following the 1989 season.

The main types of football that are played are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, Rugby league, and Rugby union.

Originally built for the Central Coast Bears team in the NRL rugby league competition ( to this day, the seats are arranged to say ' Go Bears '), since 2005 it is now the home of the Central Coast Mariners A-League association football team and was the home venue of the Central Coast Rays rugby union Australian Rugby Championship team

* Des Hasler – Former Rugby league player, NSW & Australian representative player, 1987 & 1996 Manly Sea Eagles premiership player, 2008 & 2011 Manly Sea Eagles premiership coach

* 1945 – Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach ( d. 2011 )

* 1973 – Jason Stevens, Australian rugby league footballer

* 1987 – Angus Monfries, Australian league footballer

* 1974 – Clinton O ' Brien, Australian rugby league player

* 1984 – Trent Cutler, Australian rugby league player

* Johnny Brown ( rugby league ) ( born 1943 ), Australian rugby league footballer

* Brent Kite, Australian rugby league player

* 1984 – Jacob Lillyman, Australian rugby league footballer

* 1984 – Anthony Tupou, Australian rugby league footballer

The MCG, often referred to by locals as " The G ", has also hosted other major events, including International Rules between the Australian Football League ( AFL ) and Gaelic Athletic Association, international Rugby union, State of Origin series ( rugby league ), FIFA World Cup qualifiers and International Friendly matches, serves as the finish line for the Melbourne Marathon and also major rock concerts.

Later in 1882, following the famous Australian victory at The Oval, Bligh led an England team to Australia, as he said, to " recover those ashes ".

The Australian team from the 1911 – 12 tour.

This Australian team, led by Bradman, who turned 40 during his final tour of England, has gone down in history as The Invincibles.

Bradman was succeeded as Australian captain by Lindsay Hassett, who led the team to 4 – 1 victory in 1950 – 51.

In the 1974 – 75 series, with the England team breaking up and their best batsman Geoff Boycott refusing to play, Australian pace bowlers Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee wreaked havoc.

WSC affected all Test playing nations but it weakened Australia especially as the bulk of its players had signed up with Packer ; the Australian Cricket Board ( ACB ) would not select WSC-contracted players and an almost completely new Test team had to be formed.

The Australian team of 1989 was comparable to the great Australian teams of the past, and resoundingly defeated England 4 – 0.

* 1948 – The Australian cricket team completed a 4 – 0 Ashes series win over England during their undefeated Invincibles tour.

In 1991, it gained its first South Australian team, Adelaide, which paid five million dollars to enter the AFL.

In 2007 the international rules series was abandoned because of the aggression and the severity of the Australian team in the previous year, but in 2008, under new rules to protect the player with the ball, it resumed in Australia.

The modern form of AAS was largely developed during the 1950s by a team of Australian chemists.

The Australian press dubbed the tactic Bodyline, and claimed it was a deliberate attempt by the English team to intimidate and injure the Australian players.

* Buffaloes, nickname of the South Africa national Australian rules football team

* Darwin Buffaloes, an Australian Rules Football team in Northern Territories, Australia

* Australia national basketball team, officially nicknamed " Australian Boomers "

A reserves team has played in the Northern Conference of the North East Australian Football League since the competition was established in 2011.

The victory song of the Australian national cricket team is entitled " Under the Southern Cross I Stand ".

The stadium has been used by the Australian national football team for some friendly matches due to a large expatriate population living in England ( mainly in London ).

A large crowd of over 10, 000 fans welcome the Australian team on completing the first World Cup Hat-trick # Cricket | hat-trick – Martin Place, Sydney.

* Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, an Australian National Rugby League team

A Great Britain national Australian rules football team | British Bulldog player is chased down and tackled by a Nauru national Australian rules football team | Nauru Chief opponent as he tries to get a kick away.