Blight was recruited by the Kangaroos and, although he was reluctant to join at first, he went on to play 178 games for the club between 1974 and 1982.

At Perpignan a monumental struggle finally went Britain's way 27-21 against the Kangaroos, for whom Bobby Fulton grabbed three tries in a lost cause.

The Kiwis handed England their biggest ever loss to again make the final in the 2000 World Cup, but again went down to the Kangaroos 40 – 12.

After retiring, he was an assistant coach at Essendon and an assistant coach at Kangaroos, and later went on to become the senior coach of the Geelong Football Club from 2000 – 2010 coaching them to two Premierships.

Wisniski went over one year without holding a championship before teaming with a new partner, this time Bob Ellis, to defeat the Kangaroos and take back the championship.

He went on to represent the Kangaroos every year from 2001 up until 2006 when incumbent, Cameron Smith won his spot.

During the 1970s, Holden ran an advertising jingle " Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos and Holden cars ", based on the " Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pies and Chevrolet " jingle used by Chevrolet in the United States.

Such was the influence that Carey had on games in which he played, and so much did the Kangaroos struggle in his absence that, in mid 1994, the phenomenon was given a name – ' No Carey, no North '.

Carlton reached two other Grand Finals during the 1990s, losing to Essendon in 1993 and to the Kangaroos in 1999 ; in 1999, Carlton had come from sixth on the home-and-away ladder to qualify for the Grand Final, famously beating its rival Essendon ( the minor premiers ) by one point in the preliminary final.

Cape Barren Geese are common on the island, as are Eastern Grey Kangaroos, Eastern Bettongs and other marsupials.

The Kangaroos ' loss to France meant it was Australia's superior points differential ( on the back of their pointsfest in the opening game against New Zealand ) alone that got them into the final with the undefeated Great Britain team.

The first ever rugby league test series was secured by Great Britain at the ground, when they defeated the touring Australian Kangaroos side 6 – 5 on 14 February 1909 in front of a crowd of 9, 000.

The eastern part of the locality, alongside Main Creek, is part of the Mornington Peninsula National Park called Greens Bush, a native bushland area first set aside for conservation in 1974 and supporting the largest population of Eastern Grey Kangaroos on the Mornington Peninsula.

The southern part of the locality, alongside Main Creek, is part of the Mornington Peninsula National Park called Greens Bush, a native bushland area first set aside for conservation in 1974 and supporting the largest population of Eastern Grey Kangaroos on the Mornington Peninsula.

Bellerive was first settled in the 1820s, and at that time known as ' Kangaroo Point ', for the large numbers Kangaroos that would be seen on the shore.

Previously, the Australian team was only referred to as the Kangaroos when on tours of Great Britain or France.

Sky blue and maroon hooped jerseys were worn by Australia until 1928. The first Kangaroos arrived in England on 27 September 1908, and played their first ever test against the Northern Union in December in London.

This meant that the Kangaroos had finished on 13 points, with the Lions on 12 points.

The 1952 Kangaroos visited the Boulevard on Monday 8 September.

Alexander would go on to play in 10 matches on tour with the Kangaroos, scoring 10 tries and kicking 5 goals.

Alexander was the leading point scorer for the Kangaroos on tour, playing 17 games ( 4 tests ), scoring 14 tries and kicking 50 goals for a total of 156 points.

* 15 October: The Kiwis inflict a surprise defeat on the Australian Kangaroos in the Tri Nations rugby league tournament, defeating Australia in Sydney for the first time since 1959.

Kangaroos and wedge-tailed eagles, although smaller, are also very dangerous, with wedge-tailed eagles particularly immobile after gorging on other roadkill.

Lockyer finished his final ANZAC Test Match on a good note, leading the Kangaroos to a 20-10 victory, having a big hand in setting up two tries the first for Billy Slater with a bomb, the second with a pop-pass play to Gallen, ending in the hands of test-debutant Yow Yeh.

The first Kangaroos were converted from M7 Priest self-propelled guns used by 50th Northumbrian, 3rd Canadian, and 3rd British Infantry Divisions that had been used during the assault on Normandy.

Indeed, Tredrea played some of his most explosive football ever highlighted by a dominant seven-goal haul on the All-Australian centre half back, Trent Croad, a pair of five-goal hauls on Matthew Scarlett of Geelong and Mal Michael of Brisbane ; and a best on ground performance against the Kangaroos in the Elimination Final after kicking four goals.

A cumulation of close games, including a goal after the siren win by Daryn Cresswell in 2002, and immense and 100 + point winning margins, ensured the Swans ' rivalry was maintained with the Kangaroos in recent years.

It was the Swans ' fifth-straight win over the Kangaroos, dating back to Round 6, 2007.

It was Hird's first match since round 13 against the Kangaroos, the Dons ' first win since April Fools ' Day of the same year and Hird's first winning match since round 21, 2005.

** The Kangaroos win the 103rd AFL premiership ( Kangaroos 19. 10 ( 124 ) d Carlton 12. 17 ( 89 ))

But then in 1978 France beat the Kangaroos 13-10 and 11-10 which remained Australia's last failed attempt to win an international series or competition until 2005.

In Round 5, 2003, Fevola kicked 8 goals against the Kangaroos, helping win the game for Carlton and launching himself into the eyes of AFL viewers.

He did goal-kicking for Australia though, and was sin-binned in the Kangaroos ' win against the Kiwis in the post season final of the 1999 Tri-nations.

Sheens coached the Kangaroos to their first win in his charge, defeating the Kiwis on 8 May 2009.

He helped North to a 15 and 2 record after his return from injury, in another premiership year for the Kangaroos.

The following week, Brown kicked another five goals, and in round 10 against the Kangaroos Brown had 12 marks, 27 disposals and 5 goals, followed by a career high 29 disposals in round 11.

In 2007, the AFL pushed for the Kangaroos to move to the Gold Coast as part of another attempted push for national expansion following the inclusion of Port Adelaide and Fremantle into the league in the late 1990s, as well as attempting to increase North's memberships ( which were amongst the lowest in the league ).

The Cubs played as a foreign team in the Singapore Premier League in 1994 and finished runners-up to another Australian team, Perth Kangaroos IFC.

He was a member of the Kangaroos ' premiership sides in 1975 and 1977, and in 1978 won both the Brownlow Medal and the Syd Barker Medal for being the best and fairest player in the VFL and for North Melbourne respectively.

Highlights of his career included a premiership with the Kangaroos, three more with Brisbane, the final best-and-fairest winner with Fitzroy in 1996, and selection in the 1998 South Australian state-of-origin side.

Martin Pike was a member of the Kangaroos ' premiership winning team in 1999, fulfilling a lifelong ambition.

Sheens was soon coaxed out of retirement though, playing one season with the Campbelltown City Kangaroos in 1983, captaining that club to the Group 6 Rugby League premiership that season.

An Australian Kangaroos test and Queensland State of Origin representative lock or second-row forward, Vautin played club football in Brisbane with Wests before moving to Sydney in late 1979 to play with Manly-Warringah, whom he would captain to the 1987 NSWRL premiership.