NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Australian Provincial Championship

The Australian Provincial Championship (APC) is an Australian rugby union tournament that will commence in 2006. Each team will play every team twice throughout the six week round robin tournament. Image File history File linksMetadata Australian_rugby_championship. ... A rugby union scrum. ... // December 1-December 15: The 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar December 10: 33rd Annual Honolulu Marathon December 10-December 17: FIFA Club World Cup in Japan December 31: The NRL will officially retire the nickname Chargers as the Gold Coast Titans take the field in 2007. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... The Brumbies (formerly known as the ACT Brumbies, for sponsorship reasons referred to as CA Brumbies) are a Super 14 rugby union team based in Canberra, Australia and named for the wild horses which inhabit Canberras hinterland. ... A rugby union scrum. ...

Overview

There has previously been no national rugby union club competition in Australia because of a lack of player depth outside of the rugby strongholds of Sydney,Canberra and Brisbane, where there are strong local competitions. In order to expose fringe state players to a high level of rugby, the state teams New South Wales Waratahs, the Brumbies and Queensland Reds, have previously played for the National Ricoh Championship at the completion of the Super 12. The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Canberra (pronounced [1]) is the capital city of Australia and with a population of just over 325,000, is Australias largest inland city. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the third largest city in Australia, with a metropolitan population of 1. ... Official website www. ... The Brumbies (formerly known as the ACT Brumbies, for sponsorship reasons referred to as CA Brumbies) are a Super 14 rugby union team based in Canberra, Australia and named for the wild horses which inhabit Canberras hinterland. ... The Queensland Reds (for sponsorship reasons referred to as QR Queensland Reds) represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union. ... Super 14, or Super 12 as it was known from 1996 through 2005, is a Rugby Union championship competed for by teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. ...

Before the professional rugby era, the NSW Waratahs and Queensland Reds played annually in a competition known as the State of the Union, a name which is still commonly used to refer to Australian interstate games. This was expanded in 1996 to accommodate the ACT Brumbies. From 2006, a Western Australian team Western Force, will also compete for the Australian Provincial Championship at the completion of the Super 14. Western Force (referred to as Emirates Western Force for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the international Super 14 competition. ...

The winner of which is awarded the Bob Templeton trophy. In 2007 or 2008 some Japanese teams could play this competition, however, the future of this competition beyond 2006 is in doubt due to the new National Club Competition. Additionally, the Australian Rugby Shield is a national competition featuring teams from outside the traditional rugby areas. The National Rugby Competition (it is unknown if this title will be official) is a semi-professional rugby union competition that will commence in Australia in July 2007. ... The Telstra Australian Rugby Shield is a national rugby union competition intended to unearth new talent and foster rugby union development outside the traditional rugby states New South Wales and Queensland. ...

Format

The points system used for the APC will be the same as the one that is used for the Super 14; with bonus points being awarded to teams who score four tries or more in one match and/or lose by seven points or less. The standard system is four points for a win, two for a draw and zero for a loss (depending on bonus points). The current Super 14 logo The Super 14 is a rugby union championship competed for by teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. ... This article refers to the use of the word Try in rugby football terminology. ...

The four teams will be as strong as possible, but will be without their respective Wallabies, due to the South African leg of the 2006 Tri Nations Series. The Western Force ended up having all-away fixtures, whilst the Brumbies will be playing all their games on Friday nights, the Waratahs will take games to Gosford and Bathurst, whilst the Reds will kick off in the afternoon at Ballymore.^[1] First international British Isles 3 - 13 Australia (24 June 1899) Largest win Namibia 0 - 142 Australia (25 October 2003) Worst defeat South Africa 61 - 22 Australia (23 August 1997) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1991, 1999 The Australian national rugby union team is the representative... The 2006 Tri Nations Series, an annual rugby union competition between the national teams of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, marked the tenth anniversary of the original competition. ... Gosford Country: Australia State: New South Wales Location: 33°22S 151°20E Gosford Council Area: 940. ... Bathurst can refer to several cities in English-speaking countries: Bathurst, New Brunswick (Canada) Bathurst, New South Wales (Australia) Bathurst, South Africa, near Grahamstown on the eastern cape. ... Ballymore Stadium is the name of a Rugby Union stadium which is also the home of Queensland Rugby. ...

2006 tournament

The 2006 Australian Provincial Championship (APC) is the inaugural season, starting in September. ...

See also

The current Super 14 logo The Super 14 is a rugby union championship competed for by teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. ... First international British Isles 3 - 13 Australia (24 June 1899) Largest win Namibia 0 - 142 Australia (25 October 2003) Worst defeat South Africa 61 - 22 Australia (23 August 1997) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1991, 1999 The Australian national rugby union team is the representative... The Telstra Australian Rugby Shield is a national rugby union competition intended to unearth new talent and foster rugby union development outside the traditional rugby states New South Wales and Queensland. ...

References

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External link

Categories: Rugby union in Australia | Rugby union competitions Rugby union is a popular team sport played in Australia, particularly in New South Wales, Queensland and the A.C.T.. In these states it competes with rugby league, as well as being in competition with soccer and AFL. Rugby union has a lesser following in the AFL dominated states... The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) is the governing body of rugby union in Australia. ... The ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in the Australian Capital Territory and southern regions of New South Wales. ... The New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU) is the organisation responsible for the sport of rugby union in most of the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) is the governing body for the sport of Rugby Union in the State of Queensland, Australia. ... The Victorian Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in the state of Victoria, Australia. ... 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