who did the dockers play in the grand final
Bristol Dockers


The final was played at Aretians RFC in Bristol and won by a single score by the dockers. In 2017 Bristol Dockers were yet again crowned WARFL champions. With dockers finishing second in the league a tough away final in Cardiff was played out. The final started badly for the dockers who were 3 goals down after the first 2 quarters. In true dockers style Bristol turned it around in the 3rd, blowing away the strong Panthers team. Dockers stood firm in the final quarter to hold on and win comfortably. The 2018
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Fremantle


a total of 29 premierships. East Fremantle Oval has been the team's home ground since 1953. Today Fremantle is represented in the Australian Football League by the Fremantle Dockers, who previously trained at the heritage-listed Fremantle Oval, shared with South Fremantle, and play their home matches at Perth Stadium (also known as Optus Stadium) in Burswood. The club's main rivalry is with the Perth-based West Coast Eagles. In 2013, the Dockers played in (and lost) their first Grand Final. Founded in
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Burnie Dockers Football Club


by the Burnie City Council saved them. The Dockers participated in the Tasmanian Football League until 2000 when it announced it would be pulling out of the fledgling competition, the League therefore folding and the Dockers joined the Northern Tasmanian Football League in 2001. Success was never far away and the Dockers became arguably Tasmanian football's most powerful domestic club during the early part of the 2000s, winning five consecutive NTFL premierships from 2001–2005. After two lean years, the Dockers bounced back in 2008. Playing in a thrilling NTFL grand final,
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Fremantle Football Club


, the Dockers produced a first-round upset with a 15-point victory to advance through to a home preliminary final. In the preliminary final, the Dockers defeated the reigning premiers, the Sydney Swans, by 25 points to advance to their maiden AFL Grand Final. In the 2013 grand final, the Dockers were defeated by Hawthorn by a margin of 15 points. In 2014, the club reached the finals for the third successive year with a top-four finish and 16 wins, but despite earning a double chance, they
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Zac Dawson


the 2009 AFL Grand Final after qualifying and preliminary finals wins. Dawson played in the grand final in which St Kilda were defeated by 12 points. Dawson played 20 games in 2010, and was named St Kilda's player of the finals series (jointly with Lenny Hayes). As of the end of the 2010 season, Dawson had played in seven finals matches including three grand finals. In November 2011, Dawson left the Saints after deciding against signing a new contract with the club. He moved to Fremantle Dockers for the
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Burnie Dockers Football Club


the Burnie Tigers and merged, however the club still played as the Burnie Hawks until, with the arrival of former North Melbourne champion Peter German, the club adopted a new emblem, colours and jumper designed to appease both sides of the divide. From 1995 the Burnie Dockers were successful, making the 1996 and 1997 Grand Finals, but ultimately losing both to Southern powerhouse, Clarence. Shortly after, the Dockers found themselves (like many TFL clubs during the 1990s) in serious financial trouble and facing extinction until a late bailout
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Burnie Dockers Football Club Women’s Team


The Burnie Dockers Football Club's Women's Team commenced playing in the newly branded Tasmanian Women's League (TWL) in 2013, transferring from the Yeomen Football Club. The Dockers competed in 3 consecutive grand finals taking out the TWL premierships in 2014 and 2016. From 2017 the Women's Team will compete in the new Tasmania State League Women's The 2013 Season saw a massive step up in the professionalism of the women's team stepping into a State League Club environment. Inaugural Head Coach: Darren 'Spanner' Eade Team
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Scott Chisholm (footballer)


as the NTFL's representative sides in 1993 and 1994, winning the Australian Day Medal as the NT's best player in 1994. He also played in St Mary's three consecutive Grand Finals between 1992 and 1994, winning two flags. He then moved to play for Claremont under coach Gerard Neesham towards the end of the 1994 WAFL season, where he played in Claremont's final four matches, including their Grand Final loss to East Fremantle. Chisholm became an inaugural member of the Fremantle Dockers when they joined the AFL in 1995
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Luke Hodge


season, but he played the majority of the season finishing fifth in the club's Peter Crimmins Medal award. Hodge played in the 2013 AFL Grand Final against Fremantle Dockers and was listed as one of his team's best players on the day. Hawthorn's victory allowed him to claim his second Premiership and his first Premiership as a captain. Hodge had another consistent year in 2014. He played his 250th career game in the Grand Final, with the Hawks defeating the Sydney Swans to win their 12th premiership. In the game
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Luke Breust


AFL season, particularly with his five-goal effort in Hawthorn's eight-goal win over Collingwood. He played predominantly as a forward, but had short bursts in the midfield throughout the year. Breust played in Hawthorn's losing Grand Final team. At the end of the year, he placed fourth in the Peter Crimmins Medal behind winner Sam Mitchell. In 2013, Breust kicked a goal in the last quarter of the AFL Grand Final against the Fremantle Dockers to win his first AFL Premiership. In 2014, Breust began
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Greg Madigan


Greg Madigan (born 24 January 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s. Playing mostly at centre half-back, Madigan was a member of Hawthorn's 1989 VFL Grand Final winning side, in only his 6th league game. However, in the subsequent years he failed to establish his position in the Hawthorn team, playing ten or fewer games in each of his six seasons at Hawthorn. In 1995 he was selected into the inaugural Fremantle Dockers
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AFL South Africa


Bees FC, Nyanga Blue Birds FC and Real Divines FC" "An open age national competition contested by four provinces namely Gauteng, North West and Kwa Zulu Natal." "An Under 17 national competition contested by four provinces namely Gauteng, North West and Kwa Zulu Natal." National Championships The first national championships were played in 2008. The inaugural winners were North West Dockers 2008 national champions "footyWILD Extreme (Open Age) Grand Final North West Dockers 9.11 (65) d Western Cape Magpies 4.9 (33) coached
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Brad Sheppard


best in the deciding match. In Round 17 of the 2018 Season, Sheppard played his 150th match against the Fremantle Dockers. In the first week of the 2018 Finals series, Sheppard suffered a season-ending hamstring injury and subsequently missed playing in the 2018 AFL Grand Final which was won by West Coast. Sheppard is a versatile medium-sized player that has primarily played as a defender, but has also demonstrated ability at playing midfield and half forward roles. He is considered a well-rounded young player with good ball
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Chad Fletcher


2010 season playing for the Balmain Dockers in the Sydney Football League, but retired after the Dockers did not make finals. During West Coast's 2006 end of year holiday in Las Vegas, Fletcher had a brush with death after reportedly choking on his own vomit. Fletcher was rushed to hospital and had to be revived after he stopped breathing. His case was so serious he spent four days in a hospital and flew straight back to Perth after checking out. In August 2010, Fletcher was arrested and later pleaded guilty to possession
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Bristol Dockers


creation of the Aussie Rules UK regional leagues in 2007, the Dockers elected to play in the BARFL's London Social League (now the Social Division of the AFL London). In 2010 the Dockers again made it to the Semi Finals in AFL London Social league, unfortunately coming undone in the last half of the game and conceding defeat. In 2011, the Dockers moved to the 9-a-side format in the Welsh Australian Rules Football League, which meant a change in home ground from Aretians Rugby club. The Bristol Dockers
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2013 AFL Grand Final


a running shot on goal in an open paddock which would’ve bought the Dockers to within 2 kicks of the Hawks, however, he was run down and tackled by Ben Stratton with the ensuing kick missing to the right. Hawthorn were then able to hold on to win the grand final by 15 points, avenging their grand final loss the previous year. Hawthorn led the match from start to finish, but were outplayed for significant periods. It is the only grand final which Champion Data have assessed as having been won by
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Bristol Dockers


have an allegiance with the Western Gaels Gaelic Football Club, with many of their players from both clubs crossing over sports and playing for both clubs. In 2018 the Bristol Dockers announced the formation of a ladies team, a historic moment for the club. The Bristol Dockers experienced an unprecedented level of success during the 2010s. During the 2014 season the Dockers went unbeaten, winning 11 consecutive games, including a home and away double against arch rivals Cardiff Panthers. The 2014 final is one of the greatest moments in dockers history.
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Ralph Docker


Ralph Docker (31 August 1855 — 7 July 1910) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1879. Docker was born in Harborne, Staffordshire, the son of Ralph Docker and his wife Sarah Sankey. His father was a solicitor in practice at Birmingham and Smethwick who took on a large number of public appointments. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham. In 1873 he played for a Birmingham XXII against an All England XI, and then in 1878 in another Birmingham XXII against
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Ludford Docker


Ludford Charles Docker (26 November 1860 – 1 August 1940) was a businessman and an English cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1881 and 1886, captaining the side in 1884, and for Warwickshire in 1894 and 1895. Docker was born in Smethwick, Staffordshire, the son of Ralph Docker and his wife Sarah Sankey. His father was a solicitor in practice at Birmingham and Smethwick who took on a large number of public appointments. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham. Docker played
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Luke Priddis


300th NRL appearance in 2010. While Priddis played a very important role in the team's success after taking over from Nathan Fien, who suffered a broken leg in Round 1 which kept him out most of the season, he did not play in the 2010 NRL Grand Final. By not playing in the Dragons' victorious Grand Final squad, he missed a golden opportunity to have won three Grand Finals at three clubs, a feat not achieved since Glenn Lazarus did so with the Broncos, Canberra Raiders and Melbourne Storm. Priddis
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2009 TSL season


North Hobart Oval. The Roos, playing on their home ground never gave Devonport a sniff and raced away to a ridiculously easy 53-point win, while in the second match of the afternoon, Glenorchy made its way into the Grand Final by demolishing an out of form Burnie by 71-points in a magnificent display which had the critics raving and touting them as odds-on for the premiership. Burnie and Clarence met in the Preliminary Final at Aurora Stadium on 12 September in perfect conditions. After an even start, the Dockers began to
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House of Dreams (song)


, while a band plays the song behind them. An alternate albeit similar version of the video clip with the song shortened was used in a promo for the 2013 AFL Grand Final. The alternate version shows Bliss, Eso, DJ Izm and the band playing the song outside the MCG, and has clips of Hawthorn Hawks and Fremantle Dockers players playing AFL. The main music video currently has over 2,000,000 views. The song received generally positive reviews. Moshpress.com wrote that "The single brings listeners that old-school Bliss N Eso
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Liverpool dockers' dispute (1995–98)


between the union and dockers had deteriorated, in particular with Bill Morris, who came under scrutiny for misleading statements. Although the union did not officially support the dispute, it is believed to have contributed up to £700,000 () towards the dockers' hardship fund and supported them with premises towards helping to negotiate a settlement. One docker discovered through a discussion with the General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union that they had been willing to grant dockers an interest free loan of £250,000 () to help towards running costs,
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Reading Kangaroos


went on to make the grand final – although they were defeated by the Bristol Dockers. The 2004 season saw the Roos win the grand final, thumping Bristol 28.20.188 to 1.6.12. The club also travelled to Aalborg in Denmark and won the Sheep Stations Cup against the North Copenhagen Barracudas. In 2005, the Roos competed in both the BARFL Premiership and the BARFL Regional competitions, though they failed to make the grand final in either league. In the BARFL Premiership despite committed performances, the guys could not match the greater experience of
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2013 AFL Grand Final


the poorer side on the day, as Fremantle were left to rue their opportunities they were unable to convert. 2013 remains the only time the Fremantle Dockers have appeared in an AFL Grand Final since joining the league in 1995 (and hence the closest they have come to an AFL Premiership). Two years later in 2015, Fremantle won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the AFL ladder at the end of the home & away season, but they failed to convert that achievement into another grand final appearance, losing to
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2013 AFL Grand Final


, taking a stranglehold of the game against the Dockers. Jack Gunston kicked his second goal on the run from just inside 50 before Cyril Rioli through his manic forward pressure, got himself on the board after catching Lee Spurr for holding the ball, taking the Hawks to a massive 24 point lead. Finally at the 12 minute mark, Tendai Mzungu kicked the Dockers' first goal, before Ryan Crowley kicked yet another behind for Fremantle. This was quickly followed by Jack Gunston slotting his third goal after outpositioning Fremantle's Zac Dawson
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Jason Saddington


, for his strong season at VFL level during the season. Jason was offered a position in an AFL initiative to assist homeless people. Saddington officially retired from the AFL on 13 October 2008. He continued to play on with the Northern Bullants as a VFL-listed player in 2009, where he was a part of the club's losing grand final team. In 2012, Saddington played for the Balmain Dockers in the Sydney AFL competition alongside premiership players Nick Davis and Chad Fletcher. In 2014, Saddington coached the NSW/
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Fremantle Football Club


start up years, Fremantle are beginning to be a more established and consistently more competitive club in the AFL, with an overall win percentage of 50.0% since first making the finals in 2003. The Dockers' halcyon years took place between 2013 and 2015, where they earned three-straight top four finishes to go with their only grand final appearance (2013) and their only minor premiership (2015). Fremantle played in its first drawn match in Round 8, 2013 against the Sydney Swans. In 2006, against St
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Chris Waterman


Coast Eagles guernsey, and under the guidance of coaches John Todd and Mick Malthouse, went on to play a total of 177 matches (including 22 AFL finals, 3 Grand Finals and 2 Premierships) for the club and earned "Player Life Member" status. Chris retired in 1998. In 1999 Waterman began his coaching career, taking the role of defensive coach for his former club, the West Coast Eagles. in 2001, he was appointed defensive coach of the Fremantle Dockers until the end of 2005. Waterman also coached
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Peel Thunder Football Club


Despite a drop off from 2015, Peel headed into the WAFL finals with a huge boost thanks to Fremantle's poor season in 2016. With Fremantle missing the finals in 2016, it provided Peel with a huge contingent of players for their finals campaign. Behind 17 Docker-listed players, the Thunder won three do-or-die finals in a row against East Perth, West Perth and South Fremantle respectively to reach their first ever WAFL grand final. In the grand final, Peel defeated Subiaco by 23 points to win
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2013 AFL Grand Final


the qualifying final by 54 points and earned a week off. They ended an 11-match losing streak against Geelong (dating back to 2008) to win by five points in the preliminary final. The match was Hawthorn's third grand final appearance in six years. Fremantle entered the 2013 season having come off a semi-final loss to in the previous year's finals series. After winning their first two matches of the season by 28 points, the Dockers lost back-to-back matches against and to be 2–2 after Round
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Marlon Motlop


handballs in a 55-point loss to the Sydney Swans. Round 11 saw Motlop kick 1 goal and collect 12 kicks and three handballs in a 24-point win over the Fremantle Dockers. In what turned out to be his final AFL match, Motlop did not score in his match against the Western Bulldogs, but did get 16 disposals. While not playing in the AFL, Motlop played with West Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He was delisted by Port Adelaide at the end of the 2011 AFL
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Brad Miller (footballer)


of Queensland. When he did return to the senior Demons lineup just before the finals, he was involved in a collision that led to Geelong player Tom Lonergan losing one of his kidneys. Miller played a best on ground performance in the Demons losing finals game against the Fremantle Dockers in Perth in an impressive performance. Many believe that this saved him from being traded in the pre-season draft. Miller played what was possibly his best game at the club in Round 7 of the 2008 Season against Fremantle at the MCG.
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Ross Lyon


the 2013 season in the top four for just the second time in their history. An upset win against at Simonds Stadium and a 25-point win against in the club's first home preliminary final booked them a place in the Grand Final, also a club-first. The Dockers went down to in the Grand Final by 15 points. Another top-four finish followed in 2014, however losses to and sent the club crashing out of the finals in straight sets. Lyon coached his 200th AFL game in Round 6, 2015
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Bristol Dockers


were recorded over South Cardiff Panthers in a season defining, hard fought, 13 point victory playing with a scratch 9 and the spectacular round 5 186-22 victory over Chippenham Redbacks. The July Grand Final versus the South Cardiff Panthers was played out in Bristol at the Dings Crusaders RFC. Bristol were victorious 14 14 98 d Cardiff Panthers 5 17 47, in their most comprehensive victory ever over their fierce rivals. In 2019 the club decided to form a women's team. On 2 March, as part of a round
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Shane Yarran


charge was later dropped. While still a listed Dockers player, Yarran played for Peel Thunder in the 2016 WAFL season. He kicked five goals in their grand final match against his old team Subiaco to help Peel win their first premiership. In December 2016, Yarran retired from AFL football. Fremantle CEO Steve Rosich said "[Yarran] and his management believe that focusing on his personal and off-field matters at this time needs to take priority over his football career." He played a total of six games for Fremantle
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Welsh Australian Rules Football League


South Cardiff Panthers' ruckman Chris James was awarded best on ground. The Bridgend Eagles and Bristol Dockers joined the league in 2011 with Gwent Tigers not fielding a team that year. The league is organised in a similar fashion to the SANFL, with the top two teams at the end of the "home and away" season playing off in the Grand Final for the Premiership Cup. Two representative sides are organised by the WARFL, one to represent the national league which is an all-stars side known as the "WARFL
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Justin Plapp


and continued on into the first season of the revamped Tasmanian State League competition in 2009. After leading his Burnie team to second position after the roster season, the Dockers were to crash out in straights sets in the finals. Plapp's final match as a player was to be memorable for his missed set shot at goal after the final siren in the 2009 Preliminary Final which saw the Dockers lose to eventual premier Clarence by 4 points marking a sad end to Plapp's playing career and subsequently his coaching career at Burnie. Plapp
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Millwall F.C.


side, went on to reach the semi-final. The club adopted the motto: "We Fear No Foe Where E'er We Go". In the 2000s the club started to recognise its unique link with London's docks by introducing Dockers' Days, and archiving the club's dock roots in the Millwall FC Museum. Dockers' Days bring together past successful Millwall teams who parade on the pitch at half-time. Supporters who were dockers are allowed to attend the game for free. In 2011, Millwall officially named
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2013 AFL Grand Final


Hawthorn in the Preliminary Final. Brian Lake took ten marks of which seven were intercept marks to repel the Dockers attack. He took two crucial marks in the final quarter which sealed his Norm Smith Medal win. Lake finished with 12 votes, just edging out teammate Jack Gunston with 11 votes who was also crucial on the day with his straight kicking, booting 4 goals. David Mundy polled 4 votes, while Luke Hodge and Nat Fyfe polled 2 and 1 votes respectively. He subsequently accepted a four match suspension for deliberately elbowing
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Charlie Lee (Australian footballer)


Charlie Lee (11 August 1896 – 15 June 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In his second season Lee won a premiership when Collingwood defeated Fitzroy in the Grand Final of 1917. After playing in Collingwood's loss to Richmond in the 1919 Preliminary Final, Lee did not return the following week to play in Collingwood's winning 1919 Grand Final team. This was to be Lee's final VFL game until he returned to Collingwood four years later, in 1923
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West Park Oval


weeks later in the Grand Final at North Hobart Oval and fight out a 38-goal thriller, with Clarence turning the tables on the hapless Dockers). It hosted AFL pre-season practice matches in the early 1990s, with over 12,000 attending the Carlton v St Kilda match in 1991. West Park was the first Tasmanian football venue to install lights for night football, the first night match was played between Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in a Foster's NFL Shield match on 9 June 1989 where the visiting team
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Stephen O'Reilly (footballer)


1994 he only missed one game and was a member of Geelong's losing grand final side. As a strong defender, he was targeted by the newly formed Fremantle Dockers for the 1995 season. He led an inexperienced backline in their initial seasons, and finished 4th, 1st and 6th in the Best and Fairest award in his first three years at the new club. Following the 1997 O'Reilly suffered a bad hamstring tear in which the muscle was completely torn off the bone. The 1998 and 1999 seasons saw him play at both
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Norm Spillane


second premiership. Spillane did not feature at all in the 1950 season as Souths defeated Western Suburbs in the grand final to claim their 12th premiership. Spillane returned in 1951 playing 9 games as Souths claimed another minor premiership and reached the grand final against Manly-Warringah who were appearing in the first decider. Spillane played at five-eighth in the match as Souths defeated Manly by a then record score of 42-14 at the Sydney Sports Ground. In 1952, Souths reached their 4th grand final in a row against Western
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Adam Docker (rugby league)


Adam Docker (born 24 January 1991) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League as a and . Born in Shellharbour, New South Wales, Docker played his junior rugby league for the Shellharbour Sharks, before being signed by the St. George Illawarra Dragons. In 2010 and 2011, Docker played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons' NYC team, scoring 2 tries in 14 games. In 2012, Docker joined the Penrith Panthers, playing with their New South Wales
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Matthew Carr


He returned for the Rd 18 clash against Collingwood but did little in the last 4 games of the season. From the 2006 season onward, Matthew was generally used in a utility/tagging role, often given the assignment of playing against the opposition's best midfield player. He was generally very effective in that role and finished the 2006 season having played every game for the Dockers, including three appearances in the 2006 finals series. However, throughout 2006 and 2007 seasons, injuries and fitness concerns continued to hamper his game and
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Manly Warringah Giants


Manly Warringah Wolves promoted to the Sydney AFL Premier Division for the first time in their history. The Wolves won their first game in the Sydney AFL Premier Division 159 - 42 against 2012 grand finalist, Balmain Dockers. The wolves had a dream start in the premier division winning 9 straight games to start the season. The wolves finished 2013 with the minor premiership. The wolves had the first week off in the semi finals before beating St George Dragons 85 - 67 to qualify for the grand final and earn a week off.
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1881


their debuts were the Docker brothers who founded an important business in Birmingham - Ludford Docker later became captain although Frank Docker only played occasionally for two seasons. James Disney, who was plumber, joined to fill the wicket keeping slot for many years. "G G" Walker, a farmer, began his successful career with the club and George Porter, a chimney sweep, put in an early appearance. Other shorter term arrivals were William Page a boilermaker, and John Clayton, of a tanning company in Chesterfield, who both
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Liverpool dockers' dispute (1995–98)


cost Liverpool the business of American shipping company Atlantic Containers, who threatened to pull out of the port. The shipping company, then one of Mersey Docks' largest customers with an estimated annual value of £4 million (), ultimately did pull out of the port in June 1996, citing the sympathy action taken by American dockers, although resumed services the following month. On 20 January 1997, almost a year before the dispute would end, the dockers designated it the day of "international solidarity", with solidarity actions
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Kade Munday


Kade Michael Munday (born 4 January 1983) is an Australian cricketer who has played for Tasmania and an Australian rules footballer who played for the Tasmanian Football League club Burnie Dockers. Born in Burnie, Tasmania, Munday starred as a right-handed batsman in Tasmanian junior cricket and was selected for the Australia Under-19 cricket team training squad for the 2002 ICC Under-19 World Cup, but did not play for the side. He played one List A match for Tasmania, against South Australia on 21 January 2001, scoring one run.
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Alf Fraser


Alf Fraser nicknamed "Sonny" was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played for Balmain as a second rower but also played as a prop. Fraser made his debut in 1916 for Balmain against local rivals Glebe. That same year Fraser played in the 1916 NSWRL grand final victory over Souths. Fraser was a part of the 1917, 1919 and 1920 sides which won the premiership but the club did not need to play in a grand final those seasons as in those days an annual
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You Am I


Sound Relief, a benefit concert for victims of the Black Saturday Victorian bushfires and the Queensland Floods. They performed at the 2010 NRL Grand Final in October. The band was the pre-match entertainment for the 2015 SANFL Grand Final played at the Adelaide Oval. For frontman Tim Rogers who grew up in Adelaide and is a supporter of SANFL club Sturt (who did not play in the game) and attended over 600 games as a youngster (including getting his first kiss at one game), it will be his first
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Australian rules football in France


in March 2009, together with teams from Catalonia and Andorra. 2013 saw the return of Australian Football to the Parisian suburbs of Cergy and Pontoise in the North West of Paris. The team competed in their first Grand Final at the end of the 2015/2016 season. Lyon's first local footy team, the ALFA Lions (Association Lyonnaise de Football Australien), was founded in mid-2013. They made their début in the 2013/2014 French League by taking the spot of the Aix-Marseille Dockers who were unable to provide a team for
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Belfast's Sailortown


at the outbreak of the Second World War when men known as "Blue Button Men" were given preference in hiring over the "Red Button Men" who could only obtain work if they had fathers or brothers who were themselves employed as dockers. Novelist Eoin McNamee wrote about Sailortown in his novel "Resurrection Man". Playwright Martin Lynch's 1981 play "Dockers" vividly recreates Sailortown life in the early 1960s, its central theme being the fierce competition for jobs amongst the dockers and the power of the union which was the
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Hal Browne


Hal Browne is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played for Balmain in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. Browne made his first grade debut for Balmain in 1964. Browne did not feature in any of Balmain's finals games that year and subsequent grand final appearance against St George. In 1966, Balmain would again reach the grand final against the all conquering St George side. Browne was not selected to play in the decider as St George defeated Balmain claiming their
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Ross Lyon


to Hawthorn and cross-town rival West Coast. As the season progressed the Dockers seemed to start coming to grips with Lyon's game plan. From Rounds 15 to 19 the Dockers went on a five-game winning streak, with the most notable win being a 65-point win over West Coast. The Dockers finished seventh in the regular season and defeated Geelong in their elimination final match to advance to the semi-finals, where they subsequently lost to . The Dockers improved again under Lyon's tutelage the following year, finishing
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Norm Betson


Norm Betson (8 July 1914 – 5 May 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1940s. Before arriving at Essendon, Betson played with Albury and was captain-coach of New South Wales club Culcairn. A follower, he appeared in six finals for Essendon but missed out on a spot in their 1942 premiership team, after only being named an emergency for the Grand Final. Betson did however participate in the 1943 VFL Grand Final and in the
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Tommy Corrigan


played for Northcote for five seasons. He missed Northcote's 1929 Grand-Final victory, due to a leg injury. However, he did play in Northcote's two Grand-Final losses against Oakleigh in 1930 and 1931, and in Northcote's to grand-Final Victories in 1932 and 1933 against Coburg. He played his last senior match for Northcote, playing in the centre, against Coburg, on Saturday 7 October 1933, in the Grand-Final. Northcote won 11.20 (86) to 9.16 (70),
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Leeds Rhinos


in danger of missing out on the play-offs completely. They ultimately did finish in a play-off spot and went on to win the 2011 Super League Grand Final. They reached the Challenge Cup Final in 2012, as they had the previous year, but again finished runners up. The Rhinos did however, successfully defend their Super League title by winning the 2012 Super League Grand Final. Success in the Grand Final earned them another World Club Challenge match against Melbourne Storm, in which they were defeated. Leeds would
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Claremont Football Club


a loss and a draw to the eventual Premiers Swan Districts and the final round defeat by East Perth). In the 2nd Semi Final Claremont crushed Swans at Claremont Oval by 50 points 17.17 (119) to 10.9 (69) with former Fremantle Dockers player Andrew Foster kicking 5 goals. Swan Districts then cruised to a win over East Perth in the Preliminary Final to set up a Grand Final for the ages between by far the 2 best sides in the competition in 2010. A classic contest it turned out to be too
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Liverpool dockers' dispute (1995–98)


sake of all remaining striking dockers. By the end of the dispute, four dockers had died. Celebrities such as Jo Brand and Noel Gallagher also did fundraisers to help towards financial costs and needs. British director Ken Loach made a documentary about the strike, "The Flickering Flame", in 1996. A group of sacked dockers wrote the script for a film about their experiences, titled "Dockers", with the help of Liverpool writer Jimmy McGovern and the author Irvine Welsh. The film was broadcast by Channel 4 in
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Barrie McDermott


in the league allowing St. Helens to finish top of the table. The Rhinos finished 2nd and so played Saint Helens at Knowsley Road for the right to go to old trafford and play in the Grand Final. The Rhinos won and so reached their second consecutive Grand Final. They had to wait and see who they would play in the Grand Final. Saints played Bradford in the Grand Final Eliminator to see who would play the Rhinos at Old Trafford. The Bulls won so it was a repeat of the 2004 Grand Final –
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George Piper (rugby league)


George Piper (1941–1968) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played as a Prop in the 1960s for Penrith and Balmain. Piper was an inaugural player for Penrith and played in the club's first season. Piper made his first grade debut for Balmain in 1960. In 1964, Piper played in the grand final against St George which ended in an 11-6 loss. In 1966, Balmain made the grand final against the same opponents where they were comprehensively beaten 23-4. Piper did not feature in the match
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Annie Besant


me of my little child. Now the care of the 763,680 children of London is placed partly in my hands." Besant was also involved in the London dock strike of 1889, in which the dockers, who were employed by the day, were led by Ben Tillett in a struggle for the "Dockers' Tanner". Besant helped Tillett draw up the union's rules and played an important part in the meetings and agitation which built up the organisation. She spoke for the dockers at public meetings and on street corners
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Dwayne Simpson


Dwayne Simpson (born 12 February 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Dockers in 2001. He was originally drafted by the Sydney Swans from East Fremantle in the WAFL with selection 59 in the 1998 AFL Draft but did not play a league game for them. At the end of the 2000 season he was traded back to West Australia in return for the 52nd selection. He played two games for Fremantle in 2001 before being delisted at the end of the season. Originally from Mullewa in the Mid
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Jim Allen (playwright)


Ken Loach in 1967 by Loach's regular collaborator at the time, producer Tony Garnett, who had produced "The Lump". The first of Allen's plays to be directed by Loach was "The Big Flame" (1969), again for "The Wednesday Play" series. The play depicts a strike among the dockers of Liverpool, led by a Trotskyite docker against the wishes of the established union; the strike is violently broken by the army and police. In 1975, Allen wrote, Garnett produced, and
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Hawthorn Football Club


Lake went on to win the Norm Smith Medal for his efforts in the Grand Final. Hawthorn defeated the Fremantle Dockers by 15 points to claim their 11th premiership after a tough and scrappy game. Teammates joining Lake as premiership players who began their careers at other clubs were Jonathan Simpkin, Jack Gunston (runner-up in Norm Smith voting with his 4 goals), David Hale, Shaun Burgoyne, Josh Gibson and Brent Guerra. In 2014 the club was able to overcome adversity to win their twelfth premiership. Former leading goalkicker
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Dudley Docker


The benefaction proved significant when the expedition vessel sank and the castaways were forced to use the "Dudley Docker" for survival. In addition to Ludford, Docker's elder brother Ralph Docker also played cricket for Derbyshire. Robert Humm, "Dudley Docker and the railways", Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society, Vol 39 Part 3, No.230, Nov. 2017, pp 176–186. R P T Davenport-Hines, "Dudley Docker: the life and times of a trade warrior, Cambridge University Press, 1984.
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Douglas R. Docker


Despite this, he has confirmed that Anna Portalupi (Hardline) will be playing bass on the album and that drumming duties will be handled by Elisa “Helly” Montin (The Anunnaki, Cattivator Of Death, Übermensch). In 2014, Docker joined the Vivaldi Metal Project as a lyricist and arranger. In the 2014, Docker formed Cheap Prick, a Cheap Trick tribute act that has performed live shows in Italy and appears to be preparing to play live again in the future. In 2013, Docker was hired as a
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2012 Super League Grand Final


, despite Wigan scoring more tries (two to Leeds' one). Leeds reached the Grand Final, thanks to the boot of Kevin Sinfield, who kicked four goals, including the conversion to Kallum Watkins' try, and a first-half drop goal. Warrington's 2012 play-off campaign did not get off to a good start, as they lost 28-6 to St. Helens, despite having home advantage in the Qualifying play-off game following their 2nd place league finish. Tommy Makinson was Saints's most
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Daniel Haines (footballer)


Daniel Haines (born 11 April 1981) is a former Australian rules football midfielder who played for the Fremantle Dockers in the Australian Football League and the Peel Thunder in the West Australian Football League. Haines played junior club football at South Mandurah, and played Colts football with the Peel Thunder shortly after it joined the WAFL in 1997, and broke into its senior team in 1999. He was drafted to the AFL by the Fremantle Dockers to its rookie list in 2001, and was elevated to the senior list at the beginning of
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1975 VFL Grand Final


Semi Final (his league debut) helped the Hawks book a spot in the premiership decider, for which he kept his spot in the side. However, Cooke struggled in the Grand Final and was replaced without managing a kick. He never played another senior game. It was in this game that Kennedy made his famous "Don't think, do" speech. As he recalled, "It was born out of desperation. We had some academics in the team who did a lot of thinking, so I, more
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Fifteen to One


score to appear on the high-score board for a place in the Grand Final. All winning players were invited back for the next series. Some players became so regular that in the last few series Grand Final winners would not get such an invitation. Initially, players who did not win were generally not permitted to compete again; this rule applied even if they had been previous winners. However, in 2000, the rule was altered to allow players who had previously played a while earlier and had not got as far
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Liverpool dockers' dispute (1995–98)


yet the dockers' own General Secretary had blocked it, indicating the disparity in support between other trade unions and the dockers' own union. The dispute leaders sought no industrial support from other unions, instead opting to organise an international campaign in the hope of gaining support and backing from worldwide trade unions. Whilst the objective in seeking international support was to hope Mersey Docks backtracked on their stance to casualise the workforce, the ultimate consequence was isolation of the dockers, particularly at a national level. The national press did not start
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Steve Price (rugby league)


2005. Price could not have gone out in better style as the Bulldogs finished second on the ladder, missing out on the minor premiership by points difference. Price's fairytale ending was then shattered when he tore his medial ligament the week before the Grand Final. His side played well without their inspirational captain and went on to win 16–13 to send Price out with another Grand Final success, even though he did not compete in the final game. When Price left the Bulldogs, who had appeared in the finals consistently and performed
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Brendon Retzlaff


Brendon Retzlaff (born 22 April 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Bears, West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Dockers in the Australian Football League between 1992 and 1995. After making his senior football debut for Swan Districts in the WAFL in 1989, he was drafted by Collingwood with selection 52 in the 1990 AFL Draft but did not play a league game for them. At the end of the 1991 season he was traded to Brisbane as part of a series of trades involving Colin Alexander, Brad Rowe
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Phillip Lee (rugby league)


Phillip Lee (born 12 February 1977 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the South Queensland Crushers and the Brisbane Broncos, usually in the forwards. Playing at , Lee scored a try for the Broncos in their victory at the 1998 NRL Grand Final over the Canterbury Bulldogs. Brisbane won the 2000 NRL Grand Final but Lee did not play. However he did travel to England with the Broncos for the 2001 World Club Challenge, playing at lock forward
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Dick Chirgwin


Richard Chirgwin (26 June 1914 – 6 October 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond, South Melbourne, Footscray and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Recruited out of the Federal Football Association, Chirgwin was a half forward who joined a Richmond team which had competed in three successive grand finals. They made it four in a row in 1934, but Chirgwin, having made only one appearance that year, took no part in the finals series. Chirgwin did however play a semi final
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Dudley Docker


Frank Dudley Docker (26 August 1862 – 8 July 1944), known as Dudley Docker, was an English businessman and financier. He also played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1881 and 1882. Docker was born at Paxton House, Smethwick, Staffordshire, the son of Ralph Docker and his second wife, Sarah Maria (1830-1890), daughter of horse dealer Richard Sankey. His first wife was Sarah's elder sister, Mary Ann (1826-1849), with whom he had three daughters. Following
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Jennifer Jones (curler)


(in lieu of a pregnant Rachel Homan, who had previously qualified) in the Grand Final of the inaugural Curling World Cup. Jones, and her composite rink of Kaitlyn Lawes, Shannon Birchard and Jill Officer won the event, defeating the World Champion Silvana Tirinzoni rink from Switzerland in the final. Jones has won a career 15 Grand Slam victories since the women's grand slam was introduced in 2006, more than any other female skip. Note: Jones did not play at the beginning of the 2012–13 season due to her
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Grand Slam (tennis)


. Crawford, an asthmatic, won two of the first three sets of the 1933 U.S. Championships final against Fred Perry, then tired in the heat and lost the last two sets and the match. Until 2016, Wimbledon have never hosted singles tournament for wheelchairs. Notwithstanding year when the US Open did not take place due to date clashes with the Paralympics. Players who have played in all four Grand Slam tournament finals in the same year. Winning singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at one Grand Slam event is called a
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1997 STFL season


The 1997 Southern Football League (STFL) premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged across Southern Tasmania, Australia, over nineteen (19) roster rounds and six (6) finals series matches between 5 April and 13 September 1997. Lachlan Football Club, based at the Kensington Park trotting track in New Norfolk rebranded themselves as the Lachlan Dockers this season (formerly the Bombers) and wore the Fremantle Dockers playing uniform of green, white, red and purple. They were unable to field sides in all three grades for
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Bristol Dockers


tournament was also notable for being the Dockers first internationally televised match, playing against the french ALFA Lions . Back on home soil The Dockers set out to defend their WARFL title. 2018 was a big year for the WARFL with the introduction of cross regional tournaments with the South Eastern Australian Football League (SEAFL). These included games against Portsmouth Pirates, Southampton Titans and Sussex Swans, with the dockers coming out victorious in the inaugural tournament . Bristol Dockers performed admirably over the course of the season defending their title. Significant victories
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Jacob Bernard-Docker


Jacob Bernard-Docker (born June 30, 2000) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman currently playing at the University of North Dakota. Bernard-Docker was drafted in the first round, 26th overall, by the Ottawa Senators in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Bernard-Docker was drafted in the fifth round of the WHL Bantam Draft by the Swift Current Broncos but he eventually decided to follow the Alberta Junior Hockey League route to help his development. Bernard-Docker joined the Okotoks Oilers for the 2016–17 season, after completing
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Jack Why


the 1928 NSWRFL season he played at centre in South Sydney's grand final victory against Eastern Suburbs, and in 1929 at lock forward in their grand final win over Newtown. Why played on the wing in South Sydney's grand final victories over Eastern Suburbs in 1931 and Western Suburbs in 1932, scoring a try in the latter. He was chosen as a reserve for the 3rd Test against Great Britain at the SCG on 16 July 1932, but did not take the field. Having also already played representative football for the Sydney
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John Morgan (rugby league)


. Morgan was also selected to play for New South Wales in 1965 and played in 3 games against Queensland. In 1968, Manly finished second on the table with Morgan being a regular starter in the team. Morgan played in the 1968 NSWRL grand final against South Sydney. Manly were appearing in their 4th grand final but were still in search of their first premiership. Manly had beaten Souths a fortnight earlier to reach the grand final but in the decider Souths defeated Manly 13-9. Morgan did manage to score a consolation
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Norah, Lady Docker


the Great Western Royal Hotel in London. She is buried in the churchyard of St. James-the-Less in Stubbings, near Maidenhead. The term 'Lady Docker' is also used in a derogatory way in the north of England, specifically Lancashire, to describe a woman who has pretensions to be of high station but who in reality is anything but. For example, 'Who does she think she is – Lady Docker?' or 'Here comes Lady Docker'. It is interchangeable with 'Lady Muck'
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Ben Cunningham (Australian footballer)


Ben Cunningham (born 22 November 1981) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Dockers in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 2000 and 2004. He was drafted from the Claremont in the West Australian Football League as the 49th selection in the 1999 AFL draft and played mainly as a midfielder. Cunningham is best remembered for kicking a goal from 50 m in the final minute of the game against St Kilda in Round 2, 2002 at Subiaco Oval, to put Fremantle ahead for the first time in the
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Australian rules football in Europe


San Giorgio a Cremano and Barra were created, but the league ultimately did not get off the ground. A new group started playing under the name AFL Italia in Milan in July 2009, who created the first national league in Italy in 2010, with the Rome Blues, Genoa Dockers, Milan Aussie Rulers and Lugano Steinbocks. A friendly match between Rome and Milan in June 2010 became the first match played in Rome. The new league which also includes teams from Genoa and cross Switzerland border city Lugano was supported by prominent Australians
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Sam Hopkins (rugby league)


Sam Hopkins (born 17 February 1990) is a Wales international rugby league footballer who plays as a for Workington Town in Betfred League 1. Hopkins made his senior début for the Leigh Centurions on 6 March 2011 in a Challenge Cup match against amateur side the Hull Dockers. His league début came later that month on 27 March 2011 in a match against the Widnes Vikings. In 2014, Hopkins transferred to local rivals, the Wigan Warriors, but failed to make an appearance for the Super League club. He did however play
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Ernie Hammerton


end of the 1953 NSWRFL season Hammerton played in the grand final at hooker for South Sydney, scoring a try in their victory over St. George. In season 1954 Hammerton played in the grand final at hooker for South Sydney who defeated Newtown. At the end of the 1955 NSWRFL season Hammerton played in the grand final at hooker for South Sydney who again defeated Newtown. South Sydney came within one match of the 1957 NSWRFL season's grand final, however Hammerton was dropped from the team for the qualifier in favour of 22-year-
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Hull Dockers


Hull Dockers ARLFC is an amateur rugby league team from Kingston upon Hull, with teams ranging form U4 (diddy dockers) to open age playing in the National Conference League. They currently play their home matches at The Willows, Holderness Road and Eastmount playing fields, Longhill Their playing colours are more traditionally green and white hoops. With a rapid growth between 2012 and 2019 this has seen numbers reaching the 200 mark between youth ages and some members of the U18s team selected to the first team and also representing City of Hull Academy
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Derwas Cumming


. He was aged 15 years and 273 days on his debut, making him one of only four people confirmed to have played senior WAFL football before their sixteenth birthday, along with Stan Hussey, Anthony Forrest, and Stan Magro. Cumming did not play in Perth's grand final over in September 1907, in which they recorded their first premiership, but did play in the losing grand finals in 1908 and 1909. After his graduation from Christian Brothers' College in 1910, he left Western Australia to attend Trinity College at the
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Jack McPherson


John 'Jack' McPherson is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. McPherson was a prop-forward for St. George and played four seasons with the club between 1945-1948, including the 1946 Grand Final. He did not play during the 1949 season, but returned in 1950 to play for Eastern Suburbs for two seasons between 1950-1951. A highlight of McPherson's career was possibly his selection as a reserve for Australia for the third test against England in 1946, but he did
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Statewide football in Tasmania


season undefeated and won the premiership with a convincing victory over Clarence in the Grand Final. By 1998, the TFL was on the brink of collapse. In a leaked document to the "Hobart Mercury" newspaper, the following was an official list of club debts at the completion of the 1998 TFL Statewide League season: Burnie Dockers ($735,819), Devonport ($709,067), New Norfolk ($431,858), Glenorchy ($267,897), North Hobart ($232,607), Northern Bombers ($167,570)
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Rory Laird


Rory Laird (born 29 December 1993) is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Adelaide with pick 5 in the 2011 Rookie Draft. In his first season in the AFL, Laird did not play for Adelaide. He played 18 consecutive games for in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), including three finals, but was dropped from the team that played in the SANFL Grand Final. The Crows elevated Laird to
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Grand Slam Single


final score would have been 7–3, in which case the game would have gone "over" the over/under line, which was 7. Instead, the final score of 4–3 actually put the game "under", meaning that many bettors who would have received payouts (if the hit was ruled a home run) did not. The play remains as one of the most memorable moments in Mets postseason history. Orel Hershiser, who played on the 1999 Mets remarked, "It will be right up there with Kirk
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1995 Carlton Football Club season


in his ankle. Both players were named in the team. Brown's selection on the Thursday was subject to passing a fitness test on the Saturday morning; he passed the test, but was not fully fit and played short of a stride throughout the game. To make way for Camporeale's return, Troy Bond, who had played fifteen games for the year including both the qualifying and preliminary finals, was omitted. Bond, who was out of contract, left the club immediately, and did not attend the Grand Final
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2013 AFL Grand Final


taking two critical contested marks from opposing kicks, to help his team to victory. Fremantle tried hard to make a final comeback with two late goals to Danyle Pearce and Matthew Pavlich to give the Dockers some hope. However, Fremantle’s inability on the day to convert their opportunities was summed up as Hayden Ballantyne and Pavlich missed two crucial shots on goal, whereas another opportunity was rushed through for a behind. Fremantle then had one last opportunity to get themselves back into the game. With 90 seconds remaining, Ryan Crowley had
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Brian Goorjian


first two seasons (amazingly, in 22 seasons these two would be the only times a Goorjian-coached team did not qualify for the play-offs and play at least Semi-finals). In 1990, the Spectres bowed out in the semi-finals and the next year they went one better by making the Grand Final for only the second time in the club's history (they had lost the 1981 Grand Final (as the Nunawading Spectres) to the Launceston Casino City Tigers). They lost this final to
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