Tag: Gabba
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Gabba to host AFL Grand Final – but Adelaide Oval is emergency option
The AFL announced on Wednesday afternoon that the Saturday match at the Gabba will be a night game before an expected crowd of 30,000, with a start time to be confirmed in the coming weeks. But the AFL also announced a contingency plan “if the health and safety of the Queensland community is compromised and…
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Boring work, but Cross River Rail project is already producing a hole lot of dirt
Two massive tunnel boring machines are being assembled to start work on the underground crossings required for the Cross River Rail project. The machines were used on the Sydney Metro and will start their Brisbane work at Woolloongabba, digging under the river to the proposed Albert Street Station, then on to Roma Street Station before…
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Football frenzy: AFL’s Queensland blitz spurs growth in junior ranks
The AFL has confirmed the next four rounds of fixtures will be jammed into 20 days from Wednesday 29 July, with the majority of games being played in Queensland where six Victorian teams are now based. In a further sign of the growing buzz around AFL in Queensland, the Gold Coast Suns will play their…
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Queensland hopes to host AFL grand final as more Victorian teams move in
AFL hierarchy are understood to have told clubs on Wednesday that eight of 10 Victorian clubs will be stationed in Queensland for the rest of the season. Two other Victorian clubs will be placed in Perth hubs on a rotating basis in a fresh plan made amid spikes in coronavirus cases in Melbourne and Sydney.…
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How Queensland ‘stole’ the AFL to become centre of the football universe
Planes filled with Richmond Tigers and Western Bulldogs players and families arrived at the Gold Coast late Monday afternoon after Essendon and North Melbourne players arrived earlier in the day. Carlton players arrived at the Gold Coast Sunday afternoon. Carlton, the Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne have taken over the Gold Coast Mercure. On the…
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Vic virus crisis means six AFL clubs will spend season in Queensland
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed on Friday that the state would host the six Victorian sides, reported to be St Kilda, North Melbourne, Essendon, Western Bulldogs, Richmond, and Carlton. Western Australia and NSW are also set to host hubs as the AFL moves quickly to get Melbourne-based sides out of Victoria. “Essentially Queensland is going…
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Aussies notch up ten-wicket win – now on to Adelaide
David Warner and Cameron Bancroft resumed at 0-114 on day five of the series opener after being set a target of 170. The openers didn’t muck around this morning, peeling off the additional 56 runs required in a tick over an hour. Vice-captain Warner finished 87 not out, while debutant Bancroft was unbeaten on 82…
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“He could be a very successful player”: Ashes debutant a man on a mission
Bancroft will make his Test debut tomorrow, joining a privileged group to achieve the feat against England. Driven is how Justin Langer, Adam Voges and Mike Hussey describe a fellow West Australian they’ve all helped develop to differing degrees. Bancroft, a big believer in the power of meditation who shares Steve Smith’s fanatical love of…
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Sayers misses out as Lyon retained for Gabba Test
Skipper Steve Smith had admitted in his pre-match press conference that Sayers was on the cusp of making his debut for Australia in the Test. But offspinner Nathan Lyon warmed up with the XI at the Gabba today, leaving Sayers to carry the drinks for the second Test in a row. Earlier, national selector Mark…