#rugby women's world cup 2022

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Matildas’ shootout win delivers biggest TV audience since Cathy Freeman

The Matildas have delivered another record-breaking night on and off the field with Saturday night’s penalty-shootout win over France becoming the most-viewed TV event in more than two decades.

The broadcast on Seven was viewed by an average audience of 4.23 million Australians, according to figures from ratings agency OzTAM.

The game’s original slot aired to a five-city metro audience of 2.507 million Australians, rising to 3.045 million during the penalty shoot-out, which ran into Seven’s news slot, with a further regional audience of 1.186 million.

The figure is set to swell even further as overnight OzTAM figures do not account for streaming viewers on Seven’s 7Plus app, which will be released later on Sunday.

The viewing figures eclipse any television broadcast of the past two decades, including AFL and NRL grand finals, Ash Barty’s Australian Open win in 2022 (viewed by 4.1 million), Australia’s 2003 Rugby World Cup loss against England, and Lleyton Hewitt’s 2005 Australian Open final loss.

While data was not tracked at the time by OzTAM, Cathy Freeman’s 400-metre final at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 is reported to have attracted 8.8 million television viewers, making it the most-watched Australian sporting event.

The game, played in front of a packed Brisbane crowd, ended in a stalemate after 90 minutes and extra time, going on to break another record, the longest-ever penalty shootout in both women’s and men’s World Cup history with 20 attempts.

Melbourne handed Seven the biggest share of its audience nationally, 984,000 tuning in from Victoria’s capital, narrowly ahead of Sydney on 931,000, while 513,000 watched from Brisbane.

The fanfare around the Matildas reached new highs this week, the AFL and its stadiums agreeing to air Optus Sport live streams in stadiums before and after Saturday’s fixtures, with crowds in stadiums continuing to watch the coverage as the shootout ran into the first quarter of a Melbourne and Carlton clash at the MCG.

The figure eclipses Monday’s round-of-16 game against Denmark, which was viewed by a metro audience of 2.294 million, and was then the biggest television audience of 2023.

Seven has sublicenced 15 games from Optus Sport, the tournament’s official broadcast partner. The record-breaking viewership figures making the deal a steal for Seven, which picked up for less than $5 million, according to a source with knowledge of the deal who was not permitted to speak publicly.

Optus Sport, the official broadcaster of the tournament on Sunday morning said the World Cup has delivered the platform’s biggest ever four-week period.

Clive Dickens, vice president of television, content and product development at Optus, said the result is a credit to the quality of athletes and football at the tournament.

“Three of the FIFA Women’s World Cup matches have jumped into the top five most-streamed games on Optus Sport, out of a total 6000 live matches in our history.

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Women Rugby World Cup: Zoe Aldcroft Leading the England Quest

Zoe Aldcroft, the new England captain, fondly recalls the electrifying atmosphere of Eden Park during the Women Rugby World Cup final in November 2022

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Brisbane Hustlers strip off for Rugger Bugger fundraiser

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Brisbane Hustlers strip off for Rugger Bugger fundraiser

The rugby players from the Brisbane Hustlers stripped off for their annual Rugger Bugger striptease fundraiser on Friday night.

All year, the gay and inclusive rugby union club fundraise to support their sport and their trips overseas.

One of the club’s biggest annual events is the Rugger Bugger. For six weeks, the Hustlers have been hard at work learning and rehearsing their dance moves for the big night on Friday (October 18).

Brisbane drag performer Martoya Jackson accompanied the Hustlers on stage as they took over The Wickham, delivering multiple dance numbers, stripping off and auctioning off Hustlers gear to raise money.

Image: courtesy of Tina Eastley

Crowds packed the Fortitude Valley pub on Friday night to see the rugby players put on a show.

The Hustlers told us that by the end of the night, they’d raised more than $3500 for the club.

The Brisbane Hustlers fundraise for not just their season at home but also the club’s trips overseas to the Bingham Cup.

Image: courtesy of Tina Eastley

In May this year, the Hustlers flew to Italy with Australia’s other gay and inclusive rugby clubs to compete at the biennial World Cup of gay rugby.

This year was a special one. The Hustlers presented their final pitch in their bid to bring Bingham here.

In August, International Gay Rugby confirmed the Hustlers would host the Bingham Cup and the Amanda Mark Cup in Brisbane in late August 2026.

Thousands of players and supporters from countries around the world will come to the city for the tournament.

In 2022, Bingham also introduced the Amanda Mark Cup, an inaugural event at the tournament for women’s rugby.

The Brisbane Hustlers also proudly celebrated their 20th anniversary this year.

Special thanks to Tina Eastley for the photos!

Read more:

Brisbane Hustlers fly to Rome to bring Bingham Cup home

20 years ago, gay rugby club Brisbane Hustlers was founded

Our gay rugby clubs cheer their Bingham Cup results

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Events 6.24 (after 1900)

1894 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France, is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio. 1913 – Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria. 1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract. 1918 – First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto. 1922 – The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League. 1932 – A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand). 1938 – Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded. 1940 – World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company. 1943 – US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded. 1945 – The first Victory Day Parade takes place on Red Square in Moscow, Soviet Union, symbolizing the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany. 1947 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. 1948 – Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible. 1949 – The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC. 1950 – Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races. 1954 – First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê. 1957 – In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment. 1960 – Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt is injured in an assassination attempt. 1963 – The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government. 1975 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft. 1981 – The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17 years. 1982 – "The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 009 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines. 1989 – Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. 1994 – A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashes at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington, killing four. 1995 – Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment. 2002 – The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history. 2004 – In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional. 2012 – Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise. 2013 – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison. 2022 – In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Constitution does not assign the authority to regulate abortions to the federal government, thereby returning such authority to the individual states. This overturns the prior decisions in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). 2023 – The Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin launches an insurrection against the Russian government.

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WORLD RUGBY CUP 2022

In collaboration with mastercard

In 2022, I was commissioned to illustrate the Scottish women's rugby team to promote the World Cup.

My illustration was partnered with the following quote by Donna Kennedy:​

"What excites me most about RWC 2022? The brand, recognition and the commercial prospects of the women’s game – The fact that it is now established. We have professional contracts, media coverage, sponsorship and we are growing the fan & player base around the world. This World Cup will now reach and showcase our game to more people around the World than any other World Cup.”

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Lily Parr and the Dick Kerr Ladies

With England’s ladies having won in the final of UEFA Euro 2022 tournament and playing in the Women’s world cup final today, it would be easy to believe that Women’s football has never been more popular in this country. However, Women’s football experienced a similar period of popularity in the late 1910’s to early 1920’s; such was the popularity of the women’s game in this period the FA banned women from playing football professionally. Arguably, one of the teams driving this popularity was the Dick Kerr Ladies team. The team was made up of young women who were working for the Dick Kerr munitions factory in the First World War. One of the star players for Dick Kerr Ladies was Lily Parr, a young lady who made her footballing debut in 1919 for St Helens Ladies, but was persuaded to move to Dick Kerr where she scored 43 goals for the team before she turned 16.

Lily Parr was born to an working class family on 26th April 1905 in a deprived area of St. Helens. She was the 4th of seven children. Uninterested by traditional ladies hobbies such as sewing or cookery, Parr often joined her brothers playing football and rugby as a child. By the time she was 14 Parr had become a strong enough player that she began playing for her local women’s football team, St. Helen’s ladies. It was while playing with St. Helen’s that Parr was spotted by the manager of Dick Kerr Ladies, Alfred Frankland. Frankland was impressed by Parr’s skill when St. Helens played against Dick Kerr in 1919, a match in which St. Helens won 6-1. Frankland was quick to snap up Parr’s talent offering her a job in the Dick Ker Factory and a position on the team, to sweeten the deal Frankland also offered her 10 shillings and a pack of cigarettes for every match she played. Parr accepted the deal and scored 43 goals for the team in her first season.

Dick Kerr ladies team continued to grow in prowess and reputation. Like most women’s teams at the time they used their matches to raise money for soldiers returning from the war. They donating vast sums of money various charities including the National Association of Discharged and Disabled soldiers. In 1920 the team represented England in a match against a Parisian team in North London, they then traveled to France and played games in Paris, Roubaix, Le Havre and Rouen, making them the first women’s team from the UK to complete an international tour. Back in the UK the team was insanely popular. They drew a crowd of 53,000 spectators to a match against Parr's former team, St. Helens, at Goodison Park on Boxing day (26th December) 1920, reportedly leaving a further 14,000 fans outside the stadium. Dick Kerr won the match 4-0, and raised 3,115 pounds for charity, £140,143 in today's money, in the process.

By 1921 Dick Kerr ladies were playing on average two matches a week all over the country. However, controversially, when the General Strike began in March 1921 the ladies choose to start playing matched in aid of the striking miners, a move the FA consider to be political. This support for the miners had not helped the ladies case when the FA decided to ban professional women's football. By that point the men’s game had recovered after the first word war. FA had also expanding increasing to 3 leagues in the 1920/21 season, meaning there were now 86 men’s teams controlled by the FA league. But the women’s game remained popular, too popular for the FA’s liking. Finally, in December 1921 the FA declared that football was "quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged" and banned their member clubs from allowing women to play in their grounds. This meant that women’s teams suddenly found it hard to find places to play.  In addition, many talented players, like Parr, found themselves unable to pursue a professional career in football. The FA did not recognize women’s football again until 1969.

Despite the lack of professional footballing opportunities for women, Parr and many of her team-mates did not give up playing. Parr and Dick Kerr ladies headed to America in 1922. Here they were to played in a series of 9 matches against American teams. However, it was not until they got there that they learnt these matches would be against men’s teams; but this did not deter the team, they played all 9 matches in front of crowds of 10,000 people. After these matches the ladies came back the UK where they continued to play games, mainly for charity, when they could.

During this time Parr also trained and qualified as a nurse and began working in Whittingham Hospital and Lunatic Asylum. It was her she met her long term partner Mary. The two went on to live and work together for many years being open about their relationship. Unlike male homosexuality, female homosexuality, although not looked upon favorably,  was never against the law in the UK.

The Dick Kerr ladies changed their name to the Preston ladies in 1926 after Frankland fell out with the owners of the Dick Kerr factory. Preston ladies continued their show their sporting prowess on the pitch, eventually winning the unofficial title of World Champions after they beat Edinburgh Ladies 5-1 in 1937. During the Second World War matches for both men’s and women’s football became less frequent due to time and energy once again being focused on the war effort. In 1946, after the war, Parr was named team captain, a position she held until she left the team. The team played matches in more obscure locations, due to the FA’s ban, until 1965 when they were forced to disband due to lack of players.

Parr continued to play for Dick Kerr ladies until she retired from football age 45 in August 1950. Parr continued to live with her partner until her death from cancer in 1978. Parr continues to be, arguably, one of the most influential female footballers in English football, and one of the best footballers of her generation. Over her footballing career Parr scored 967 goals for her team, to put that into perspective, the current top goal scorer in the men’s game is Crisiano Ronaldo with 844 goals across his career so far. Parr was the first women to have be included in the English Football Hall of Fame in Manchester in 2002, where a statue was later erected in her honor in 2019. In addition to this the Dick Kerr ladies team has also recently gained recognition, earning a permanent museum display being created about them in the National Football Museum in 2021.  Parr has also become a LGBT icon in the footballing world at least. In 2007-2009 the national LGBT+ teams of England France and the USA played for the Lily Parr exhibition trophy. Finally, it is important to remember that without players like Parr, who defied the FA's bans and continued to play football in spite of the restrictions, the women's game may not have been what it is today. Parr and women like her kept the game alive, and helped shape a world in which England's Ladies could win a World Cup final.

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Verstappen and Red Bull nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards after commanding 2022 F1 display

Max Verstappen and Red Bull are in the running for some early 2023 silverware after receiving nominations for the upcoming Laureus World Sports Awards – reflecting their F1 championship double last year. After an initial challenge from Ferrari, Verstappen and Red Bull ultimately stormed to both world titles under F1’s 2022 rules reset, with the Dutchman taking 15 wins from 22 races and the team racking up 17 in total. READ MORE: ‘Can he improve? Yes, of course he can’ – Red Bull tip Verstappen to get even better in 2023 In recognition of their efforts, Verstappen has been nominated for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year crown, and Red Bull for the Laureus World Team of the Year accolade. The Laureus World Sports Awards were first held back in 2000 and are regarded as one of the most prestigious prize-giving ceremonies across the sporting world. Verstappen is up against footballers Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, 2022 World Cup winner and runner-up respectively, serial tennis Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal, world record-setting pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis and NBA-winning basketball player Stephen Curry. Red Bull, meanwhile, face competition from the World Cup-winning Argentina men’s football team, the EURO-winning England women’s football team, the Six Nations-winning France men’s rugby team, Champions League and La Liga-winning Real Madrid football team and NBA champions, the Golden State Warriors. READ MORE: Verstappen names team who will be biggest threat to Red Bull in 2023 as he targets third title Verstappen will be looking to do the Laureus double after picking up the World Sportsman award in 2022, with previous F1 winners including Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher. Previous F1 winners of the World Team award are Mercedes, Brawn GP and Renault. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

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IT'S NZ VS ENGLAND! LETSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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"Just imagine what we can do with more games and more resources. I'm really proud to be Canadian and I think there's a bright future ahead of us."

--The Canucks’ captain Sophie de Goede after Canada lost 19-26 to England in their World Cup semi-final at Eden Park.

When you think that out of the final four, Canada is the only team who is not fully professional; yes there’s a lot of potential for them, given the means, and they showed on the World stage how much they deserve it!

[cannotescape]

not me realizing a month late that they postponed the rugby world cup...

[womenrugby]

Transforming Women's Rugby on the Road to the Women Rugby World Cup and Beyond

Women Rugby World Cup Tickets: When England’s Lionesses triumphed in the European women’s football tournament in 2022, vast sections of the nation burst into celebration

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Brisbane Hustlers win bid to host 2026 Bingham Cup

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Brisbane Hustlers win bid to host 2026 Bingham Cup

The Brisbane Hustlers Rugby Union Football Club have won their bid to host the 2026 Bingham Cup and Amanda Mark Cup, International Gay Rugby has announced.

The Hustlers are proudly celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. Their successful Bingham Cup bid, announced today (August 13) is years in the making.

The Mark Kendall Bingham Memorial Tournament, known as the Bingham Cup, is the biennial World Cup of gay rugby.

Since 2002 it’s been held in different host cities worldwide and is named after US 9/11 gay rugby hero Mark Bingham.

In 2022, Bingham also introduced the Amanda Mark Cup, an inaugural event at the tournament for women’s rugby.

In May this year, the Hustlers flew to Italy to compete at Bingham. While in Rome, the Brisbane club made their final pitch to secure the next event and bring it home.

The Bingham Cup, celebrating gay and inclusive rugby, will take place in Brisbane in late August 2026, bringing thousands of players of supporters from countries around the world

Jason Garrick, Project Lead for the 2026 Brisbane Bingham and Amanda Mark Cup Bid said, “For many players, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

“Not only will they compete at their best, they’ll also grow as individuals.”

Hustlers President Steve Bevan said, “We can’t wait to showcase our world-class rugby fields to participants from around the globe.

“Beyond the game, Brisbane’s vibrant nightlife promises to be an unforgettable experience.”

‘Brisbane Hustlers embody spirit of rugby’

The Brisbane Hustlers will host the Bingham Cup 10 years after they first competed in it, in Nashville in 2016.

International Gay Rugby chair Maddison Dennison congratulated the Hustlers and acknowledged their years of work in bidding for Bingham.

“The spirit of the rugby community is grounded in a few key virtues, but I’ve always found our resilience truly sets us apart,” Maddison

“Whether that’s showing up to a club as your true self, getting off the pitch after a hard tackle, or pulling yourself out from the bottom of a ruck.

“I’d like to personally congratulate, and thank, the Brisbane Hustlers for sticking with their Bingham dreams all these years.

“I can’t wait to see everyone in Australia in 2026.”

IGR vice chair Quinton Leduc said, “I’m excited to see what our host club, the Brisbane Hustlers, will showcase and can’t wait to see our member clubs down under!”

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Read more:

Brisbane Hustlers fly to Rome to bring Bingham Cup home

20 years ago, gay rugby club Brisbane Hustlers was founded

Our gay rugby clubs cheer their Bingham Cup results

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The Princess of Wales waves to the crowds as she arrives at the DW Stadium during the Women's Rugby League World Cup match | November 05, 2022

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The Princess of Wales poses for a photograph with England Women's Rugby League players and the Canadian captain Gabrielle Hindley as she attends the England vs Papua New Guinea Rugby League World Cup quarter-final match at the DW Stadium, Wigan on 5 November 2022.

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Taika and his family at the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2022 in AoNZ (Thanks to @taikaarchives over on Twitter)

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Women's Rugby World Cup 2022

The challenge has been set 🇳🇿 The @blackferns perform the Haka ahead of their clash with @welshrugbyunion 🏉

#RWC2021 #WALVNZL

They have skill and passion at the moment.