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"The orange-thighed frog (Ranoidea xanthomera) is a species of tree frog native to a small area of tropical northern Queensland, Australia. It is a green frog with distinctly orange eyes, and is very similar in appearance to the red-eyed tree frog. Description Tadpole of the orange-thighed frog The orange- thighed frog is a medium-sized tree frog, reaching a length of 5.5 cm. It is a slender frog, with a thin body, flat head, and large eyes, which are orange in colour. It has a green dorsal surface, with bright yellow feetand vocal sac, and a yellow band down its flank. The inner surfaces of its legs are yellow, and the outer surfaces are green. It is distinguished, physically, from the red-eyed tree frog by the presence of bright-orange thighs; the red-eyed tree frog has mauve thighs. Ecology and behaviour Male orange-thighed frogs congregate around still ponds, and call from low branches, or the edges of the water. The call is a long "aaa-rk", followed by a soft trill. They call after heavy monsoon rains. The males call in a large chorus; amplexus occurs where the frog calls, and the male and female move to the laying site. The eggs are brown, and are in masses of 800 to 1600. The tadpoles are identical in appearance to those of the red-eyed tree frog. The orange-thighed frog inhabits dense rainforest. References Orange-thighed frogs in amplexus. * * Category:Ranoidea (genus) Category:Amphibians of Queensland Category:Amphibians described in 1986 Category:Frogs of Australia "
"Steven Cousins (born 24 May 1972) is a British former competitive men's singles figure skater. He is the 1993 Skate Canada International bronze medalist and an eight-time British national champion. He finished as high as 6th at the Olympics (1998), 7th at the World Championships (1998), and 4th at the European Championships (1996). Career Cousins began skating in 1978 after he and his brother pushed their parents to take them to an ice rink. Although he had a negative reaction at first ("We ended up going to the rink, and I hated it"), he eventually grew interested in figuring out how to jump and spin. He was also spurred on by sibling rivalry with his elder brother. Cousins is the youngest skater to win the British National Championships. He trained with Donna Gately at Deeside Ice Rink in the United Kingdom and then moved to the United States where he spent a number of years. In 1993, he moved to Canada and was coached by Doug Leigh at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ontario. He also worked with Stephen Pickavance and Karen Barber in the UK. Cousins competed at three Winter Olympics, nine World Championships, and nine European Championships during his career. He became the first Briton to land a triple Axel in competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. He was the British national champion for seven consecutive years before his streak was interrupted by Neil Wilson in the 1996–97 season. Cousins finished higher at the 1997 European Championships and was sent to the 1997 World Championships. Cousins reclaimed his national title in the 1997–98 season. After finishing ninth at the 1997 Nations Cup, he withdrew from the 1997 Trophée Lalique. He placed sixth at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. He was coached by Doug Leigh and Robert Tebby. Cousins retired from eligible competition in 1998 but continued to skate in shows, including touring with Stars on Ice until 2007. He has worked as a choreographer. In May 2010, he joined the International Skating School at Planet Ice, Coventry, and Silver Blades, Altrincham. He was the event manager for the 2012–13 Disson skating shows. Personal life Cousins was born on 24 May 1972 in Chester, England. He married Canadian ice dancer Kristina Lenko in June 2003. They formally separated in the summer of 2006 and subsequently divorced. With former wife Elena Berezhnaya, he has two children, a son Trystan, born on 6 October 2007, and daughter Sofia Diana, born on 21 June 2009. The couple's separation was confirmed in August 2013. Cousins has a home in Chester but lives more than half the year in Ontario, Canada. Programmes {class= style=text-align:center ! Season ! Short programme ! Free skating - ! 1997–98 * * Gone with the Wind - ! 1996–97 * * - ! 1995–96 * * - ! 1994–95 * * - ! 1993–94 * * Chariots of Fire - ! 1992–93 * * - ! 1991–92 * * } Competitive highlights GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix) { - ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=12 align=center International - ! Event ! ! 88–89 ! 89–90 ! 90–91 ! 91–92 ! 92–93 ! 93–94 ! 94–95 ! 95–96 ! 96–97 ! 97–98 - align=left Olympics 12th 9th 6th - align=left Worlds 18th 16th 16th 18th 10th 8th 15th 11th 7th - align=left Europeans 15th 8th 7th 9th 11th 8th 4th 11th 6th - align=left Cup of Russia 8th - align=left Lalique WD - align=left Nations Cup 9th - align=left NHK Trophy 5th - align=left Skate Canada 5th 4th - align=left Goodwill Games 9th - align=left Int. de Paris 7th - align=left Nations Cup 8th 6th - align=left Nebelhorn Trophy 10th - align=left Piruetten 10th - align=left Skate America 12th 7th - align=left Skate Canada 5th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd - align=left Skate Electric 7th 7th - align=left St. Gervais 10th - ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=12 align=center International: Junior - align=left Junior Worlds 19th 12th 9th - align=left PFSA Trophy 5th J - ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=12 align=center National - align=left British Champ. bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=silver 2nd bgcolor=gold 1st - colspan=12 align=center J: Junior level; WD: Withdrew } References Category:1972 births Category:Sportspeople from Chester Category:British male single skaters Category:English male single skaters Category:Olympic figure skaters of Great Britain Category:Figure skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Category:Figure skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Category:Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Category:Living people "
"The Country Rugby League of New South Wales (CRL), formed in 1934 and disbanded in 2019, was the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in areas of New South Wales outside the Sydney metropolitan area until it merged with NSW Rugby League in 2019. Despite its name, CRL also governed rugby league in the Australian Capital Territory. Apart from selecting a Country Origin side to play in the annual City vs Country Origin game, the CRL administered many senior and junior competitions across the state. History Country Rugby League logo used before 2013 Newcastle was the first city outside Sydney to start a league competition, being involved in the Sydney Premiership in 1908-09 and then starting their own competition in 1910. On 11 February 1911, the Hunter District Rugby Football League (HDRFL) was established at a large meeting in Maitland, thus becoming the first branch of the NSW Rugby League in "the bush" (i.e. outside the urban centres of Sydney and Newcastle). The HDRFL territory encompassed a lower part of the Hunter Valley from Singleton down to the Maitland district and towns on the nearby coalfields (the major ones being Cessnock, Kurri Kurri and Weston). Competition games were scheduled to kick off on 13 May but were pushed back to 20 May when clubs complained they had not had enough time to practice the new code. In the first senior-grade games played, West Maitland def. Kurri Kurri (12-0) and Cessnock def. Morpeth (23-0) in a double-header on the enclosed Albion Ground at Maitland. The first City v. Country match (advertised as such by the NSWRL in the Sydney Morning Herald of 10/6/1911) was played at the Sydney Agricultural Ground on that same Saturday, with City winning 29-8. The Country team was composed exclusively of players from the Newcastle ("Northern") and the Hunter competitions. The first ever country divisional match (described as such in the Maitland Daily Mercury of 31/7/1911) was played at Newcastle on 29/7/1911 between Newcastle and Hunter. Newcastle won 29-14. The first NSW Country team to tour was a squad of 17 players (12 from Newcastle and 5 from Hunter) that played three matches in Queensland between 5/8/1911 and 12/8/1911, defeating the Queensland State side twice and a Queensland Country representative side once. They then travelled to Sydney to play the Sydney Metropolitan team, again winning 31-24.Cessnock Rugby League Football - The Early Years; Mark Bennis; 2011 On 13 May 1911, another branch of the NSWRL was established in the Wollongong area. In 1911, a Goldfields' League was formed in West Wyalong, and games were played in Tamworth, Aberdeen, and along the South Coast. The game was introduced to Orange in 1912 and spread quickly through the western districts. In 1913 branch leagues were formed at Bathurst, Dubbo, Nowra, and Tamworth. In 1920, the NSWRL set up a Country Committee. NSW Country was divided into six sections: South Coast, Northern Districts, Central Northern Districts, Western Districts, Southern, and North Coast. The group system was introduced in 1922, with neighbouring towns being organised into 12 groups. The Country Rugby League (CRL) was officially formed in 1934, "subject to the NSW Rugby League still being the paramount institution." In 1939 a dispute arose between the CRL and the NSWRL. The CRL wanted a new administration structure, an equal partnership in which the NSWRL looked after league in Sydney, and the CRL looked after it in the bush. When their proposal was rejected the CRL broke away from the NSWRL for a week, but returned to the fold with a promise that a committee would be set up to sort things out. Eventually the CRL gave in on the grounds that it was in no one's best interests to have the game divided during the war. The NSWRL and CRL have since cooperated in the running of Rugby league in NSW, including various 'joint ventures' such as the Ron Massey Cup which features three teams from areas under the control of the CRL. On 24 August 2018, the NSWRL and CRL announced that they had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will involve formal discussions in relation to a possible merger that would see a merger of the two organisations. This would result with Rugby League in NSW governed by one body for the first time in more than 80 years. In October 2019 merged with the NSWRL after the NSWRL agreed a new constitution and the CRL voted to wind up its affairs immediately. The decisions made on 19 October and merger mean that the aim of a unified administration of the sport in NSW was achieved over a year ahead of time. Regions The CRL administered the following senior competitions: Region 1 – East Coast Dolphins *Northern Rivers Division (Group 1 and 18's merger) *Group 2 (northern Mid North Coast) *Group 3 (southern Mid North Coast) Region 2 – Greater Northern Tigers *Group 4 (western New England) *Group 19 (New England) *Group 21 (Hunter) Region 3 – Bidgee Bulls *Canberra Division *Group 9 (Wagga Wagga and district) *Group 17 (West Riverina district; reformed as 'Western Riverina Community Cup' in 2018) *Group 20 (Griffith and district) Region 4 – Western Rams *Group 10 (Central West) *Group 11 (Dubbo) *Group 14 *Outback Rugby League *Cups: Castlereagh Cup, Woodbridge Cup, Barwon Darling Rugby League Cup Region 5 – Greater Southern *Illawarra Division *Group 6 (Southern Highlands & Macarthur) *Group 7 (South Coast) *Group 16 (Far South Coast) Region 6 – Newcastle Rebels *Central Coast Division *Newcastle Division Other Region – Newcastle & Hunter *Newcastle & Hunter Rugby League Disbanded Groups * Group 1 Rugby League – merged with Group 18 to form Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League (still hold junior competitions) * Group 5 Rugby League – now forms part of Group 19 * Group 8 Rugby League – dissolved into ACTRL in 1982, now Canberra Rugby League * Group 12 Rugby League – reformed as the Outback Rugby League in Region 4 (Western Rams) * Group 13 Rugby League – now part of the Group 9 Rugby League in Region 3 (Bidgee Bulls) * Group 15 Rugby League – now part of Barwon Darling Rugby League Cup in Region 4 * Group 18 Rugby League – merged with Group 1 to form Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League (still holds junior competitions) * Newcastle Rugby League – voted to join NSWRL from 2018. * Sunraysia-Riverlands Rugby League (reformed briefly as a singular side in 1997 in Group 12, later reformed as the Sunraysia Rugby League). * Group 6 Northern Junior League – clubs of the former CRL territory of the Campbelltown LGA, incorporated into the NSWRL Newtown- Campbelltown JL of 1984, now the Western Suburbs District Junior League since 1987. Team of the Century In 2008, rugby league football's centenary year in Australia, the Country Rugby League named its 'Team of the Century': #Clive Churchill (Central Newcastle) #Brian Carlson (North Newcastle) #Eddie Lumsden (Kurri Kurri) #Michael Cronin (Gerringong) #Graeme Langlands (Wollongong) #Bob Fulton (Wests Wollongong) #Andrew Johns (Cessnock/Knights) #Steve Roach (West Wollongong) #Ian Walsh (Condobolin) #Glenn Lazarus (Queanbeyan Blues) #Herb Narvo (North Newcastle) #Bradley Clyde (Belconnen United) #Chris Prigg (Erina/Turvey Park) See also References External links * *Rugby League clubs in New South Wales Category:Rugby league in New South Wales Category:Rugby league governing bodies in Australia Category:Rugby league in the Australian Capital Territory Rug Rug Category:1934 establishments in Australia Category:Sports organizations established in 1934 Category:2019 disestablishments in Australia Category:Sports organizations disestablished in 2019 "