2004 in rugby league

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The year 2004 in rugby league football centred around Australasia's 2004 NRL season and Europe's Super League IX.

Contents

1 January
2 February
3 March
4 September
5 November
6 References

January

26th - Sydney, Australia: The Rugby League International Federation announces that the next World Cup will be held in Australia in 2008 to celebrate the centenary of the game in the Southern Hemisphere.^[1]

February

24th - Coff's Harbour, Australia: Several players from the Bulldogs NRL club face police investigation after a complaint of sexual assault from a 20-year-old woman.^[2]

March

12th - Sydney, Australia: The first round of the NRL's 2004 Telstra Premiership begins with 2003 champions, the Penrith Panthers losing 14-20 to the Newcastle Knights before a crowd of 19,936 at Penrith Stadium.^[3]

September

22nd - Sydney, Australia: The 6th annual Tom Brock Lecture, entitled No more bloody bundles for Britain: The Post-World War II tours of the British and French Allies, is delivered by Tom Keneally, AO^[4]

November

22nd - Leeds, England: Great Britain captain Andy Farrell is awarded the Golden Boot Award for the World's best player.^[5]
27th - Leeds, England: The 2004 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament culminates in Australia's victory over Great Britain in the final at Elland Road before a crowd of 39,120.^[6]

References

^ "Australia to stage 2008 World Cup". Telegraph.cok.uk (UK: Telegraph Media Group Limited). 2004-01-26. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2371943/Australia-to-stage-2008-World-Cup.html. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
^ abc.net.au (24, February 2004). "Bulldogs' accuser gives statement to police". ABC News (Australia: ABC). http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/nsw/200402/s1051920.htm. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
^ Masters, Roy (13 March 2004). "Knights clean up as Penrith discovers success is a wet cake of soap". The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia: Fairfax Media). http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/12/1078594571784.html. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
^ Keneally, Tom (2005). ""No more bloody bundles for Britain": The Post-World War II tours of the British and French allies". 6th Annual Tom Brock Lecture. Australia: Tom Brock Bequest Committee. Archived from the original on 2011-01-17. http://www.webcitation.org/5vofDqCtd. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
^ "Farrell on top of the world". Daily Mail. 23 November 2004. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-328025/Farrell-world.html. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
^ Hughes, Ed (28 November 2004). "Great Britain 4 Australia 44: Kangaroos crush Lions’ pride". The Sunday Times (UK: Times Newspapers Ltd): p. 2. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article396623.ece. Retrieved 6 March 2011.