Canberra Vikings

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Canberra Vikings
Union Australian Rugby Union
Founded 1995[1]
Location Canberra, Australia
Region Australian Capital Territory and Southern New South Wales
Ground(s) Manuka Oval and Canberra Stadium (Capacity: 15,000 and 25,011)
Coach(es) Nick Scrivener Tom Morrison
Captain(s) Peter Kimlin
League(s) Australian Rugby Championship
2007 6th
Team kit
Union website
www.brumbies.com.au

The Canberra Vikings (formerly known as the Canberra Kookaburras) were an Australian rugby union football club that played in the now-defunct Australian Rugby Championship. The Vikings were formed as the only club from the Australian Capital Territory that participated in the inaugural (and only) season of the championship, which started in August 2007. Based at Manuka Oval and Canberra Stadium, Canberra, they represent the ACT and southern New South Wales. The team colors were red and black.

History

In 1989 the Canberra Kookaburras defeated Fiji 34-9 at Seiffert Oval.[2] The Canberra Vikings have represented Canberra in the Tooheys New Cup and Queensland Premier Rugby championships and with three consecutive titles, 2001, 2002 and 2003, in the premier Queensland rugby competition, and as of 29 May 2007 they were officially launched at the HMAS Canberra Memorial at Lake Burley Griffin.

Colours and logo

The Name and Logo of the Canberra Vikings have been used since foundation for the Tooheys New Cup and their traditional colors of Black, Red and White will be used again for the Australian Rugby Championship.

Stadium

The Canberra Vikings played out of two locations for their 4 home games, Manuka Oval and Canberra Stadium. Manuka Oval was constructed in 1929 and hosts the annual Prime Ministers XI cricket match, as well as senior club AFL and cricket. Originally Manuka Oval was not just a cricket ground, but was also used for International rugby matches, mainly between a Canberra Invitational XI and the touring international side. Canberra Stadium (originally Bruce Stadium) was constructed in 1977 and is the home of the ACT Brumbies and Canberra Raiders.

Franchise area

The teams franchise area covered the Canberra Premier Rugby Competition. This included all clubs & players in the Canberra Premier Rugby Competition.

Record

ARC seasons
Year Played Win Draw Loss PF PA Diff Bonus
(4 tries) 		Bonus
(Loss <7pts) 		Points Place Playoffs
2007 8 3 0 5 217 191 26 4 3 19 6 Did Not Compete

2007 squad

Honours

1995
2001, 2002, 2003

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whyte, Julia (2007-08-11). "Return from exile". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2007-12-11. 
  2. ↑ http://www.fijirugby.com/matchreport.cfm?fixtureid=966B71D5-11D8-27B2-F97DD286BA1908D8

External links

Teams
Season
Member of the Australian Rugby Union
ACTRU Premier Division
ARC team
Super Rugby team
  • Brumbies
Venues
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