"He was named in the Scotland squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. In October and November 2015, Ferguson played in the 2015 European Cup. Dale Ferguson (rugby league) Dale Ferguson (born 13 April 1988) is a Scotland international rugby league footballer who plays for the Huddersfield Giants in the European Super League. He plays as a loose or forward, he previously played for the Bradford Bulls, Hull Kingston Rovers and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. On 3 November 2011 The annual RLIF Awards dinner was held at the Tower of London, and Ferguson was named Scotland player of the"
"Huddersfield Giants The Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C.. Huddersfield is also one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league teams. The club was founded in 1864 and is the world's oldest professional rugby league club. They have won 7 Championships and 6 Challenge Cups, but"
"Manchester Giants Manchester Giants are a British professional basketball team based in Manchester, England. The franchise was established in 2011, and admitted to the top-tier British Basketball League in 2012. The team's formation was led by Jeff Jones, a former player and coach of the previous team of the same name that folded in 2001 due to financial difficulties. As of 2014, the team play their home games at the 1,100-seat Trafford Powerleague Arena in the Trafford area of Greater Manchester. Plans for a new Manchester-based British Basketball League franchise were first reported in spring 2011, initially with the city's"
"Antwerp Giants Antwerp Giants, named Telenet Giants Antwerp for sponsorship reasons, are a Belgian professional basketball club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena. The club plays in the Pro Basketball League (PBL), the highest tier of Belgian basketball. The club was created from the merger of Sobabee and Racing Mechelen. Then named Racing Basket Antwerpen, it was renamed Antwerp Giants in 2005. In 1995, Sobabee from Antwerp and Racing Mechelen merged into ""Racing Basket Antwerpen"". The club made its debut on the highest stage in Belgium in the 1998–99 season. Antwerp was one of the top 3"
"Belfast Giants The Belfast Giants are an ice hockey team from Belfast, Northern Ireland that compete in the Elite Ice Hockey League. Home games are played at the 9,000-capacity SSE Arena Belfast. They have a dedicated 'Boomerang Corner' which sits a large group of fans who generate noise and start most of the chants. It is named in memory of long time Giants fan Stewart Boone. The Giants had originated in 2000 and played their first match against Ayr on 1 December. Initially members of the now defunct Superleague, the Giants won the championship in 2001–02 and were play-off champions"
"Guildford Giants The Guildford Giants were a rugby league team based in Guildford, Surrey. They competed in the London and South East Division of the Rugby League Conference from 2009-2014. Guildford Giants were formed in December 2008 and were based at Guildford RUFC. The Giants were initially to participate in the London Merit League, but were given the opportunity to enter the RLC London and South Division after Farnborough Falcons withdrew from the competition. The season included a first ever win against Kent Ravens and ended with a 26 - 24 semi final loss away to Greenwich Admirals. The 2010"
"played in gold jerseys with a black trim, and black game pants. The Giants rebrand in 2017 incorporated a full kit rebrand to black helmet, sky blue jerseys and black pants. The away jersey designed by Britballerz is black with sky blue numbers. The Predators play their home games at the Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park, which is a £6 million multi-sport development, also used for Rugby and Football. There are also multiple 3G pitches. As well as the Adult Contact team, The Giants also operate both a flag football and youth contact team. Sheffield Giants The Sheffield Giants are"
"Hotel and The Mandela Hall. It runs to this day. Belfast is home to one of the biggest British ice hockey clubs, the Belfast Giants. The Giants were founded in 2000 and play their games at the 9,500 capacity Odyssey Arena, crowds normally range from 4,000–7,000. Many ex-NHL players have featured on the Giants roster, none more famous than world superstar Theo Fleury. The Giants play in the 11 team professional Elite Ice Hockey League which is the top league in Britain. The Giants have been league champions 4 times, most recently in the 2013–14 season. The Belfast Giants are"
"Giants’ playing guernseys for home matches in Sydney and Canberra and on the front of the guernseys for all the team's away games for that year only. Currently, Virgin Australia, Toyo Tyres and St. George bank are the main sponsors, alongside with apparel partner, X Blades. On 4 October 2012, Greater Western Sydney confirmed Leon Cameron as its new senior assistant coach for 2013. This role expanded to Senior Coach and he is contracted until 2020 in this role. In 2007 the NSW government, Blacktown City Council, Cricket NSW and the AFL agreed to the development of an AFL/Cricket centre"
"Super League Super League (currently known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons) is the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern hemisphere. The league has twelve teams: eleven from England and one from France. Super League began in 1996, replacing the Rugby Football League Championship and switching from a winter to a summer season. Each team plays 29 games between February and September: 11 home games, 11 away games, Magic Weekend and an additional 6 'loop fixtures' decided by league positions. The top five then enter the play-off series leading to the Grand Final which determines"
"Lions (Super Rugby) The Lions (known as the Emirates Lions for sponsorship reasons) are a South African professional rugby union team from Johannesburg who compete in the Super Rugby competition. They were previously known as the Cats between the 1998 and 2006 seasons. They had varied results in the competition, finishing at the bottom of the table six times (in 1998, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2012), but reaching the semifinal stage five times (in 2000, 2001, 2016, 2017 and 2018). They reached their first final in 2016 – where they lost to the 20–3 in Wellington – and repeated"
"Vancouver Giants The Vancouver Giants are a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Hockey League (WHL). Inaugurated in 2001–02, the Giants have won one President's Cup (now known as the Ed Chynoweth Cup) in 2006 and one Memorial Cup in 2007 in their 16-season history. Their home rink was the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, an arena previously used by the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Vancouver Canucks. Effective with the 2016–17 season, the team relocated to the Langley Events Centre in the Township of Langley a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. The ownership group consists of"
"Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons (French and Catalan: ""Dragons Catalans"") are a professional rugby league club in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. They play in the European Super League, and are not the only team in the competition from outside Northern England. The Dragons play home games at Stade Gilbert Brutus. They are the current Challenge Cup holders, and the first non British team to win it since the competition started in 1896, after beating Warrington Wolves 20–14 at Wembley Stadium on 25 August 2018. The club was formed in 2000 by a merger of XIII Catalan and AS Saint-Estève into Union"
"= Goals for, GA = Goals against"" Vancouver Giants The Vancouver Giants are a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Hockey League (WHL). Inaugurated in 2001–02, the Giants have won one President's Cup (now known as the Ed Chynoweth Cup) in 2006 and one Memorial Cup in 2007 in their 16-season history. Their home rink was the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, an arena previously used by the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Vancouver Canucks. Effective with the 2016–17 season, the team relocated to the Langley Events Centre in the Township of Langley a suburb of Vancouver,"
"Sheffield Giants The Sheffield Giants are a British American Football team based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom. They play in the BAFA Premier Division North. They were formed in 2008 as the Sheffield Predators but rebranded to the Giants in 2016 in a nod to the Steel City Giants who folded in the 1980s. As of 2017, The Giants currently play their home games at Sheffield Hallam University. In 2012 they were crowned Division Two Bowl Champions after defeating the Peterborough Saxons at the Don Valley Stadium. There have been a number of teams in and around the Sheffield"
"2017, 2018 2000, 2001 2016, 2017 2016, 2017, 2018 Lions (Super Rugby) The Lions (known as the Emirates Lions for sponsorship reasons) are a South African professional rugby union team from Johannesburg who compete in the Super Rugby competition. They were previously known as the Cats between the 1998 and 2006 seasons. They had varied results in the competition, finishing at the bottom of the table six times (in 1998, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2012), but reaching the semifinal stage five times (in 2000, 2001, 2016, 2017 and 2018). They reached their first final in 2016 – where they"
"Antwerp Giants (Belgium) in which they finished 2nd. By ending in second place they earned a spot in the second round phase of the Europe Cup, playingin group L against CS Universitatea Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Belfius Mons-Hainaut (Belgium) and Keravnos B.C. (Cyprus). After a home and away win against Cluj, a clear home win against Keravnos (109-69) and a convincing home win against Mons, Donar placed 1st in this group and, for the first time in club history, qualified itself for the Europe Cup play-off phase. In the play-offs, Donar beat Cluj-Napoca in the round of 16 and Mornar Bar"
"Rotherham Giants Rotherham Giants is a rugby league team based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, playing in the Yorkshire Premier of the Rugby League Conference. It plays its home matches at Herringthorpe Stadium. Its A-team takes part in the Yorkshire & Humber Merit League. ""Rotherham Giants"" joined the Northern Division of the Rugby League Conference in 2000 and won it in its second season. The club moved to the North Midlands Division in 2003 as the Conference expanded and new divisions were added. Rotherham left the Conference for the 2006 season and returned in 2008 joining the South Yorkshire & Lincolnshire"
"Super League Grand Final The Super League Grand Final is the championship-deciding game of rugby league's Super League competition. It is played between two teams who have qualified via the Super League Play-Off series. The winning team receives the Super League Trophy and goes on to play the NRL champions in the World Club Challenge. The Harry Sunderland Trophy is awarded to the man of the match in the Grand Final. Wigan Warriors are the current champions, after winning the 2018 Grand final Use of a play-off system to decide the Championship brought back a rugby league tradition that had"
"Ganson is the current Head of the Match Officials Department and Technical Director. Championship (rugby league) The Championship is a professional rugby league competition. It is the second-tier competition organised by the Rugby Football League, the governing body for the sport in England, and consists of 12 teams, with promotion to the European Super League and relegation to the third-tier competition, League 1. The current champions are Toronto Wolfpack. The league announced a two-year sponsorship deal with the bookmaking company Betfred ahead of the 2018 season. From 2003 to 2009, the competition was known as National League One. Second division"
"England. 49ers–Giants rivalry The 49ers–Giants rivalry is a National Football (NFL) rivalry between the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants. It is one of the great inter-division rivalry games in the NFL. The two teams do not play every year; instead, they play once every three years due to the NFL's rotating division schedules, or if the two teams finish in the same place in their respective divisions, they would play the ensuing season. Since 1982, the 49ers and Giants have met eight times in the postseason (including two NFC Championship Games), the most times two teams have"
"17,135 spectators, on 31 January 2015, during their game against Spirou Charleroi, in the Sportpaleis. In June 2017, it was announced that Telenet would become the main sponsor of the team for three seasons. Due to sponsorship reasons, the name of the club has frequently changed: A list of former players of Antwerp Giants since 2000. Antwerp Giants Antwerp Giants, named Telenet Giants Antwerp for sponsorship reasons, are a Belgian professional basketball club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena. The club plays in the Pro Basketball League (PBL), the highest tier of Belgian basketball. The club was"
"and one more from South Australia. In September the Giants won the first selection in the inaugural draft via lottery, and selected Sydney University player Nicola Barr. The team was sponsored by Harvey Norman, FlexiGroup and Sydney Airport in its inaugural season. In July 2017 it was announced Giants AFL director of coaching Alan McConnell would replace Tim Schmidt as coach of side. The 2018 Giants AFLW Captain is Amanda Farrugia and the vice-captain is Alicia Eva. Greater Western Sydney Giants The Greater Western Sydney Giants, nicknamed the GWS Giants or just Giants, is a professional Australian rules football club"
"League. Over time, the RFU and RFL adopted different rules and the two forms of the game – rugby union and rugby league – diverged. Rugby league's stronghold remains Northern England along the ""M62 corridor"" between Liverpool and Hull. As of the 2018 season, 11 of the 12 teams in the European Super League (the highest level of rugby league in Europe) are from Northern England and the remaining one is from France, and the 12-team Championship below it has 9 Northern teams, one London team and two overseas teams. Rugby union was not entirely driven from Northern England, and"
"Glasgow Giants ARFC The Greater Glasgow Giants ARFC is an Australian rules football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club was set up by Ross Thompson and a group of former Glasgow Sharks players in 2015. They are named after the GWS Giants of the AFL and wear their Guernseys whilst playing. They finished second in their first two haggis cup tournaments (Scottish pre-season cup) and were grand finalists in the next two seasons of the AFL Scotland league, losing to the Edinburgh Bloods and Glasgow Sharks. In 2017, the Giants won the premiership when they defeated the Kingdom Kangaroos."
"Super League in rugby league has added teams from France and Wales to cover a great demographic spread. The operator of Super League, England's Rugby Football League, has also added teams to the lower levels of its league pyramid, specifically the Championship and League 1, from both France and Wales, and most recently Canada. In rugby union, the competition originally known as the Celtic League and now as Pro14, which began with sides only from the Celtic nations of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, has added teams from Italy and more recently South Africa. The U.S.-based NFL has been laying groundwork"
"represents Great Britain in rugby league football. Administered by the Rugby Football League (RFL), the team is nicknamed ""The Lions"" or ""Great Britain Lions"". For most of the 20th century the Great Britain team was assembled to go on tours overseas, and to play against foreign touring teams, as well as competing in Rugby League World Cup tournaments. They were one of the strongest teams in rugby league, though usually playing second fiddle to Australia. They won the Rugby League World Cup on three occasions: 1954, 1960 and 1972. Since 1995 the RFL have pretended to send the home nations"
"entity. The Giants now field senior football teams in the GFL and GDFL, both respective competitions of their predecessors, while also operating junior football, senior netball and junior netball teams.while also having a mixed all abilities netball team to support people with disabilities. Initially, the Giants name was to be used as part of a rebrand by the Roosters to align with AFL club Greater Western Sydney Giants, given the similarities between the Roosters' oft-used abbreviation, GWSP, and the AFL Giants' abbreviation, GWS. Roosters officials met with officials from the GWS Giants in July 2016 to facilitate the move, with"
"Giants to become the Luycks Giants, thus replacing both former clubs. In 2016, Ajax launched an eSports team, with Koen Weijland as the clubs first signing, making their debut on the Global stage of professional gaming. They have since signed the likes of Dani Hagebeuk, Lev Vinken, Joey Calabro and Bob van Uden, the latter spent his first season on loan to the eSports team of Japanese club Sagan Tosu. The following clubs are currently affiliated with AFC Ajax: The following clubs were affiliated with AFC Ajax in the past: ""As one of the traditional big three clubs in the"
"Mansfield Giants The Mansfield Giants are a basketball club from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The club was originally formed in 1990, and currently enter both Men's and Women's senior teams in English Basketball League Division 2 and Division 2 (North) respectively. Home games are played at the Oak Tree Leisure Centre. Both senior teams debuted in the English Basketball League in the 2006/2007 season, with the Men's team entering the newly formed Division 4 (North), starting with a 10-4 record in their first year, which was enough to earn them a quick promotion to Division 3 of the league for the"
"David Aliu, James Jones and rookie Robert Marsden all selected as part of the Molten British Team of the Year. The Giants management announced in June 2014 that the team would be leaving Wright Robinson College and switching to a new home venue, the 1,100-seat Trafford Powerleague Arena, for the start of the 2014–15 season. In February 2018, the club announced plans to move into a new, 2000+ capacity arena, renovating and expanding the previous George H. Carnall Centre as part of a £35 million development in Urmston, Greater Manchester. Manchester Giants Manchester Giants are a British professional basketball team"
"rugby league team. When the Dragons moved in the capacity was just over 4000. The Catalans have redeveloped and expanded the ground to 13,000 since they moved here. Gains Losses Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons (French and Catalan: ""Dragons Catalans"") are a professional rugby league club in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. They play in the European Super League, and are not the only team in the competition from outside Northern England. The Dragons play home games at Stade Gilbert Brutus. They are the current Challenge Cup holders, and the first non British team to win it since the competition started in"
"Greater Western Sydney Giants The Greater Western Sydney Giants, nicknamed the GWS Giants or just Giants, is a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Representing the Greater Western Sydney area and Canberra, the club is based at the Tom Wills Oval in Sydney Olympic Park. The team's primary home ground is Spotless Stadium in Sydney Olympic Park. Four games a year are played at Manuka Oval in Canberra as part of a deal with the government of the Australian Capital Territory. A reserve team, the Western Sydney University Giants (formerly UWS Giants), participates"