Perth, Western Australia

:For other places with the same name, see Perth (disambiguation).

Sports

The most popular spectator sport in Perth is Australian Rules football. Two teams in the Australian Football League (AFL) are based in Perth: the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Football Club (the "Fremantle Dockers"). The "home" of Australian Rules football in Perth is Subiaco Oval.

Related Topics:
Australian Rules football - Australian Football League - West Coast Eagles - Fremantle Football Club - Subiaco Oval

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Every summer the Australian cricket team plays a test match and one day international matches at the WACA ground, which is also home to the state cricket team, known as the Western Warriors.

Related Topics:
Australian cricket team - Test match - One day international - WACA - Western Warriors

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Perth is also home to popular Football (soccer) team Perth Glory, which has recently been added to the potentially lucrative A-League after the re-formation of Association Football in Australia.

Related Topics:
Football (soccer) - Perth Glory - A-League

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Perth is also home to the annual Hopman Cup tennis tournament, the annual Avon Descent whitewater event, and the annual Rally Australia. In 2006, Perth will be the home of the Western Force, a new franchise in the Super 12 rugby union competition (which will become the Super 14 with the addition of the Force and a team in South Africa).

Related Topics:
Hopman Cup - Avon Descent - Whitewater - Rally Australia - 2006 - Western Force - Super 12 - Rugby union - South Africa

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Perth also sports a team in the National Basketball League, the Perth Wildcats, who are one of the most successful teams in the league's history. However, the popularity of basketball as a spectator sport in Australia has sharply declined since the early 1990's.

Related Topics:
National Basketball League - Perth Wildcats - Basketball - 1990

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Rugby league briefly maintained a Perth team in the national competition (1995-1997), known as the Western Reds (Perth Reds in the Super League season)

Related Topics:
Rugby league - Western Reds - Super League

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Perth is very conducive to an outdoors lifestyle, and this is reflected in the wide variety of sports available to citizens of the city.

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