Canberra Vikings, formerly the Canberra Kookaburras, is an Australian rugby union football team that competes in the National Rugby Championship.
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16 Facts About Canberra Vikings
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Canberra Vikings played in the QRU Premiership, Tooheys New Cup and Australian Rugby Shield, before entering the Australian Rugby Championship.
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The Australian Capital Territory team, often referred to simply as "Canberra Vikings", grew in stature in the decades following the Second World War.
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Name "Canberra Vikings Kookaburras" was used for the ACT representative team from 1989, but it was to be a further five years before the Canberra Vikings Kookaburra club was officially founded.
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The Canberra Vikings Kookaburras played in a white and black strip, separated by bands of blue and gold around the centre of the jersey.
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Canberra Vikings were placed fifth in the regular season that year, and lost to Randwick in the elimination final.
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Canberra Vikings adopted the red and white colours of Tuggeranong Vikings RUC with black detailing on the jersey and black shorts.
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Canberra Vikings played in the QRU's Premiership from 2001 to 2003 and won the grand final each year to take three consecutive titles.
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The Canberra Vikings took the option closer to home and went to Sydney for their tenth season on the road.
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Canberra Vikings led the team to a qualifying final after they had finished fourth in the regular season and won seven matches from twelve.
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Canberra Vikings guided the side to seven wins from twelve matches in the regular season, but the Vikings finished sixth that year and did not play in the finals.
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Canberra Vikings was kicked out of the NSW Premiership for a second time ahead of the 2006 season, ostensibly to streamline the Sydney competition and allow the NSWRU to make more room in their calendar for the proposed Australian Provincial Championship.
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Canberra Vikings played in the Australian Rugby Championship, known as the ARC, in 2007.
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The Canberra Vikings team was disbanded with the end of the ARC competition.
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Canberra Vikings Stadium was constructed in 1977 and is the home of the ACT Brumbies and Canberra Vikings Raiders.
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