Winter sport in Australia The game has been especially popular as a winter sport in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The Australian national rugby union team is called the Wallabies. Since the 1920s the Wallabies have worn green and gold jerseys. Despite having a relatively small player base, mainly in NSW and Queensland, the national side has twice won the Rugby World Cup – in 1991 and 1999. Australia hosted the 2003 Rugby World Cup, which saw the Wallabies defeated by England in the final at Telstra Stadium. Other notable competitions include the annual Bledisloe Cup played against Australia's traditional
Sport in Astana Skating World Cup. The President's Cup tennis tournament annually held at the National Tennis Center Daulet. In 2014, Astana will open the National Paralympics Training Center for paralympic athletes in Kazakhstan. Although bandy is the only team sport in which Kazakhstan has brought home World Championship medals, it has just started to be played again in Astana. The city has organised both national championships for youth in rink bandy and in regular bandy for adults. After having been based in both Almaty and Oral, the seat of Kazakhstan Bandy Federation is now the in capital. Sport in Astana Astana is