ANZAC Oval
Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
ANZAC Oval, Alice Springs, Australia — opened circa 1952 as a grassed oval (the site was reserved from 1937, then used as an Australian Army camp 1940-44), 1 rugby league games hosted, home of no fixed rugby league tenant; today used by the Central Australian Rugby Football League (Australian rules) and for occasional NRL trial matches.
Ground facts
| Opened | circa 1952 as a grassed oval (the site was reserved from 1937, then used as an Australian Army camp 1940-44) (The recorded 1994 crowd of 6,860 exceeds the venue's currently listed capacity of 4,000, an unresolved discrepancy -- possible explanations include informal standing-room crowds beyond formal seating, or a reduced capacity since 1994, but neither could be confirmed. Floodlights are confirmed for the present day but not specifically for 1994.) |
| Home club | no fixed rugby league tenant; today used by the Central Australian Rugby Football League (Australian rules) and for occasional NRL trial matches |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1 |
| Top recorded crowd | 6,860 |
| Capacity | 4,000 (current listed capacity; disputed by the historical crowd figure below) |
| Floodlights installed | yes (present day) |
| Surface | grass |
| Years used | 1994 |
| Location | Alice Springs, Northern Territory |
Name history
Rugby league history
ANZAC Oval sits at the base of ANZAC Hill in Alice Springs, on land reserved from 1937 and grassed by community volunteers in 1951-52, reportedly the first grassed oval in the Northern Territory. Its sole recorded top-flight rugby league match was a Tooheys Challenge Cup semi-final on 25 February 1994, in which the Brisbane Broncos defeated Illawarra 14-0 before a crowd of 6,860, a remarkable turnout for the remote town.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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