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Annually, Melbourne hosts the Australian Open tennis tournament, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments; the famous Melbourne Cup Horse Race ; the 'Boxing Day' cricket Test Match held each year from 26–30 December at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ; and the Australian Formula One Grand Prix . The Wallabies , Australia's national Rugby Union team, usually also play at least one Test annually at Melbourne's Telstra Dome . Since 1999, the city has been the biennual host of the International Rules series involving Gaelic Football players from the Gaelic Athletic Association of Ireland . The city also hosted the 2002 and 2005 Australian Football International Cup . As well as Olympic and Commonwealth Games, Melbourne has hosted numerous sporting events which rotate host cities. Melbourne co-hosted the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup , including many pool matches as well as a quarter final – all of which were played at the Telstra Dome; hosted the 2002 World Masters Games ; broke new ground as the first city outside the United States to host the World Police And Fire Games in 1995 , and the President's Cup golf tournament in 1999 ; and was the first city in the Southern Hemisphere to host the World Cup Polo Championship in 2001 . The city has hosted FIFA World Cup qualifiers in both 1997 and 2001. Phillip Island hosts MotoGP races, and Stawell is the home of Australia's most presitigous foot race, the Stawell Gift . MAJOR SPORTS VENUES Melbourne CURRENT PROFESSIONAL FRANCHISES IN NATIONAL COMPETITIONS Melbourne | |||||
| ''Logo'' | ''Club'' | ''League'' | ''Venue'' | ''Established'' | ''Premierships'' |
| Carlton Blues | Australian Football League | Telstra Dome | 1864 | 16 | |
| Collingwood Magpies | Australian Football League | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1892 | 14 | |
| Essendon Bombers | Australian Football League | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1871 | 16 | |
| Hawthorn Hawks | Australian Football League | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1874 | 9 | |
| Kangaroos FC | Australian Football League | Telstra Dome | 1869 | 4 | |
| Melbourne Demons | Australian Football League | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1858 | 12 | |
| Melbourne Storm | National Rugby League | Olympic Park | 1998 | 1 | |
| Melbourne Tigers | National Basketball League | State Netball And Hockey Centre | 1984 | 3 | |
| Melbourne Victory | A-League | Olympic Park | 2004 | Nil | |
| Richmond Tigers | Australian Football League | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1885 | 10 | |
| St Kilda Football Club | Australian Football League | Telstra Dome | 1873 | 1 | |
| South Dragons | National Basketball League | Vodafone Arena | 2006 | Nil | |
| Victorian Bushrangers | Pura Cup | Junction Oval | 1851 | 26 | |
| Western Bulldogs | Australian Football League | Telstra Dome | 1883 | 1 |
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