Photos: Australia win the inaugural ‘Ashes’ of jousting against England

This weekend, Australia and England took their storied sports rivalry to another level, and another century, as the two nations faced off in a jousting tournament, won by the Australian side Sunday. Australia took top honours in the inaugural version of the tournament with 89 points to 75 for England.

Updated on: Nov 05, 2019 11:29 AM IST

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England’s Stacy van Dolah-Evans (L) jousts with Australia’s Phil Leitch (R) during the inaugural “Ashes” jousting tournament between Australia and England at the Kryal Castle in Leigh Creek, some 100 kms west of Melbourne. Australia and England took their storied sports rivalry to another level, and another century, this weekend as the two nations faced off in a jousting tournament. (William West / AFP)

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Australia’s captain Phil Leitch (C) holds the “Ashes” trophy with teammates Andrew McKinnon (L) and Clifford Marisma (R) after defeating England in the inaugural “Ashes” jousting tournament. Dubbed the “Ashes” of jousting -- a reference to the historic cricket Test matches between the two countries -- three Australian “knights” bested a trio of English counterparts over two days of competition in a small town in rural Victoria state. (William West / AFP)

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Tawny Gallop (R) polishes the equipment of England’s jousting competitor Stacy van Dolah-Evans. Dressed head-to-toe in medieval-style armour an mounted on steeds sporting skirts in team colours, the competitors charged one another on opposite sides of a barrier, scoring points if they could break their wooden lances against the opponent’s torso -- one point for a broken lance, three points if it shatters. (William West / AFP)

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Hoping this weekend’s joust will become a tradition, organisers modelled their trophy on cricket’s Ashes urn, which carries the remains of cricket bails burned after Australia defeated England in a Test in 1882. It has become the symbolic trophy of the two countries’ biannual cricket Test matches. (William West / AFP)

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Two jousting competitors come together during the inaugural Ashes jousting tournament. Despite the homage to cricketing history, Leitch doesn’t think the sporting events are really on an equal footing. (William West / AFP)

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Australia’s captain Phil Leitch performs in front of “the king” (3L). “I think it’s 100 times more exciting than watching cricket -- seeing men on horses each traveling at about 40 kilometres an hour, hearing the crack of the lance, seeing pieces of wood go flying in the air ... that’s much more exciting for me than cricket,” he said. (William West / AFP)

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Australia’s captain Phil Leitch places the Ashes trophy in front of a burning lance after Australia defeated England in the inaugural Ashes jousting tournament. Australia took top honours in the inaugural version of the tournament with 89 points to 75 for England. “The next Ashes will be taking place in England in two years time and they’ll have the chance to win the trophy and take it over there,” said the Australian captain. (William West / AFP)