August
- 8 August – Moore Park, New South Wales: The 100 year anniversary of the formation of Australia's first rugby league governing body, the New South Wales Rugby League, is commemorated.
- 18 August – Belgrade, Serbia: The 2007 European Shield ends and is won by Serbia who finished on top of the table.
- 25 August – London, England: The 2007 Challenge Cup tournament culminates in St Helens' 30 – 8 win against Catalans Dragons in the final at Wembley Stadium before 84,241.
- 25 August – Jacksonville, USA: The 2007 AMNRL season culminates in the Connecticut Wildcats' 20–18 win against Aston DSC Bulls in the championship match.
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Famous quotes containing the word august:
“I saw the spiders marching through the air,
Swimming from tree to tree that mildewed day
In latter August when the hay
Came creaking to the barn.”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)
“Ancient of days! august Athena! where,
Where are thy men of might? thy grand in soul?
Gone—glimmering through the dream of things that were.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.”
—J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)
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