Category: Rugby League
It’s back: Local sport busting out on the Beaches
And in sports news, sports fans, the news is … we’re back! Yes! Sport is, anyway. Back in action....
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Cash grants for Community Sports Clubs
With fears that community sports clubs could fold because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the NSW...
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The mysterious kidnapping of Des Hasler’s boot
Des Hasler, it’s widely agreed, is a famously frugal fellow. Tales of his frugality are legion....
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The 17th NRL team will be in Brisbane. The one after that? Friends, let’s Bring back the North Sydney Bears
In 2019 the Australian Rugby League Commission cobbled together a white paper of sorts, a plan to...
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Greatest. Season. Ever: Turbo Tom wins Dally M gong
In 1983 a 19-year-old from Beacon Hill called Phil Blake wowed the Winfield Cup with a breakout...
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Enigma: The beautiful mad bastard called Des
They are the Liberaces of league. Like Madonna and Maradona, Pele and Prince, these worthies need...
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Good times: Manly pumps the Roosters in Mackay
Well – that was good, wasn’t it. A veritable pumping of an old enemy in Eastern Suburbs Roosters...
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Turbo-charged Manly to burn Roosters machine
A mate of mine called Baz was a soldier in Townsville in 1992 when he and a pal were wandering...
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Footy Showman: A short history of Paul “Fatty” Vautin
In November of 1978, nineteen-year-old Paul Vautin climbed into his green-and-beige...
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Crushing the Poms, pig-shooting with Packer: The making of Noel “Crusher” Cleal
There are two theories how Sea Eagles legend Noel Cleal came to the nickname...
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Bloodbath at Bokarina: Contenders belt pretenders in Sunny Coast reality check
A pal of mine has a share in a Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained gelding called Social...
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How to beat Melbourne Storm. (And It’s not just give it to Tommy)
And so to Bokarina’s Sunshine Coast Stadium for the first night of the fights: Qualifying...
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Need to Know: New Years Eve in Manly
News: Mayor and Deputy re-elected
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