Tag: NRL
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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Top of the Pops: We rank the best 40 NRL Players alive in the finals
In the way of these things, in our inter-connected chatterbox world of punditry, opinion and...
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Tommy or nowt, Raiders will be big challenge for humming Sea Eagles
And so to Canberra in Brisbane on Friday night and the question is, as it often is of late: will...
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Turbo Out, Cherry In For Saints game: Report
He may be playing ducks and drakes – it wouldn’t be the first time. Yet it appears...
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He’s Back: Schuster To Take On Saints On Gold Coast
He’s back. The return of crack ball-playing five-eighth-come-edge-forward Josh Schuster is the big...
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Manly’s Latest, Greatest Burger
Lifeline Surf Classic at Queensie, 18 Sept
Council Hiring
Massive Waves Pound Shoreline
Seaforth man flees cops in jag
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