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29 September, 2015. 10:50 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact The National Rugby League has today unveiled the "new and improved" Provan-Summons Trophy, to be awarded to one of the two Queensland-based teams in Sunday night's grand final showdown. With the Brisbane Bronco's comfortable defeat over the Sydney Roosters on Friday night, The North Queensland Cowboys then confirmed an all-Queensland NRL decider after defeating Melbourne...

26 September, 2015. 14:05 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN LIGHT OF the recent near tragedy of Rabbitohs Dylan Walker and Aaron Gray's painkiller overdose, the Sydney Roosters board have been quick to remind their players of what constitutes a "Mad Monday" celebration and what doesn't. Rather than turn a blind eye to what happens behind the closed doors of...

24 September, 2015. 12:50 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact Thomas Hadden, 27, says he is shocked and appalled that he has been forced to google the keywords "Rugby, Union, News" after reading the most circulated newspaper in Australia. Despite the fact that the Wallabies have just played their first match of the olympiad international Rugby Union World Cup, Mr Hadden was forced to...

16 September, 2015. 15:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Beliebers, rejoice - global superstar Justin Bieber has returned to Australia for a secret finals fan day at Belmore Oval. The Canadian singer, who is set to take over the iconic Sydney waterfront for a live concert on Wednesday next week, has arrived a week early to show support for his favourite National Rugby League...

IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact As The National Rugby League enters the opening rounds of finals footy for 2018, many clubs are looking back at an unpredictable year that was. A few early bursts of talent and a few semi-finals flops that no one saw. With that kind of inconsistency across the board, it is not hard to imagine why both the current contenders...

7 September, 2015. 14:56 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE PERENNIAL EXPERIMENT has come to a conclusion - one many Australians knew the answer to years ago. Cricketing journeyman Shane Watson announced his retirement from all forms of Test cricket yesterday morning. He joins a long list of brilliantly talented players of the short game who failed to conquer the Test...

7 September, 2015. 11:10 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact One of the NRL's youngest clubs, Wests Tigers, have today asked yet another Sydney-based Rugby League franchise to join their combined venture. The independently appointed chairperson for the Wests Tigers board, Marina Go, has said that the South Sydney Rabbitohs have been given the option to merge forces with the Tigers brand,...

27 August, 2015. 15:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A UKRAINIAN NATIONAL has escaped off-shore detention and had his protection visa immediately approved after customs officers witnessed the man "rolling an orange out of the back of his hand". Immigration workers have been on the lookout for potential sporting talent as the stateless and war-wearing asylum seekers continue to pour over...

25 August, 2015. 10:10 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact Richmond Tiger’s midfielder Dustin Martin has vowed to fight the AFL’s investigation into his two-fingered salute towards Collingwood supporters with the “Goodsie defence”. During Collingwood’s 91-point fingering by the Tigers last Sunday, Martin gave the Magpie’s supporters a couple extra digits to think about, after copping three-quarters of consistent abuse from the...

24 August, 2015. 15:05 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact PEOPLE AROUND THE world are going batshit crazy for Jarryd Hayne today after he made three great punt returns in a game against the Dallas Cowboys yesterday. From Minto to Maine, the Hayne Plane has captivated the world with his journey from one of the greatest rugby league players of all time...