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KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT In celebrity gossip news, NRL coaching supremo Wayne Bennett has been spotted at Brisbane airport today, as he prepares to travel to Europe for his first ever solo backpacking adventure.  After a coaching career spanning three decades and over 850 NRL first grade matches, the NRL’s most experienced coach is reportedly heading over for a European summer,...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT Rugby League icon Benji Marshall has today confirmed that he isn't done with the world of entertainment. Fresh off completing a season of Celebrity Apprentice and launching a brand new Rugby League show, Marshall has now revealed his next venture. Benji will be returning to the next season of Celebrity Apprentice, but this time he will only be...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT The staff at Brisbane's Lang Park are this afternoon enjoying a well-earned break. This comes after they were forced to do hours and hours of overtime to help clean up all of the sour grapes left by the NSW coach and the 8th Immortal. Finishing up a short time ago, the staff have apparently headed off for a...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As Queenslanders relish in the sheer euphoria of being from the superior state this morning, analysis of last night's glorious Origin decider is pinballing around workplaces and schoolyards across the country. The big mentions obviously go to Ben Hunt, Dane Gagai, Tom Dearden and Big Tino - with countless jokes at the expense of Brad Fittler and Joey Johns. However,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A sea of maroon is already packing out Caxton street, as Queenslanders make the pilgramage to Brisbane's iconic Rugby League precinct, to watch their boys put on a clinic. The 2022 Origin series is on the line at Suncorp Stadium tonight as the Blues and Maroons battle out in a River City decider. History is on the side of the...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT The head supremo of the NSW Rugby League mafia has made stern threats this week, using his full powers to ensure victory for the state of NSW. The Advocate understands that Gus ‘The One Eyed Blue” Gould had summoned Blues Coach Brad Fittler to a meeting in the back room of ​Grappa Ristorante e Bar on Norton...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT Space and Rugby League fans are today sharing a shared bond. In a strange marriage of the universes, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has released photos of a Rugby League phenomenon. The exciting move has seen NASA publish photos of what the NSW Halfback is going to be seeing at about 8:21 pm AEST. "It's a remarkable discovery, to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Prince George can today fully appreciate why his ancestors made the executive decision to send hundreds of thousands of British convicts to the harsh southern contintent all of those years ago. This comes as the third-in-line for the British royal throne made his first ever Wimbledon visit, at eight years of age. Dressed in a dapper navy suit, Prince George...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A Samoan-Australian man, who has lived his life between Samoa and Australia, and was raised by Samoan parents, and attends a Samoan church in a Western Sydney suburb with a large Samoan community, is this week under fire for acknowledging his Samoan identity. Premiership winning NRL star and New South Wales Blues hero, Brian To’o, has today had to...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has this week shocked his playing group to its very core. Following a second consecutive thumping in what is turning out to be a very unMelbourne Storm-like season, the playing group was reportedly expecting an all-time spray. However, what happened after the full-time siren sounded on the 28-6 loss to the Cronulla Sharks...