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LOUIS BURKE | Culture | Contact At the close of the NRL’s Indigenous Round, Fox Sports has done the unthinkable and released a proactive apology for anything they said that may have caused offence. NRL’s Indigenous Round is a once a year observation aimed to highlight significant social issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, issues which are most identifiable...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Eight hours before kick off against the spoon-favourite Brisbane Broncos tonight, and the South Sydney Rabbitohs have only just found out who their coach will be for the next fortnight. This comes as Wayne Bennett is stood down by the NRL for a period of two weeks on 'COVID Hold' after breaching the NRL's strict bio-security rules by dining...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Collingwood President Eddie McGuire has caused a bit of a stir again today, by defending his decision to bring Collingwood Coach Nathan Buckley onto Millionaire Hot Seat. The Magpies Coach is currently under fire for breaching the strict Covid-19 protocols to go and have a hit of tennis with Alicia Molik - a decision which as attracted a...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Israel Folau has continued working on setting himself up for a life after football by putting another feather in his cap as a potential Sky News After Dark Host. The former Wallaby who said 'hell awaits gay people' has now controversially refused to take a knee in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement Israel Folau was the only...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The NRL looks set to finally solve it's big video referee problem this week. Following another controversial weekend, where a try that should have been awarded wasn't, scrutiny around The Bunker has peaked once again. The Bunker is the NRL's video refereeing set up where the on-field officials send decisions up to the box with a heap of...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT In some exciting news from the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, a hard-working young kid is finally set to get his start. The local junior who played from the Clovelly Crocodiles before impressing in the Roosters Harold Matthews Squad (Under 16s), is now a chance of playing first grade before the end of the season. The Harold Mats star named...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After months of being beaten around by the COVID-19 pandemic, life has just thrown yet another hurdle for the prodigal son in charge of the AFL this week. Gillon McLachlan, of the famous McLachlan/MacLachlan squattocracy from the fertile soils of the Adelaide Hills - has been under fire this season what many perceive as a blue-blooded complacency towards the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has today revealed the she is working with the AFL to draft a two-month deal to host the entire competition and all teams out of Queensland. This comes after AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan once again had to follow the lead of Saint Peter V'landys in securing a COVID-19-free bubble for footballers to continue their season...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Central West New South Wales town of Forbes was roaring on Saturday night, after local boy Charlie Staines notched four tries and one assist for the Penrith Panthers in the most sensational NRL debut in recent history. Staines now joins only one other player, Titans winger Jordan Atkins (2008), to put on a four-try performance in his first...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Once a job requiring specialist study and training, NRL commentators are now mostly former players who provide the type of commentary that suggests they might have taken a few too many knocks to the head. Since former players began scoring commentary jobs, many have criticised the practice of dressing former footy players in suits and putting them on TV...