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Kangaroo Jaidyn Stephenson fractures hip in bike trick gone wrong

An attempted mountain bike trick has gone wrong for North Melbourne’s Jaidyn Stephenson after he fractured his hip on Friday when he landed on concrete below his home’s back deck. The 22-year-old had been drinking before the incident that saw him admitted to hospital on Friday. A surgeon will assess his treatment options on Saturday. North Melbourne football manager Brady […]

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AFL 2021 LIVE updates: Swans and GWS fight for finals survival as Sydney Derby comes to Tassie

Key posts 2.35pmSubs confirmed 2.22pmStats favour Swans 1.49pmParker peaking 1 of 2 Subs confirmed Robbie Fox (Sydney) and Tanner Bruhn (GWS) are the medical substitutes for today. Tanner Bruhn.Credit:Getty Images From 0-3 to finals, Cameron is making his mark If the Amazon film crew were still around this year they would have an entirely different story to tell of Leon […]

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Why the AFL needs to take urgent action to fix Gold Coast

These are testing times for Mark Evans, who was the highly regarded AFL football boss before he was parachuted into Gold Coast almost five years ago to lead a re-imagining of the game’s most difficult problem child. Under serious pressure from his chairman Tony Cochrane and AFL chief Gillon McLachlan, Evans knows he has to make changes at the Suns […]

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Pearce proposal kicked into touch after savage backlash

The NRL has torpedoed a proposal to trial a controversial kicking rule change next week after a savage backlash from players, coaches and fans. The Herald revealed plans to road test a proposal to punish teams who kick into touch, by awarding the opposition team a seven-tackle set, in the Canterbury-Wests Tigers clash next week. However, the initiative, the brainchild […]

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Match Report – Hull K R 18 – 25 Wakefield

Struggling Wakefield, one place off the foot of the table, did the double over their higher-placed opponents who failed to bounce back from a single-point defeat to city rivals Hull FC last time out. Rovers looked unlike the team that had forced their way into the top six and suffered a disappointing defeat against a side well marshalled by scrum-half […]

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Match Report – St Helens 42 – 12 Leigh

St Helens’ Grand Final hero Jack Welsby was Leigh’s chief tormentor as the Centurions were unable to kick on from their first win of the season as they suffered a 42-12 defeat. Welsby helped himself to a brace of tries and had a hand in two others as the defending champions outscored the bottom club seven tries to two. In […]

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