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Sam Burgess pleads guilty to drug driving charge

Former NRL player Sam Burgess has entered guilty pleas to traffic charges including driving with an illicit drug in his blood after being pulled over on the Hume Highway in February. The 32-year-old former South Sydney captain appeared before Moss Vale Local Court on Tuesday where his lawyer Bryan Wrench told Magistrate Mark Douglass it had been a “trace amount”. […]

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Jon Wells: England’s Jackson Hastings conundrum

After an impressive start to the Super League season by Jackson Hastings, Jon Wells ponders whether or not the Wigan Warriors half-back should be in the England squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup… Last weekend, my colleague Brian Carney fleshed out an argument put forward from our studio guest Richard Agar who, when reflecting on Jackson Hastings’ man-of-the-match […]

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Umpires threaten to boycott suburban footy over pay dispute

Essendon District Football League umpires have voted to boycott all games this weekend unless the league agrees to pay umpires what they were paid in 2019. That’s despite EDFL umpires being paid more than any other semi-professional metropolitan league in Melbourne. EDFL chief executive Ian Kyte declined to comment on the dispute, other than to say the matter would be […]

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Xavier Coates report would bring Brisbane Broncos to their knees

Broncos star Xavier Coates has toured the Storm’s facilities and is reportedly set to sign with Melbourne. In another crushing blow to the Brisbane club, Coates was the biggest fish left on the Broncos’ retention list, behind only star centre Kotoni Staggs. However, The Daily Telegraph’s Phil Rothfield revealed Monday Queensland State of Origin star Coates is about to jump […]

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