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‘I am confused’: Sam Burgess to appeal after found guilty of intimidating father-in-law

Former NRL star Sam Burgess will appeal a conviction for intimidating his former father-in-law during what the magistrate described as an angry, aggressive altercation that would have been “frightening for any Australian.” Moss Vale Local Court magistrate Robert Rabbidge found on Friday morning Burgess had intimidated Mitchell Hooke at the family’s Glenquarry property in October 2019 with the intention of […]

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Carlton board and benefactors under attack

A Carlton board challenger, who is taking on club president Mark LoGiudice and two members of the influential and wealthy Pratt and Mathieson families, has attacked the Carlton board for the repeated “hiring and firing” of coaches and list manager Stephen Silvagni, in what he defined as “a lengthy period of off-field instability and on-field under-performance”. John Hollingsworth, who served […]

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Dramatic twist in NRL’s expansion race

Two of the groups competing for the right to become the NRL’s 17th team have joined forces in an attempt to convince the ARL commission that they can become Brisbane’s second NRL side. The Brisbane Bombers and the western corridor bid team have teamed up in the hope that the newly-named Brisbane Jets will win favour with the NRL, according […]

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Disquiet grows on lack of AFL action after Indigenous review

Disquiet is growing among several leading Indigenous players about the time it is taking the AFL to act upon the review AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan commissioned last year into the AFL’s Indigenous Advisory Group. The review, led by long-time club CEO Peter Jackson, was initially designed to evaluate the advisory group’s effectiveness. It then extended into a broader and […]

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