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Early season blow for Bombers as Peter Wright goes down at training

Key points Peter Wright will miss round one after sustaining a right shoulder dislocation in a training drill. The Bombers’ reigning club champion kicked a career-best 53 goals last season. Wright signed a four-year contract extension this week as reward for his breakout season. Essendon’s re-signed club champion Peter Wright is out of Sunday’s round one clash with Hawthorn – […]

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Expert breakdown of NRL Round 3 matches

Sea Eagles (1) v Eels (16) Thursday, 8pm, 4 Pines Park Parramatta could have easily won both games to start the year, while a contentious sin-binning at a vital stage of the game paved the way for Manly’s opening win. But the Sea Eagles are fresh, Haumole Olakau’atu and Kelma Tuilagi will terrorise the Eels on the edges, Josh Schuster […]

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Footy’s back! But it’s time to revisit the opening act

Footy’s back. How good. And with it comes thousands flocking to the MCG tonight, decked out in their teams’ colours. Richmond superstar Dustin Martin gathers one of 31 possessions during the Tigers’ last round one clash with Carlton in 2021. Credit:Getty Images Surrounding pubs will be packed, fans shoulder-to-shoulder like sardines in a tin, bold calls made as fast as […]

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Bombers reshuffle: New boss makes his mark to defuse football department tension

HANGAR RESHUFFLE Essendon CEO Craig Vozzo has stamped his authority on his new club restructuring the football department for its three most important figures. Long-time list manager Adrian Dodoro will now report directly to Vozzo instead of football boss Josh Mahoney, after the new chief executive became aware of growing tension between the pair. Football chief Josh Mahoney and recruiting […]

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