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Tonga survive huge scare in last-gasp win over PNG

A Tongan outfit stacked with NRL talent survived a huge scare from Papua New Guinea to claim a 24-18 Rugby League World Cup win. In the closest game of the tournament so far, Tonga had to wait until the 78th minute for South Sydney’s Keaon Koloamatangi, who played a lengthy stint at hooker, to touch down for the match-winning try […]

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May hospitalised in near-record loss to England in World Cup

Samoa’s near-record 60-6 World Cup capitulation to England has been compounded by three potentially serious tournament-ending injuries, including a dislocated hip that sent former Panther Tyrone May to hospital. The biggest game in Samoan rugby league’s history turned into a real-life horror show for the island nation, as England ran riot with Victor Radley playing a pivotal role in the […]

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Rotten for Ratten as Saints turn their head elsewhere

As Andrew Bassat pondered the “troubling” results of the review he was conducting into the club’s football performance, he joined football and business heavyweights on luxury liner Seabourn Quest to celebrate the mad Saints’ fan and trucking magnate Lindsay Fox’s 85th birthday. As they travelled, the Saints’ faithful, including Fox, Bassat and Gerry Ryan, did not miss the chance to […]

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Manly Sea Eagles part ways with coach Des Hasler

Des Hasler will depart as coach of the Manly Sea Eagles with Anthony Seibold expected to take over as the new coach. Thursday’s decision ends a turbulent period for the club that started with the ‘Everyone in League’ jersey saga. Soon-to-be former Sea Eagles coach Des Hasler.Credit:Getty Manly were without seven players that night and never regained any semblance of […]

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Why tough players go MIA when tough conversations are needed

When NRL coaches and heads of football are asked how a player communicates a decision to sign elsewhere, the usual response is: “The good ones tell you; the rest leave it to their managers.” Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett would agree, lacerating the Storm’s Cameron Munster on Brisbane radio on Friday for not being a “man” and calling him to reject […]

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