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Tigers made desperate late Ciraldo bid

The story that doesn’t fit in with all the back-slapping about Benji Marshall’s appointment as Wests Tigers head coach from 2025 is a secret second approach to Cameron Ciraldo. Just days before the spin went into overdrive to try and take attention away from the farcical manner in which their favourite son was catapulted into the NRL’s most poisonous position, […]

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Collingwood perform another great escape to celebrate Pendlebury’s 350th

The old and the new of Collingwood combined to extend the Magpies’ winning streak to eight, celebrate modern master Scott Pendlebury’s milestone 350th game and narrowly stave off Adelaide’s brave fight. Collingwood turned a 16-point deficit shortly before three-quarter-time into a 16-point lead of their own before holding off the fast-finishing Crows’ ferocious charge for the go-ahead goal as the […]

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‘He could be one of the greatest players ever’: Why Pies royalty rate Pendlebury as their modern-day best

It’s draft day 2005. Moments before Collingwood are to make left-field selections that would set up their next successful era, recruiting manager Derek Hine briefs then club president Eddie McGuire on the Magpies’ unorthodox strategy. “I remember him saying to me ‘we’ve got pick two and we’ll get Dale Thomas instead of Xavier Ellis. There’s another kid. If we only […]

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