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THE JOY OF SIX: International Season Week Two
BREAKTHROUGH FOR LEAGUE RUGBY league is set to belatedly achieve government recognition in South Africa as soon as this week – as direct result of the country’s ambitious bid to host the 2017 World...
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FAR & WIDE: Number 46
By STEVE MASCORD RUGBY League’s lucky number at the moment seems to be nine. Following on from last week’s item about the AMNRL and USARL going their separate ways once more this year, the former has...
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THE JOY OF SIX: International season week two 2014
By STEVE MASCORD PLAY LEAGUE, SEE THE WORLD TOP players would be hired as ambassadors and sent to promote the game around the world as part of one proposal if the new Rugby League International...
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JOY OF SIX: round one 2015
By STEVE MASCORD SEEING RED OVER MOSES WHAT if Dallas Donnelly pulled up outside an NRL ground in his time travelling Delorian and went inside for a gander? What would he make of a competition where...
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No McNamara Decision Likely Until 2016
By STEVE MASCORD ENGLAND coach Steve McNamara is likely to be left waiting until early next year before he learns if he has kept his job. Players rallied behind McNamara after he enjoyed his biggest...
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BONDI BEAT: July 2016
By STEVE MASCORD I FEEL sorry for Andrew Johns. Unless you live under a rock or follow rugby union (give me a rock any day), you’ll be aware that there’s a match fixing ‘scandal’ taking place in Sydney...
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FAR & WIDE: World Cup, United States, Argentina, Chile, Brazil
By STEVE MASCORD WITH all the discussion about where World Cup games will be, there has been precious little by way of explanation for how the draw will actually work. The venues and dates were...
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Far & Wide: Papua New Guinea, Malta, World Cup, France, United States, Canada
By STEVE MASCORD CONGRATULATIONS to Lae Tigers, who took out Papua New Guinea’s Digicel Cup with a 14-8 win over Angmark Gurias at the weekend. The grand final was played in front of 15,000 rapturous...
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BONDI BEAT: September 2016
By STEVE MASCORD BECAUSE next year’s World Cup is in Australia, expect officials to pull out all the stops to have as many NRL stars sprinked across the teams as possible. The new CEO of the...
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BONDI BEAT: December 2016
By STEVE MASCORD LETTNG Australian NRL players playing a role in determining the next 10 years of international matches might sound daft – but there could be method in the madness. The NRL itself will...
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