Tag: Rugby League
The Penrith Panthers began their 2012 Telstra Premiership campaign with pre-season training from 7.30am this morning. There is new hope in the golden west and the man leading the way is new head coach Ivan Cleary.
Forget General Manager Phil Gould for a moment. Cleary is the man who will deserve the credit if the Panthers turn their fortunes around next season.
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Australia’s triumphant return to Wembley came at a cost on the weekend with the world’s greatest player, Billy Slater, snapping his collarbone in the Aussie’s 36-20 victory over England.
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With two matches already played in the 2011 Rugby League Four Nations, it is the same old familiar feelings that permeate through the nostrils of the sport, that the Australians are once again about to go home with the trophy!
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He has foot work like Darius Boyd, power like Akuila Uate and blinding speed like Jharal Yow Yeh. But does anyone remember Kevin Gordon? The Gold Coast Titans’ winger is the forgotten man of 2011.
2011 is a season Gordon would rather forget. This was to be the year, after all, the 22 year old was to play his first representative football. Make no mistake about it, he would have.
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In less then 24 hours we have lost two of rugby league’s greatest men in Keith Holman and Dick Thornett. Two truly great men decades before their time.
Holman passed away at Sutherland Hospital on Tuesday evening, aged 86.
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If Barry O’Farrell and the New South Wales Government are looking for another premier event than look no further. Imagine the Australian rugby league team taking on a World XIII which included the likes of Benji Marshall, Sam Burgess, Manu Vatuvei and Jarryd Hayne. And it all took place on New Years Eve.
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Momentum and history are things you cannot fight or argue with. They are two things that when put together, make an unstoppable force. For the time being, that unstoppable force is rugby league in New Zealand.
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Russia’s preparations for World Cup qualification were strengthened with a tough 36-4 win over Ukraine at Dinamo Stadium in Kharkiv.
Bears captain and five-eigth Aleksander Lysokon was the star scoring a hat-trick of tries and kicking a perfect 6 goals from 6 attempts.
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He may never have been the fastest or the most skillful. Never the most talented and hardly the biggest. But Canterbury Bulldogs captain Andrew Ryan will retire this weekend knowing he has given the game everything he had. He has been called boring and even overrated in the past. But never by a Bulldogs player or supporter. He is a true leader amongst men.
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Video: STORM 2012 DEPTH CHART
