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Billy Slater Random Drug Tested By ASADA In London
By STEVE MASCORD AUSTRALIA and Melbourne fullback Billy Slater says he was woken by testers from the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Commission in London on Tuesday night and required to submit to a...
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Raiders’ Complaints ‘Irrelevant’, Says Slater
By STEVE MASCORD MELBOURNE fullback Billy Slater has dismissed Canberra’s complaints about his involvement in a trial match as “irrelevant” while coach Craig Bellamy says he “can’t understand” his...
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Storm Had To Overcome More Than Leeds To Lift World Title
By STEVE MASCORD FROM a bus driver who slept in to a drug tester who wouldn’t let the Storm do likewise, Melbourne’s campaign to reclaim the final piece of silverware stripped from them has gone...
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NRL round four: MELBOURNE 32 BRISBANE 26 at Suncorp Stadium
By STEVE MASCORD BRISBANE captain Sam Thaiday said he was demonstrating what rival Bryan Norrie had done to him when he grabbed referee Adam Devcich by the shirt in the high-scoring loss to Melbourne...
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Rugby League Should Care More About Crowds, Says Souths Boss
By STEVE MASCORD SOUTH Sydney chief executive Shane Richardson has claimed rugby league doesn’t care enough about crowds and should follow the AFL’s lead by making attendance figures top priority....
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Five Things We Learned From … ORIGIN I
1. Origin is still a primal anachronism RUGBY league fans completely understood how NSW coach Laurie Daley could call flurry of punches aimed at an opponent’s head as “a great Origin moment”. The army...
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DISCORD 2013: Edition 27
By STEVE MASCORD THE return of Saturday afternoon football will be confirmed on Wednesday with five games kicking off at 3pm (NSW) time to finish the regular season. Discord has been told Melbourne...
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THE JOY OF SIX: Finals Week Two
By STEVE MASCORD WAYNES WORLD VIII? ASKED on Saturday night why his Newcastle side was coming good in the finals, coach Wayne Bennett replied: “It’s spring”. Then quizzed if that was the reason just...
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THE JOY OF SIX: International Season week six
By STEVE MASCORD 1. SIMPLY THE BEST? FORMER NSW Origin forward and founding Brisbane Bronco Terry Matterson says the current Australian team could be the best in his quarter-century involvement in the...
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World Cup second quarter-final: AUSTRALIA 62 UNITED STATES 0 at Racecourse...
By STEVE MASCORD IF injury realistically presented a bigger hurdle at this World Cup than many of Australia’s opponents, then it is becoming an increasingly vengeful foe. Two weeks after back rower...
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