Posts Tagged "NRL All Stars"

On Saturday night rugby league once again proved it is the unpredictable housemate of sports. After a fortnight of parking in your spot and leaving the empty toilet roll on the holder – wham!

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Manly and Indigenous All-Star prop George Rose produced the first shoulder charge of the season in the 37th minute of the All-Stars match, and in the process was penalised for what many rugby league fans would deem a great shot.

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Ben Barba and Reece Robinson voted with their feet on Saturday night, so did 41,209 spectators at Suncorp – the Indigenous-NRL All Stars game is here to stay.

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Master coach Wayne Bennett says it’s inevitable rugby league’s annual All Stars game will become a travelling show for all fans to enjoy.

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Silence filled the air as a tribute to Jon Mannah was aired and barely a dry eye was left in the stadium. The national anthem was played, firstly in an Indigenous tribal language and then in English.

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After a lengthy off-season for players and fans alike, rugby league is back in action as the NRL and Indigenous All Stars clash to open the 2013 season. Join us for live scores and commentary from 7:30pm AEDT.

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Laurie Daley’s indigenous All Stars players staged an unusual weights session in front of amused early-morning workers after their team bus got stuck in a gutter leaving their inner-city hotel on Friday morning.

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Ever wanted to pen a letter to a sports administrator of your choice? Here is the first part of my series of letters to the NRL CEO David Smith. This letter focusses on the Indigenous All Stars clash.

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Football is back very soon and as a rugby league fan I am excited – I take it you are too. Our favourite game is played on Saturday, the NRL v Indigenous All Stars fixture, at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium.

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Next week’s NRL All Stars match doubles as a timely preview for New Zealand’s World Cup campaign, with exciting Kiwi halves Kieran Foran and Shaun Johnson to play together for the first time.

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It’s been four-and-a-half months since any competitive rugby league has been played on Australian soil. The wait will be over this Saturday night.

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Your weekly wrap of all things rugby league, including Russell Crowe and South Sydney, the NRL All Stars game and England’s Super League.

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Love or hate Willie Mason, the giant prop returns to the representative arena in a matter of weeks for the NRL All Stars match in Brisbane.

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Today saw the announcement of the NRL and Indigenous All-Star teams for the annual All-Star clash, this year to be held at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium.

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A boycott of the NRL season-opening All Stars weekend is still on the cards despite the ARL Commission meeting with a high-powered players delegation in Sydney on Friday.

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When talk of NRL players potentially boycotting next year’s All Stars match over salary cap concerns was raised yesterday, the predictable groaning from the peanut gallery began almost immediately.

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The National Rugby League has made a concerted effort in recent times to bring big time rugby league to Melbourne. State of Origin and international footy have been annual events in the southern capital for quite some time, but there is nothing like Victorians barracking for Victorians, no matter what the sport.

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It was with tempered optimism that this writer received the news that representative football is finally back on the AFL’s agenda, after 13 years in the wilderness.

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As the meaningless NRL pre-season rolls on, many of us wonder what can be done for excitement. The answer would be some kind of pre-season competition.

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Last weekend’s All Stars showpiece gifted us some great footy with a high scoring game played at blistering pace facilitated by two talented teams, including a few interesting rule changes.

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