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Just in:
@NZWarriors
are offering free entry to today’s clash with
@NRL_Bulldogs
in response to the Christchurch terror attack.
“Mt Smart is our home and a safe house for every New Zealander” - CEO Cameron George
@NRLcom
#NRLWarriorsBulldogs
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Feature: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck watched his son crawling for the first time last week from 2000km away.
How 2020 sacrifices from
@NZWarriors
players and staff can redefine the club, and finally awaken the NRL's sleeping giant
@NRLcom
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Wrapping up after four years at , power to the people who made it a thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding place to gibber about footy. Mum reckons going out with a Benji tribute is fitting – proof mums are the best because I've a side step only she could love
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Breaking:
@NZWarriors
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck ends his NRL career as of now due to NZ travel bubble finishing. Immediate release to go home now and take up rugby career
@NRLcom
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Less than 12 months ago Ed Kosi was sorting mail and packages from 9pm to 6am, for $19 an hour.
Yesterday on less than two hours notice, he became
@NZWarriors
260th NRL player, shedding plenty of kilos and tears along the way
@NRLcom
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BREAKING: Josh Addo-Carr signs a four-year deal with
@NRL_Bulldogs
from 2022. Huge signing, Details coming on
@NRLcom
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While Roosters were going cock-a-hoop with the win, Cooper Cronk sat on the sideline with assistant Matt King for two minutes, buggered, had a hug with Billy Slater, then went an consoled Storm players. Deadset, one of a kind
@NRLcom
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Just a thought - perhaps we stop with these ridiculous comparisons, often before they've debuted, to some of the greatest players our game has seen
Brodie Croft was ‘the Cronk clone’
Tom Dearden was ‘the next Alfie’
Kyle Flanagan was a great junior but is now unwanted by the Dogs … so where has it gone wrong for so many highly-touted young
#NRL
halfbacks?
👉
✍
@GLR_Clarke
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Five years ago
@SSFCRABBITOHS
Corey Allan helped found a mental health program amid a series of rugby league suicides.
At 17 Allan was ready to quit the game.
#MatesTalkChange
kept him in it, and now its legacy goes far beyond footy
@NRLcom
@MHWeek
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Matty Johns Podcast on
@FOXNRL
- he and Cooper Cronk talking playmaking and tactics for 30 minutes. Show it in schools, at weddings, funerals, any damn occasion
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If you're going to copy and paste my work
@FOXNRL
just give me the byline, should still be in the system
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Journo: "Craig how do you stop Tom Trbojevic?"
Bellamy: "I've got a shotgun in my room, I'll probably send one of the boys out with that"
@NRLcom
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“When I found out that my former teammates were gay, I often thought back to, ‘What did I say to him that he didn’t feel comfortable to say that to me 10, 15 years ago?’”
Trent Robinson, Louise Sauvage and changing our dressing room culture
@SMHsport
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Not the first time we’ve seen it, but
@storm
professionalism to a tee. Christian Welch doing post-game extras on his own, to a rock band after his first game back from an ACL rupture
@NRLcom
#NRLBulldogsStorm
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A plane too big for Tamworth's airport. Police escorts. Border Force. Player Unions. Lockdowns. Paycuts. Childcare. Medical officers
How
@NZWarriors
and
@NRL
have cleared 3000m of Olympic steeplechase hurdles to take flight
@NRLcom
#NRL
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Fair shake of the sauce bottle. If is going to “drop by training” for a story like this you can also drop staff writers and put a byline to this yarn. Better yet, find a better one
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This doesn’t look like an NRL360 transcript…
It looks near word for word like the yarn
@ScottBaileyAAP
and I got after actually talking to Saifiti.
Adding a ‘told so and so’ also does nothing for the journos or outlets you plagiarise from either
‘We cave under the pressure’
A Knights star has revealed the honesty session which saw them snap a four-game losing streak 😮
STORY:
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FEATURE: If phone service drops out, they climb the nearest mountain. If church clashes with kick-off, it gets cancelled.
The baby daughter he’s yet to meet, departed mum she’s named after and Fijian village driving
@RaidersCanberra
Semi Valemei
@NRLcom
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Public Service Announcement: Full match replays of every Origin ever played now available on
@NRLcom
's NRL TV page
We've made it people. We've finally made it
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Latest:
@SSFCRABBITOHS
will keep local junior and tryscoring speedster Alex Johnston at Redfern for another two years
@NRLcom
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"The last thing we need is players laying down milking a penalty from it because it's rife in the game"
@RaidersCanberra
Ricky Stuart says treating crusher tackles like HIAs - with 15 minutes off for assessment - will stop injuries being faked
@NRLcom
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Welcome update from Trent Robinson -
@sydneyroosters
Drew Hutchison is back in full training and will go close to being named in 21-man squad for this week. Fully recovered from busted ribs and punctured lung
@NRLcom
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Just in:
@SSFCRABBITOHS
Latrell Mitchell facing three or four-game ban for high hit on David Nofoaluma and two $1600 fines for two incidents involving
@WestsTigers
Luke Garner. Zane Musgrove free to play with fine for his high tackle. Full details on
@NRLcom
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Told that Harry Grant's recovery from knee surgery is going well. He's back running and potentially ahead of schedule to return next week for
@WestsTigers
@NRLcom
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Latest in the Foxx hunt:
@WestsTigers
table a four-year deal to bring Josh Addo-Carr back to Concord.
But the search for his
@storm
replacement continues with Alex Johnston's telling Melbourne he wants to stay in Sydney
@NRLcom
#NRL
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FEATURE
“There was a lot of tears shed because you feel like the dream is over... he had to completely learn how to run again”
The brutal injury recovery, six-figure pay cut and family ties behind
@TheParraEels
new cult hero Isaiah Papali’i
@NRLcom
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For the briefest of moments in junior footy, Jarome Luai kept Nathan Cleary benched as a back-up hooker.
A combined 163 try involvements across three grades for
@PenrithPanthers
later, they’re the
@NSWRL_Blues
halves. Stats by
@jachiswell
for
@NRLcom
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Confirmed:
@PenrithPanthers
Viliame Kikau has been cleared to travel and will take his place against the
@NZWarriors
on Friday. Update via
@NRLcom
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Confirmed:
@NRL_Bulldogs
have secured Luke Thompson with an early release from
@Saints1890
As reported yesterday, flying into country next week, potentially NRL-ready by end of June
@NRLcom
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"Being able to make her smile and see her cheering, it makes things so much better after seeing her struggle through those very tough times"
Maxine Martin's half a million kms, heartache and pride in rising
@PenrithPanthers
son Liam
@NRLcom
#NRLGF
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Alan Jones is whinging about 'some American rapper called Macklemore' playing the GF. Definitive proof
@NRL
has nailed it
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"Parra were the first club to give me an opportunity to play NRL. My parents always told me to stick with them because of that"
Why Maika Sivo ignored French rugby and sacrificed a serious six-figure sum to stay with
@TheParraEels
@NRLcom
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Journeyman. Utility. Charleville-born. Lived in Ben Walker's caravan. Once played through a ruptured testicle.
If you can find a more Queensland hero than Kurt Capewell, cast him in bronze and park him out front of Suncorp now
@NRLcom
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Kane Elgey has announced he is retiring from NRL with a year remaining on his
@SeaEagles
deal.
"I don’t love it like I use to and when you lose that it’s very hard to keep doing it at a high level."
Played 46 games for
@GCTitans
and then 11 for Manly
@NRLcom
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An enduring bond with Michael Maguire and a
@WestsTigers
salary cap in rare health sees Zane Musgrove knock back
@NRL_Dragons
to stay put long-term at Concord.
David Nofoaluma next on the retention hit list
@NRLcom
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BREAKING:
@SeaEagles
could lose their first final at Brookvale in 12 years due to traces of asbestos being found on the hill. NRL to rule after a safety report lands at 6pm tomorrow night, Bankwest Stadium the alternate venue for
@Cronulla_Sharks
final. Full story soon on
@NRLcom
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He brushed Michael Maguire. Had already played with two cracked ribs. And told James Graham where to go.
'Smacked with a shovel': Behind the scenes of
@SamBurgess8
's finest hour in
@SSFCRABBITOHS
colours
@NRLcom
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Update - Suli has told Manly he will indeed stay put. Well-earned two-year extension until the end of 2022, tough one for Dragons
Moses Suli considering staying put with
@SeaEagles
for significantly less as
@NRL_Dragons
instability threatens to undermine three-year offer
@NRLcom
#NRL
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Just in:
@SSFCRABBITOHS
Sam Burgess successfully argues for a downgrade of his high shot on Matt Moylan - $1900 fine and free to play against
@storm
@NRLcom
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"He'd work a 9-5 shift at the wrong end of the day... but he'd always be at my junior games straight after work"
@SeaEagles
giant Taniela Paseka honours his dad's sacrifices raising six kids as a single parent
@NRLcom
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Joey Leilua taken out by fireworks on the sideline, kids rolling on the asbestos patches at Brookie. Rug. By. League
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“Right now, if we weren’t here, we’d be in juvie or jail”
A camel named Yousuf. A $600 wagon and a retired nurse.
Six months on camelback to a better life and the game of rugby league - pleasure to spin this yarn with the Abbott brothers
@SMHsport
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Greg Brentnall told me last year
@storm
have pinched Canterbury's title as the Family Club. No arguments here
#NRLFinals
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Haka behind bars: The rise of
@RaidersCanberra
diamond in the rough Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad.
Through family trials, seperation and tragedy, NRL rejection, sacrifice and finally, well-deserved success
@NRLcom
#NRL
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SIGNING:
@RaidersCanberra
fan favourite returns to the lime green from Monday on a short-term deal
@NRLcom
#NRL
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Fair play to
@NRL_Dragons
- Ben Hunt and Tyson Frizell jumped off the team bus to do media after phone reception made for delayed requests. Rest of the team waited for them to face the music
@NRLcom
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BIG READ: How to build an NRL roster from scratch
Recruitment gurus talk expansion, carving up a top 30, marquee targets, where and how to save cap space, bonus incentives and the hidden dangers facing a new franchise
@NRLcom
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A dodgy 18-year-old's mo, $1m-plus contract, six-week-old daughter and eight-game a week footy addiction.
How
@NZWarriors
tyro Reece Walsh and good mate Sam Walker are taking NRL by storm with family values and a backyard footy obsession
@NRLcom
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Josh Reynolds’ early exit from Concord - release to Hull FC will be confirmed this week - leaves
@WestsTigers
with cap space to target a marquee signing depending on what the market tosses up in 2021
@NRLcom
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Latest: Maika Sivo looms as first
@TheParraEels
re-signing domino with two-year extension close to completion.
Set to sacrifice serious dollars to stay in NRL after French rugby interest
@NRLcom
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“I wanted to show how much he means to me as a person. I owe him everything”
Why
@NRL_Dragons
Cam McInnes gave Paul McGregor the soggy shirt off his own back and will cash in a favour to skip Dean Young’s first training session. Class all round
@NRLcom
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Just in:
@PenrithPanthers
Viliame Kikau free to play in the GF with grade 1 shoulder charge - $3k fine with early plea
Charlie Staines same charge, $1500 fine as 1st offence.
@SSFCRABBITOHS
Taane Milne - SIX matches with an early plea for grade 2 reckless high tackle
@SMHsport
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“I’ve always had a connection there since I was a kid"
@sydneyroosters
star Luke Keary plans to turn out for Ireland at the World Cup as Joseph Suaalii targets a
@Kangaroos
berth
@SMHsport
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Latest: Understood a multi-year deal for Jackson Hastings to link with
@WestsTigers
from 2022 could be done as early as this week.
Comes as Luke Brooks says an early exit with two years left on his contract is "out of the question"
@NRLcom
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Breaking:
@storm
star Jesse Bromwich found guilty of a hip drop tackle at the judiciary. Will miss
@TheParraEels
clash and Melbourne pack severely depleted now
@NRLcom
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Just in:
@brisbanebroncos
Kotoni Staggs "will not be permitted to return to the NRL before round 16."
Staggs is now fit but must complete education and personal rehab programs before getting NRL approval to play after being fined $20K for breach over Easter long weekend
@NRLcom
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Casualty ward update:
@brisbanebroncos
coaching staff in midst of injury crisis after a game of touch footy in Darwin yesterday. Kevvy Walters and John Cartwright both sporting hamstring injuries - scans to confirm grade three carry-on fears
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Featuring fart at 0;10
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Michael Maguire is just the second coach in
@WestsTigers
history to ink a contract extension.
Last time it happened was with Tim Sheens in 2011 - club is wholeheartedly backing Madge to end a finals drought that stretches back to the same year
@NRLcom
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“I can’t believe it, it’s f---ing crazy. I’ve got to get back to the tower to make sure everyone’s OK until the end of the day.”
On-duty lifeguard Luke Shepardson takes out the Eddie in 50-foot, wild Waimea Bay waves
@SMHsport
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"My future's here with Manly"
@SeaEagles
young gun Josh Schuster confirms his new three-year deal is just waiting on paperwork to be completed.
Refused to play rugby as a kid despite hailing from impressive All Blacks stock
@NRLcom
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Trent Merrin has told
@leedsrhinos
he'll be back for pre-season in a few weeks, putting an NRL return on ice as
@Cronulla_Sharks
and
@WestsTigers
manoeuvre their salary caps
@NRLcom
#NRL
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More to the Dom Young interest from Souths - they're in with a three-year deal for what would be a very handy signing. A lot of upside at 21, 107kg and running the 100 in 'sub-11 seconds'
@proshenks
@SMHsport
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Late Mail:
@WestsTigers
James Roberts is out of tomorrow's clash with
@sydneyroosters
due to a shoulder issue. Not sure who replaces him at right centre given Moses Mbye and Tommy Talau are both options. Club hopeful the Jet will be ok for next week
@NRLcom
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One club wonder: Is Josh Papalii the best value big man in the game?
@RaidersCanberra
looking to lock him into lime green for life with new deal
@NRLcom
#NRL
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Just in: Graham Annesley confirms several officiating errors against
@NZWarriors
at the weekend, with all four on-field officials to be relegated in round 20
@NRLcom
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FEATURE: Inside the
@PenrithPanthers
football factory.
From Lewis to Luai, Coote to Cleary - rare insight into the tipsheets, volunteers, scouts and trade secrets behind the biggest juniors juggernaut in the
@NRL
@NRLcom
#NRLGF
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‘He was and is the
@NRL_Bulldogs
’: Steve Folkes all but fell into coaching, helped build the famed Belmore culture and pushed
@AusJillaroos
profile to new heights. A fine rugby league man
@NRLcom
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James Roberts back at
@SSFCRABBITOHS
training today with COVID-19 clearance. No extra isolation precautions beyond standard NRL policy. Good to hear he’s back in contention for next week
@NRLcom
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Just in:
@Cronulla_Sharks
will release Ava Seumanufagai to link with Leeds in Super League immediately. Should see James Segeyaro able to come into their top squad as per their salary cap penalty. Story soon on
@NRLcom
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360 extra sessions in one year: How
@brisbanebroncos
latest rookie Tesi Niu stunned club coaches as a teen.
First taken under Anthony Milford's wing as a 12-year-old, debuts alongside him on Thursday. Enjoyable yarn this one
@NRLcom
#NRL
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Huge blow for
@NZWarriors
with Chanel Harris-Tavita out for 12 weeks with stress fracture in his foot, undergoes surgery this week. Sean O’Sullivan expected to come into halves
@NRLcom
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Exclusive:
@TheParraEels
sign Ryan Matterson on a three-year deal, the last of which is an option in his favour
@NRLcom
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Just in:
@NZWarriors
coach Stephen Kearney moved on by the club with two years remaining on his contract. Details coming on
@NRLcom
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Signing on at -30 degrees: The rise of Wade Graham as a leader and his chilly
@Cronulla_Sharks
contract sacrifice
@NRLcom
#NRL
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Stat Attack:
@SSFCRABBITOHS
Damien Cook joins the most destructive running No.9s of the NRL era
@NRLcom
#NRL
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Breaking:
@sydneyroosters
issued a $40k breach notice.
$10k for alleged abuse of match officials - including stand-by referee on Friday, $20k for Trent Robinson's post-match press conference comments and another $10k suspended fine activated
@NRLcom
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I would run for election with
@VinceRugari
on this ticket. Camo print has always been ugly. Trotting it out annually to sell a jersey is really average areas
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Daly Cherry-Evans is about to undergo surgery on his syndesmosis injury, still hopeful of the initial six-week recovery time frame. Expecting Jorge Taufua and Api Koroisau to both be named for Manly after positive scan results on calf strains at the weekend
@NRLcom
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Just in: ARLC has given 'approval in principle' for 18th man to be used from round 5. Requires 3 failed HIA tests and only an 'emerging player' can be used. Further consulation with RLPA and clubs to sort final details over next week
@NRLcom
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Latest: Fears
@TheParraEels
utility Will Smith has suffered a broken thumb in big win over Broncos, awaiting scans but likely a couple of weeks out if break is confirmed. Ryan Matterson will come back into 17 next week after pulling up well from 80-minute NSW Cup stint
@NRLcom
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BREAKING:
@NRL_Bulldogs
Kieran Foran out for the season with surgery on ligaments in his toe. Out for at least six weeks but will be rehabbing and 'embarking on a full fitness program' for 2019
@NRLcom
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Latest from Belmore:
@NRL_Bulldogs
Josh Addo-Carr out with flu, Luke Thompson and Matt Burton trained today and right to play
@SMHsport
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More withdrawals from the Maori All Stars - Nelson Asofa-Solomona and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak joining JWH, Joey Manu, Toa and Asi in pulling out.
Tukimihia Simpkins, Leo Thompson, Paul Turner, Austin Dias, Creedence Toia and Sheldon Pitama in as replacements
@SMHsport
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Just in:
@NRL_Dragons
captain Ben Hunt out for at least a month with a broken arm, but at least avoids surgery
@NRLcom
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Hearing Dylan Walker (foot) and Tom Trbojevic (hamstring) both facing about six weeks out for
@SeaEagles
. Good outcome for Walker considering Lisfranc fracture - usually a three month lay-off - was first feared
@NRLcom
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"Christmas Day I called him and said 'rehab training at 7 in the morning... The message I got back was 'sweet, I'll see you then'": The sacrifices made by
@Cronulla_Sharks
next big thing Briton Nikora
@NRLcom
#NRL
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