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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Queensland State Of Origin coach Billy Slater has wasted no time in getting his Maroons squad prepared for the greatest sporting battle in modern Australian history, as the team heads south for their traditional camp at Sanctuary Cove. Aside from the game strategies and team dinners, the Maroons camp is known for both the gruelling and eccentric exercises...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact As the players assemble for the respective State of Origin camps, one of the game's newest stars has today spoken to The Advocate about making his debut. Joseph Sua'ali'i, a Sydney Roosters 'junior' and talented rap artist explained that he can't wait to run out for this state for the first time. Sensationally picked in a completely revamped...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Betoota Grove mother-of-four, Kelsie Shayler (52) has been a tennis fanatic since watching Evonne Goolagong as a little girl in the early 1980s. She can't get enough of the elegance, the superstitions, the pace of it all. Like millions of people around the world, Kelsie knows that there is no greater spectator sport than a showdown between two...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Queensland coach Billy Slater has today named his 20-man squad for the first match of the 2024 Ampol State of Origin series, which will be taking place in Sydney next week. This year's squad, which still carries the DNA of the famous 8-in-a-row winning streak (2006-2013) with both coach Slater and current captain Daly Cherry-Evans, is once again...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact An NRL player has finally broken his silence after a shocking weekend. Speaking under the condition of anonymity, the 150 game back-rower spoke exclusively to The Advocate this morning about his appalling behaviour over the weekend. Fresh off the back of some seriously decent SuperCoach performances, the middling NRL player said he feels terrible about his shocking point...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A woman who really has no interest in combat sports outside of the fact that it provides an opportunity to cuddle up to her boyfriend on the couch all Sunday, has today pointed out the bit she likes most about the boxing. This comes after the Australian Jai 'The Toast of The Cenny Coast' Opetaia swung his way...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A Waterloo man who's entire house, car and wardrobe shares the same colours ashis beloved rugby league club, has not felt this excited in years. In fact, the 45-year old airport baggage handler, Billy Botany, has even gone as far as painting his face red and green today. This follows the breaking news that most succesful rugby league coach...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In news that will devastate New South Wales rugby league fans, Queensland five-eighth Cameron Munster has been ruled out of this year’s State of Origin series due to an exacerbated groin injury. Doctors say the 29-year-old superstar won’t require surgery at this stage, but his earliest possible return is currently looking like the round 20 clash against the...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACT In what seems to have become an annual tradition, local Arsenal fan Dave Thompson (28) has once again found himself drowning in a sea of excuses following his team's epic collapse in the Premier League title race for the second consecutive year. As one of those British expats living in Australia with an accent that doesn't sound like Daniel...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT THE TORTURED PUNTERS DEPARTMENT: In scenes not witnessed since the Foo Fighters last played Suncorp, Brisbane is absolutely heaving with suburban Dads wearing cargo shorts, it can be confirmed. With the city hosting not one, not two, but eight high octane games of spine busting Rugby League this weekend, it’s believed over 150,000 middle aged blokes have...