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WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet Reporter | Contact After the “Mighty Bloods” went 0-6 to start the season, the Marketing Analyst from the Harbour Capital's Eastern Suburbs had written the year off. He was sparked back into life as the Bondi Boys swarmed into the finals series on the back of a dream run of victories. However, upon the Swans getting knocked out,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Victorian AFL club, Richmond Tigers' stirring run to the Grand Final has awakened thousands of latent football fans, and it seems they have spent the week painting Inner-East Melbourne yellow and black. Cafes, mechanics, hairdressers to watering holes and even the town hall, the famous Richmond colours can be seen everywhere if you look in Victorian footy hub. Surprisingly, nearly 900...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local account director at a Betooticone Valley tech start-up made a formal complaint to his company's HR department earlier today, saying he was the victim of savage, institutional bullying. Human resources staff at CuttiPizza, a start-up specialising in custom-shaped pizzas, responded promptly and swiftly but ultimately found there was no case for his fellow...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Following on from his comments last night where he voiced his concern that Macklemore was bringing his personal brand of politics to the NRL grand final by promising to perform his hit song Same Love, which is about same-sex marriage, Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has fired shots at the late civil rights icon, Nelson Mandela, for his...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The particularly difficult existence as a wife or girlfriend of an NRL player is getting pushed to the back of everyone's minds tonight, as the game celebrates it's 'night of nights' at Sydney's Star Casino. The WAGS (wives and girlfriends) of professional rugby league players often say the fruits of their chosen life are few and far between -...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Wikileaks founder and internationally exiled political whistleblower Julian Assange has today promised Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno to allow him one-off access to the internet this weekend to watch his beloved North Queensland Cowboys take on the Melbourne Storm in the 2017 NRL Grand Final. Mr Assange has lived and worked in Ecuador's London embassy since June 2012, having been granted...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Maverick North Queensland MP Bob Katter has flown down to Sydney today to support his beloved NRL Side. First stop, Bondi Beach. The sunkissed boys from the North Queensland Cowboys are living out yet another fairytale finals dash, but history shows they a late round match against Sydney Roosters is a curveball for any club. Since their inception in...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Iconic Richmond Tigers midfielder, Dustin Martin has revealed he doesn't shy away from supersition, particularly when he's staring down the barrel at a history-making premiership. The 28-year-old product of Campbelltown in Sydneys wild south-west says he's treating today's AFL Grand Final against Greater Western Sydney at the MCG just like he would treat a scrap in the car park...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT NRL chief commercial officer Andrew Abdo has today described the securing of Iggy Azalea and Russell Crowe as pre-match entertainment for the grand final as a real win for the code. “We are excited to showcase this fusion of hot hit music live for our fans,” Abdo said. “Our grand final entertainment will once again ensure that the biggest match...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Coach Michael Cheika travelled to the plains of Zimbabwe over the weekend to personally ask a crash of local rhinoceroses to grant flanker-turned-conservationist David Pocock a sabbatical from his work there to rejoin the Wallabies squad in time for the next test match in Bloemfontein. Facing the Springboks in a race to the bottom, Cheika arrived on the African continent...