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11 August, 2015. 11:30 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Despite a thrilling 27-19 win against New Zealand in Sydney on Saturday night, The Qantas Wallabies have today announced that an integral playmaker has been stood down from all duties pending an investigation into what has been described as a "horrific above the shoulders offence". In front of 73 824 fans, Wallabies veteran...

10 August, 2015. 14:30 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact   The Collingwood Magpies have backed Eddie McGuire's use of the term 'Fucking Low-Breeds', saying it's casual slang used by Collingwood fans to refer to themselves. The outspoken TV presenter came under fire on Sunday after it was revealed he had called the supporters of his own club "fucking low-breeds"  - when describing the "people he...

8 August, 2015. 13:06 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports | Contact AUSTRALIAN selectors have shocked the sporting world today by announcing that Shane Watson is set to replace the out-of-form Steven Smith for the next Ashes test at The Oval in London. Only a month ago, Watson was dumped from the team after his 36-month-long form slump was finally too much for Coach...

7 August, 2015. 11:04 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact LAST NIGHT Stuart Broad took eight wickets as England beat Australia for 60 in a relatively exciting fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge. The 111 deliveries it took to dismiss Australia is now listed as quickest first innings in Test history, but Australia isn't really interested in the cricket this year. It seems the usually outspoken Australian cricket...

4 August, 2015. 10:04 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact   THEY call him "The Mack Truck" Mahbobi. Anyone who has met this 17-year-old 115kg rugby league prodigy would be able to see why. There are currently sixteen professional Australian sport franchises already chasing Shiva Mahbobi, a monster product of the Papua New Guinean Rugby League, who made his senior debut in May, despite being in Year 11. At 1.9m...

2 August, 2015. 13:14 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE CONTROVERSIAL THROAT-SLITTING haka has been given the all clear by World Rugby ahead of the Rugby World Cup, which is due to kick off in London in just over four weeks time. The move comes after a number of national rugby boards from around the world asking for the sport's governing body to...

30 July, 2014. 13:55 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT   This 51-year-old man from Queensland says "Adam Goodes is being booed because he is a f**kwit" "It's obviously not a race thing... Other Aboriginal players don't good booed" Todd Greenwell works as an accountant in Ipswich, in Brisbane's south-east corner. He says after an entire week of headlines, he really has had enough with...

IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact The predominantly Sydney-based National Rugby League has today announced that referees are being ordered to "turn a blind eye" when it comes to unnecessary rulings that might hinder any momentum as the competition heads towards an explosive Sydney grand final. The game's executive directors are asking referees to bend rules where they see fit and to make sure...

28 July, 2015. 10:32 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The greater AFL community is in damage control today after another Sydney Swans player has shown symptons of a deadly outbreak at Subiaco Oval on Sunday. The West Coast Eagles fans remain in shock after witnessing Lewis Jetta throw a make-believe spear at the crowd in an aggressive manner. As a result, all Indigenous players in...

July 27, 2015. 17:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Cronulla Sharks National Rugby League players Andrew and David Fifita are being investigated over allegedly acting like rugby league fans at a junior rugby league game. Their behaviour has prompted the rugby league club that they play professional rugby league for, to say the pair have "let the whole of rugby league...