Monday, September 19, 2016

The five: Swans who will make a difference against the Cats and other top stories.

  • The five: Swans who will make a difference against the Cats

    The five: Swans who will make a difference against the Cats
    The prime moverJosh Kennedy. Shaken - literally - against Greater Western Sydney in week one of the finals, Kennedy was all the things he usually is in last weekend's win over Adelaide. Tough. Strong. Big-hearted. Persistent. Forceful.  With Luke Parker, Kieren Jack, Luke Parker and Tom Mitchell by his side Kennedy is one part of an impossible to budge team, and a group that  will make Geelong work really, really hard to get their hands on the ball before even starting to think about anything e..
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  • Titans make 'crucial' move to secure Taylor

    Titans make 'crucial' move to secure Taylor
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  • League legend Ron Massey passes away

    League legend Ron Massey passes away
    RUGBY league legend Ron Massey has died after a long battle with cancer.Massey, 86, passed away on Monday morning, and will go down as one of the greatest coaching influences in the game’s history.Renowned as one of rugby league’s foremost thinkers, Massey was Jack Gibson’s assistant during his coaching stints with the Roosters, Parramatta and was Cronulla CEO in 1990-91.Massey was a crucial element in Easts’ back-to-back premiership wins in 1974 and 1975, as well as the Eels three titles in 198..
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  • World Cup qualifiers: Mat Ryan injury opens door to Socceroos for Mitch Langerak

    World Cup qualifiers: Mat Ryan injury opens door to Socceroos for Mitch Langerak
    An injury to Mat Ryan looks set to hand Mitch Langerak his first Socceroos start in nearly two years.Coach Ange Postecoglou will be forced to find a new goalkeeper when he names his 23-man squad on Tuesday for upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Saudi Arabia and Japan, with Ryan ruled out for three weeks after injuring his knee during training with Spanish club Valencia. Custodian: Mitch Langerak appears set for a Socceroos recall. Photo: Brendan Esposito It is the only major change ex..
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  • Crows great Tyson Edwards describes matchwinning behind as the most extraordinary thing he's seen in football

    Crows great Tyson Edwards describes matchwinning behind as the most extraordinary thing he's seen in football
    CROWS great Tyson Edwards has described Glenelg’s matchwinning behind in the under-18 SANFL grand final as the most extraordinary thing he’s seen in football.Edwards, who played 321 games for Adelaide from 1995-2010, has revealed he didn’t even see the after-the-siren kick that won the Tigers their first under-18 flag since 2010 because he was expecting extra-time and had his eyes firmly fixed on his match-up board.“Then I heard all this yelling and looked up and saw our players celebrating,’’ s..
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  • Get a life, sooks

    Get a life, sooks
    Get a life, sooks and whingers, says Sheeds Michael Ramsey, AAP  September 19, 2016 2:09 PM Prelim tickets surge, Swans' injury race Footy Feed with Matt Thompson and Nat Edwards AFL LEGEND Kevin Sheedy reckons the "sooks and whingers" complaining about Greater Western Sydney's meteoric rise need to get a life. The Giants have benefited from a vast array of concessions during their brief existence, including access to some of t..
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  • Super Rugby conference format to stay in 2017, says CEO Andy Marinos

    Super Rugby conference format to stay in 2017, says CEO Andy Marinos
    ​SANZAAR chief executive Andy Marinos says there will be no changes to the Super Rugby conference structure in 2017 but is open to changing the number of teams the year after in a bid to increase the integrity and competitiveness of the competition. This year's Super Rugby competition featured 18 teams for the first time and SANZAAR says it has no plans to scrap the newest teams – the Jaguares from Argentina or the Sunwolves from Japan.  Conferences to stay: The Super Rugby conference syst..
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  • Rio 2016 Paralympics: Australian Paralympic Committee already looking towards Tokyo 2020

    Rio 2016 Paralympics: Australian Paralympic Committee already looking towards Tokyo 2020
    Rio 2016 Paralympics: Australian Paralympic Committee already looking towards Tokyo 2020 Posted September 19, 2016 10:18:20 After a successful Paralympics in Rio, garnering 22 gold medals and an overall tally of 81, the Australian Paralympic Committee is already looking ahead to Tokyo in 2020.In the past four months it has identified about 30 future Paralympians at talent identification trials held around the country."We're searching for individuals with intellectual,..
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  • Top Journo Exposes Eddie Hayson Homophobic Text Message

    Top Journo Exposes Eddie Hayson Homophobic Text Message
    Posted: 19 September, 2016 by Triple M NRL Top Journo Exposes Eddie Hayson Homophobic Text Message Tags: Eddie Hayson Andrew Webster and the text message Photo: www.youtube.com / Fairfax Media One of the Sydney Morning Herald’s top journos has exposed Eddie Hayson after he abused him for his sexuality. It’s alleged the controversial gambling figure, who is at the centre of an investigation of an alleged NRL match-fixing ..
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  • Austin's injury should have ended his season

    Austin's injury should have ended his season
    BLAKE Austin should not have returned until the grand final. The Raiders five-eighth has revealed the full extent of the broken hand which threatened to ruin his season.Austin rushed back with the Raiders’ year on the line, scoring the first try with some solo footwork in Canberra’s 22-12 win against the Panthers on Saturday night. Had it not been a finals game, Austin, who needed running repairs on the hand during the game, would have stayed sidelined.Finals report card: Power plays pave the wa..
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