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WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The Prime Minister of New Zealand is today facing a potentially career-ending crisis. Jacinda Ardern has moved to try and bring calm across the nation after rioters took to the streets over the weekend. With cars and buildings smoldering in major regional villages, Ardern has implored the public to trust that things can be turned around. "Please, I...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The genius NRL analysts at Fox Sports have this week revealed that they are less concerned by NRL stars deciding to play for European nations in the Rugby League World Cup. After boring NRL fans to tears with thinly-veiled xenophobia directed at Polynesian footballers wanting to play for the country their parents migrated from, the likes of Paul Kent...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Sydney man has been banned by Rugby Australia from attending their fixtures until he dies, according to a statement released by the nation's peak rugby body this morning. The statement included a number of criticisms of the man, who's been named by the media as SCG Roof King, that include the selfishness of...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT In celebrity gossip news, NRL coaching supremo Wayne Bennett has been spotted at Brisbane airport today, as he prepares to travel to Europe for his first ever solo backpacking adventure.  After a coaching career spanning three decades and over 850 NRL first grade matches, the NRL’s most experienced coach is reportedly heading over for a European summer,...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT Rugby League icon Benji Marshall has today confirmed that he isn't done with the world of entertainment. Fresh off completing a season of Celebrity Apprentice and launching a brand new Rugby League show, Marshall has now revealed his next venture. Benji will be returning to the next season of Celebrity Apprentice, but this time he will only be...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT The staff at Brisbane's Lang Park are this afternoon enjoying a well-earned break. This comes after they were forced to do hours and hours of overtime to help clean up all of the sour grapes left by the NSW coach and the 8th Immortal. Finishing up a short time ago, the staff have apparently headed off for a...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As Queenslanders relish in the sheer euphoria of being from the superior state this morning, analysis of last night's glorious Origin decider is pinballing around workplaces and schoolyards across the country. The big mentions obviously go to Ben Hunt, Dane Gagai, Tom Dearden and Big Tino - with countless jokes at the expense of Brad Fittler and Joey Johns. However,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A sea of maroon is already packing out Caxton street, as Queenslanders make the pilgramage to Brisbane's iconic Rugby League precinct, to watch their boys put on a clinic. The 2022 Origin series is on the line at Suncorp Stadium tonight as the Blues and Maroons battle out in a River City decider. History is on the side of the...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT The head supremo of the NSW Rugby League mafia has made stern threats this week, using his full powers to ensure victory for the state of NSW. The Advocate understands that Gus ‘The One Eyed Blue” Gould had summoned Blues Coach Brad Fittler to a meeting in the back room of ​Grappa Ristorante e Bar on Norton...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT Space and Rugby League fans are today sharing a shared bond. In a strange marriage of the universes, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has released photos of a Rugby League phenomenon. The exciting move has seen NASA publish photos of what the NSW Halfback is going to be seeing at about 8:21 pm AEST. "It's a remarkable discovery, to...