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Storm clouds gather over ruck tactics

24. July 2008

Nathan Brown - just to be clear, the one who is coach of the St George-Illawarra Dragons - has stoked an ever-smouldering fire by yet again whinging about the Melbourne Storm and their tackling techniques. Ever since the Storm have started dominating the NRL in the past few years, around semi finals time there is [...]

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4,749 reasons why Origin is on the nose

3. July 2008

In the wake of Queensland’s hat-trick of rugby league State of Origin wins, the media consensus seems to be that Origin is in good health. While you’d expect the Daily Telegraph to run the corporate line as part of its role as News’s propaganda arm, and Fairfax usually plays the parochial tune for the Sydney [...]

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NRL’s deckchair sub-committees to study AFL/FFA iceberg

24. June 2008

The Fairfax media carried an AAP report yesterday entitled Origin to remain a midweek affair - I only mention the source because it’s necessary when discussing rugby league political stories, as the bias by both Murdoch and Fairfax outlets makes their stories rather stretched at times. The headline is the first thing that is wrong [...]

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