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THE JOY OF SIX: Round 25
By STEVE MASCORD BARBA QUESTIONS QUESTIONS prompted by the emergence of a photo of a woman who claimed to have been punched by Ben Barba: How was this not a cover-up, given that the highest profile NRL...
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Ryan James: SBW Brushed Me
By STEVE MASCORD GOLD Coast giant Ryan James says Sonny Bill Williams brushed him at fulltime when he shook hands with the dual international after the pair’s running battle at Allianz Stadium. James...
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THE JOY OF SIX: Finals week four
By STEVE MASCORD WELL, WE DO – BUT SHOULD WE GO AROUND SAYING SO? COACH Trent Robinson has admitted he thought it ‘a bit strange’’ that Sydney Roosters chose to promote this season with the slogan “We...
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2013 NRL grand final: SYDNEY ROOSTERS 26 MANLY 18 at ANZ Stadium
By STEVE MASCORD AFTER winning a National Rugby League premiership at his first attempt, Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson was none the wiser about the plans of his cross-code rugby superstar, Sonny...
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DISCORD 2013: Edition 41
By STEVE MASCORD ABOUT two months ago, your correspondent posted online what he thought was a ho-hum story he had written more than two weeks before and had appeared in print – “without incident,” I...
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DISCORD 2013: Edition 47
By STEVE MASCORD YOUR correspondent has a tough decision to make before Christmas – how to vote in the Golden Boot poll. The nominees for that gong that goes to the best player in the world have been...
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DISCORD 2014: Edition Seven
By STEVE MASCORD CROSS-code challenges, nines tournaments and players defections; are we at a fork in the road of evolution of the rugby codes, or are these developments no more than fodder for the...
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DISCORD 2014: Edition Eight
By STEVE MASCORD LET’S face it, the NRL didn’t do a very good job of proving that players WERE concussed when their clubs allowed them to play on over the past season or so But now, we are being...
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THE JOY OF SIX: Pre-Season II
By STEVE MASCORD EARL GREY OVER DANK NEWS EXILED footballer Sandor Earl was not best pleased to read on the Sun-Herald that controversial sports scientist Stephen Dank has a job with the women’s Indian...
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BONDI BEAT: December 2014
By STEVE MASCORD IT’S not overstating things that there has been something of a paradigm shift in out game as a result of the recently-completed Four Nations. I have a favourite saying about the...
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