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Ezra Mam and his lawyers outside the Brisbane Magistrates on Monday.
NRL
Fraser Barton

Government weighs in on NRL star’s ‘disgraceful’ penalty

There is a sudden push for law reform after the 21-year-old was punished with a ‘slap on the wrist’.

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Cam McInnes says he understands why some NRL players still train after suffering a concussion. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)
NRL
Joanna Guelas and Scott Bailey

The dark secret of NRL’s concussion crisis

New figures on head knocks will raise the alarm with teams across the league as one of the sport’s toughest men makes a frank admission about the issue.

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Uncle Colin Hunter often performs ‘Welcome to Country’ ceremonies at AFL games.
NRL
Digital Staff

‘Welcome to Country’ debate explodes as club issues statement

The Melbourne powerhouse has been forced to explain its actions.

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Brisbane Broncos NRL player Ezra Mam arrives at the Brisbane Magistrates Court.
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NRL
Matt Shrivell

NRL star speaks after drug-drive crash sentence

One of the NRL’s biggest stars has spoken after being sentenced for causing a horror crash while driving with drugs in his system and injuring a woman and child.

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By signing a $600 million Rugby League deal with Papua New Guinea on Thursday, the Albanese Government has effectively locked out any attempt by Beijing to establish a national security foothold in Port Moresby for the next decade. 
Australia
Nicole Smith and Ben McClellan

Has $600m NRL deal tackled China’s major Pacific ambitions?

There’s few similarities between the rough and ready game of rugby league and chess. But Australia has used the football code to play a soft power gambit in its geopolitical chess game with China.

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Port Moresby was plagued by civil unrest earlier in rhe year
NRL
Jasper Bruce and Scott Bailey

PNG PM’s safety promise to NRL players

James Marape has outlined what his government will do to make Port Moresby safer for the new team.

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Anthony Albanese has welcomed PNG to the NRL.
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NRL
Ben McClellan

Pacific politics funding twist in PNG NRL team deal

The Australian Government has inserted a key clause in the funding package for our nearest neighbour to further keep China at bay in the Pacific, as Aussies welcome the country to the NRL.

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A Jarryd Hayne supporter who spat at the footballer’s rape accuser has been ordered to pay legal costs after alleging he had been defamed.
NRL
Duncan Murray

Seven wins as Federal Court throws out spitter’s case

The incident revolved around a Jarryd Hayne supporter who thought he had been defamed. He was wrong.

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Todd Carney has given the Broncos a pep talk on behaviour.
NRL
Joel Gould

Todd Carney links up with the Brisbane Broncos

The former NRL bad boy and the Queensland club know all too well how quickly a season can go off track.

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Shawn Blore has pleaded not guilty to the attack.
NRL
Duncan Murray

NRL star accused of violent late-night attack

He played in the grand final in October, now he and his brother stand accused of being involved in a wild brawl with a court hearing the CCTV footage was ‘quite extraordinary to watch’.

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Nathan Cleary is off to see his partner Mary Fowler, rather than getting surgery.
NRL
Digital Staff

Nathan Cleary’s ‘tough’ admission on having kids with Mary Fowler

‘I just think she’d be the best mother.’

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Reece Walsh won;t being going topless at Broncos training anymore.
NRL
Ben McClellan

The Broncos training ‘ban’ Walsh has to wear

Brisbane’s new coach has instituted a new rule that the younger stars may have trouble adapting to.

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Australia will use the PNG NRL team to increase its influence in the country at the expense of China’s.
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NRL
Ben McClellan

Why new NRL team is more about politics than sport

Expanding the code into the Pacific is not just about spreading the good word of rugby league. It’s also about keeping Beijing at bay.

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The Penrith Panthers’ logo at Penrith Park.
NRL
Glenn Valencich

Famous rugby league family mourns death of record try-scorer

He wrote himself into history books when he was just 22 years old with a feat that still stands today.

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WA’s hopes of being the next announced team in the NRL have been put on ice.
NRL
Dylan Caporn

WA’s hopes for a NRL team in hibernation

Perth’s hopes of being the next team in the NRL have been put on ice, with the league set to announce a Papua New Guinean team ahead of the Western Bears next week in Sydney.

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