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Brisbane has one hand on a record fifth NRLW minor premiership after coming from behind to thump St George Illawarra 44-14 in Townsville. The final-round win sent the Broncos the the top of the championship ladder and importantly gave them a superior points differential over the second-placed Sydney Roosters, who must now beat Parramatta by…
It’s not often Melbourne Storm giant Nelson Asofa-Solomona walks into a room and has to look up at someone. But as the New Zealand national teams gathered in Auckland last October, Asofa-Solomona’s eyes and neck had to do the work to make up the five centimetres Ben Te Kura, who was in camp with the…
The UB40 album Labour of Love was not only a creative and commercial breakthrough for the UK reggae group, but a way of life for singer Ali Campbell. It’s what kept the singer, 64, going strong for more than 40 years and weathering the storm of starting his own version of UB40 after leaving the original group…
The 2024 NRL season has been a journey through the sludge of Aotearoa’s mangroves for New Zealand Warriors and with Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs heading over the Tasman to play Jersey Flegg, NSW Cup and NRL games against the Warriors, it could get even more niggly. Bulldogs blasted their way ahead of NZW (and many other NRL…
NZ Warriors star Addin Fonua-Blake has reconsidered his request for an early release from his contract and will stay at Mt Smart for the 2024 season at least. The NRL Prop of the Year was instrumental in the Warriors’ breakout campaign that saw them reach the preliminary final this winter, leading the competition in post-contact…