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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australia's new festival of rugby league went off without a hitch on the weekend! Aside from the devastating number of injuries that occur after playing 8 matches on the same football field. And, aside from the explosions match suspensions that resulted from the implementation Other than all that. Success! By rugby league standards, that is. The mere fact that 300 contracted NRL players...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Magic Round, which sees every NRL match of the round played in Brisbane across one weekend, was first held in 2019 before taking a sabbatical during COVID and eventually returning this year. The weekend's fixtures have been deemed a runaway success - with about 25,000 interstate visitors pumping more than $20 million into the local economy. The state government...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With just under 10 weeks until the 2021 Olympics take place in Tokyo City, once again Australians are waiting with baited breathe to see what weird hobby sports we have become world leaders in since the last Games. While Australians acknowledge that every Olympics since Sydney 2000 have lacked the magic that we felt watching Cathy win gold on...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | Contact Hold on to your witch hats, because the Canterbury Bulldogs have revealed a whimsical wazoo of a plan ahead of the coveted NRL Magic Round. According to inside sources, Canterbury head coach/arch warlock Trent Barrett has forged a powerful amulet using blood magic and halfback tears that should see his Bulldogs actually win a game. “As dawn rises over the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Landing in Brisbane last night ahead of NRL Magic Round, Rabbitohs stalwar Adam Reynolds has returned from injury ahead of schedule. The 30-year-old will take back the number 7 jersey, meaning Benji Marshall now moves back to five-eighth. It's good news for South Sydney fans, off the back of last week's 50-0 clobbering against the Storm. However, there will be...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact The River City's Cocaine Industry is currently being run off its feet today. With the NRL's Magic Round in town, and roughly 300 players about to descend on the nightlife precincts the city's dealers are flat out at the moment. The influx of cashed-up blokes looking to let loose this weekend has seen the savvy dealers of Bris...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The nation's peak cricketing body has hosed down speculation that Michael Slater's new black eye was the result of an altercation between him and misunderstood opener David Warner, telling reporters in Canberra today that Slats was simply injured by falling Chinese space junk. Cricket Australia's CEO Kevin Roberts explained that as many people know, an...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Every bloke, sitting in every pub in South Queensland, spinning tall yarns about how they were overlooked for the Brisbane Broncos in their prime - have been urged to please lace the boots back up and see if they've still got it. With all eight matches of Magic Round taking place in Brisbane this weekend, the home-club-city is expecting...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact The Sunshine State is feeling real 2011 right now, as Queensland basks in having a winning team again. A decade on from the Queensland Reds being given the keys to Brisbane City, the boys from Ballymore have won another title. This comes with the Reds beating the bush capital Brumbies 19-16 on Saturday night following a thrilling 85th...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The unpredictability of the 2021 NRL Season has been taken to a new level overnight, as the Melbourne Storm towelled up the Bunnies in a 50-nil annilihation at Stadium Australia. History is now no longer in the favour of the embattled Rabbitohs, who have lost half their side to injury and suspension. No team in history has conceded 50 points...