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WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT The National Rugby League has today promised to get a big name from this year for 2029 or 2030. This comes after mid-2000's pop bad One Republic just rocked the Grand Final as the pre-match entertainment. The band behind the hit song Apologise from 2007 put on quite a decent show, to the surprise of many, and that...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT Multinational sporting body SANZAR have today shocked the Rugby World by admitting that they might have been wrong about something. The admission of guilt comes as the nation of Japan continues hosting what will likely go down in history as the best version of the RWC so far. That has lead to the South African, New Zealand and Australian...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT Wallabies captain Michael Hooper has told the media that his side is relishing the underdog tag they have been given ahead of their game against Uruguay today. As the national Rugby Union team gets set for its do or die match against South American heavyweights, Hooper has told The Advocate that people should 'write his side off at thir...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local handicapper, Ernie Coughlan (45), has today graciously filled in his close-knit circle of halfwit punters with the good oil. According to Ernie, this weekend's NRL grand final could easily be snatched by the same team that won it last year. It's a bold call but he's looked at both teams side-by-side and he reckons that the Sydney Roosters...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT Rugby League presenter and journalist Erin Molan has confirmed today that she's got some exciting new plans in the works. Following the rumoured fallout with Andrew Johns, the Channel 9 personality has faced another uptick in online trolling from blokes with motor vehicles and flags as profile pictures - and as a result, she's set to commit to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT NRL ambulance-chaser Buzz Rothfield has today boarded his first flight to Moranbah, after having to up-skill for a FIFO job in the resources sector. This mature-age career change comes after a squeaky clean end of season for the NRL, with zero Mad Monday scandals. This means that reporters like Rothfield have had nothing to write about other than the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT While being a little a too young to claim he was watching rugby league during the Mal Meninga era, other avenue have been identified for Queensland man Katter Entsch to jump aboard the Canberra Raiders bandwagon. The 29-year-old ringer from the North-West gulf country has today claimed that he's always followed the Milk since their 3rd wave of Queensland-heavy...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Teammates and coaching staff have reportedly urged Wallabies fullback Kurtley Beale to refrain from pointing out differences between his hometown of Mount Druitt and Tokyo City. It is believed that after 14-years in and out of the Australian side, the 30-year-old rugby star is still using Mounty County as a yard stick when exploring other world cities. Members of the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Confidence has swept through the Canberra Raiders camp today after results return from a new in-house player testing program. The 27-year-old prop Josh Papalii has today tested positive for 100% full cream pasteurised Canberra Milk. This comes as the 150-game NRL superstar turns his career around with explosive form, a far cry from his sabbatical spent last year in reserve...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Wallabies' 29-25 defeat in Tokyo last night has broken hearts around Australia — as the second half come-from-behind didn't pan out the way it might've if the kicking and penalties went our way. Australia now looks set for a quarter-final meeting with England, which is our last chance to bring home bill for the next four years. While it is...