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Bradman Best to miss sudden-death Cowboys clash in blow to Knights
Newcastle have lost one of their biggest strike weapons ahead of their must-win clash in Townsville.
- by Adam Pengilly, Christian Nicolussi, Michael Chammas and Adrian Proszenko
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Analysis
NRL 2024
A Corolla, phone charger and an EzyMart store: Inside Addo-Carr’s fateful 48 hours
Josh Addo-Carr left some of his teammates at the Roosters-Rabbitohs game just after 8.30pm. What happened next may define Canterbury’s season.
- by Michael Chammas and Adrian Proszenko
Addo-Carr seeking immediate reinstatement for second week of finals
If the Bulldogs beat Manly without him, Josh Addo-Carr wants to be catapulted straight back into the Canterbury line-up for next week’s playoff clash.
- by Adrian Proszenko, Michael Chammas and Danny Weidler
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NRL off-field behaviour
Police didn’t follow usual procedures with Addo-Carr drug testing
Police were supposed to do a second test after the Bulldogs star allegedly returned a positive test for cocaine, but were called away to reports of a home invasion.
- by Clare Sibthorpe and Michael Chammas
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‘Hard to trust anything’: Bulldogs boss Gould on Addo-Carr drugs test
Police have confirmed a 29-year-old male registered a positive reading to cocaine after he was stopped for a roadside test late Friday night.
- by Michael Chammas and Clare Sibthorpe
Dragons star Jack Bird agrees to two-year deal with Wests Tigers
Bird informed Tigers representatives on Friday he will take up a deal worth around $400,000 a year with the joint venture club from next season.
- by Michael Chammas, Dan Walsh, Billie Eder, Christian Nicolussi, Roy Ward and Adam Pengilly
Opinion
NRL 2024
Glasshouses, goons and gladiators: The best and worst of NRL 2024
Some players put their names up in lights, others just put themselves under the spotlight. We rate all the defining moments of the season.
- by Michael Chammas
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NRL 2024
Roosters recruit Nawaqanitawase goes from Games to grudge match
The one-time Wallabies outside back will debut in the 13-a-side game a week out from the finals.
- by Adrian Proszenko and Michael Chammas
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NRL 2024
‘Incompetent, Machiavellian, tin pots’: The explosive emails at heart of Tigers-Magpies feud
In an email chain titled “Unbelievable CONFIDENTIAL”, Balmain directors have taken aim at the majority owners of Wests Tigers – contradicting their chairman’s description of the relationship as “solid as a rock”.
- by Michael Chammas
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NRL 2024
‘We’ve lost faith in them’: Balmain consider shock exit from Wests Tigers merger
Balmain directors want to table a proposal that could force the NRL to choose between the Balmain Tigers and Wests Magpies, as tensions rise at the joint venture.
- by Michael Chammas
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NRL 2024
Former NSW premier caught in crossfire of political turmoil at Wests Tigers
Barry O’Farrell is considering departing the club after he was told that he would have to reapply for his job as Tigers chairman.
- by Michael Chammas and Adam Pengilly