FAR & WIDE: Number 28
By STEVE MASCORD AN interesting and mysterious yarn popped up in the wake of the United States-Samoa Test in Hawaii a couple of weekends back. Ten members of the Samoan side, all picked from the...
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By STEVE MASCORD OK, we think we’ve got to the bottom of what happened to the Samoans who were stranded in Hawaii for almost a week after their clash with the United States after failing to board their...
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By STEVE MASCORD HERE’S one from the ‘It Can Only Happen In Rugby League’ department. Keen readers will be aware that Thailand made their international bow last October, taking on the Philippines in...
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By STEVE MASCORD NRL chief executive David Smith hasn’t just been vindicated by the deal signed with Touch Football Australia – he’s been vindicated by the reaction to it. If Smith has made his name...
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By STEVE MASCORD WE’RE pleased to confirm that Malta will be taking on Italy at Livorno on September 6!* The international, which we foreshadowed in a previous column, has just been confirmed and means...
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By STEVE MASCORD THERE’S almost too much to talk about this week: the latest Cronulla developments, the sacking for David Furner & the possibility of Ben Barba being banned from playing against...
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By STEVE MASCORD JUST under a decade ago, the National Rugby League made it known that a team which relocates could receive up to $11 million from the administration. The availability of the incentive...
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By STEVE MASCORD BUMMED out because you’re not going to the World Cup? Never fear: there is a big day of international footy coming up in Sydney, with seven games at the same venue on the same day!...
View ArticleTHE JOY OF SIX: International Season week one
By STEVE MASCORD 1. WHAT IN THE WORLD? ACCORDING to the Rugby League International Federation constitution, the gates of all Tests are to be levied with the money going into central funds. The levy is...
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SANDOW SIN BIN WHEN we went to Parramatta with claims Chris Sandow had played in an aboriginal knockout and been sent off for a shoulder charge followed by an elbow, Eels CEO Scott Seward told us: “He...
View ArticleFAR & WIDE: Number One 2015
By STEVE MASCORD TOP flight rugby league is kicking off early, and in unusual surrounds, this Sunday when Leeds play the United States Pioneers at the University of Northern Florida in Jacksonville....
View ArticleWHITE LINE FEVER Podcast: Episode 80
https://stevemascord.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/wlf-80.mp3 Filed under: Podcast, Rock'n'roll Tagged: 1990, Aerosmith, Frankie Poullain, Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, John Brewster, Jon Emglish, Shannon...
View ArticleFAR & WIDE: United States, Malta, Norway, Czech Republic, Jamaica, Canada,...
By STEVE MASCORD JACKSONVILLE Axemen have been the outstanding team of American rugby league for the last decade but they were toppled in the USARL grand final a couple of weekends back. Northern...
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