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• Live: Eleven-man Wallabies hold on for remarkable win over Springboks

  27-09-2026 11:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia has overcome four second-half yellow cards to defeat South Africa 42-38 in a pulsating, chaotic clash against the world champions in Perth. Follow live.
  
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• ‘Best chance to flourish’: Bulldogs finally land sorely needed defensive help for flag tilt

  03-10-2026 05:17 via smh.com.au
  
  The Western Bulldogs’ hopes of being a serious 2027 premiership challenger have been boosted, but they still have work to do to finalise a deal for Zak Butters.
  
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• Taylor scores her second

  03-10-2026 05:10 via theage.com.au
  
  Jada Taylor scores her second try down on the wing in the first half against Papua New Guinea.
  
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• 'Incredible' Robinson hands lead to Australia

  03-10-2026 04:49 via theage.com.au
  
  Rugby icon Ruan Sims was impressed by Andie Robinson's try in Port Moresby that handed Australia the lead.
  
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• PNG strikes back quickly with Howard try

  03-10-2026 04:34 via theage.com.au
  
  Papua New Guinea's Josephine Howard doesn't waste time to get PNG in the game, levelling the scores with a stellar try.
  
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• Sharks star Taylor first over the line

  03-10-2026 04:33 via theage.com.au
  
  Cronulla Sharks fullback Jada Taylor opens up the scoring for Australia in the PM's XIII game in Port Moresby.
  
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• Former Kangaroos star Dane Gagai makes shock Kiwis switch

  03-10-2026 04:19 via theage.com.au
  
  Dane Gagai will join Knights teammate Kalyn Ponga in the New Zealand team for the World Cup despite both previously wearing the green and gold.
  
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• 'My only secret': Holbrook coy on selection plan

  03-10-2026 04:04 via theage.com.au
  
  Knights coach Justin Holbrook is tight-lipped when asked about his plan for his hookers in the NRL grand final.
  
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• ‘Absolute devastation’ for Watson, but Roosters don’t want week off before grand finals

  03-10-2026 03:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Connor Watson’s omission due to a concussion has sparked debate about the merits of a week off before grand finals. Now the Roosters have had their say.
  
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• Everyone loves to hate the Roosters. But we shouldn’t. Their fans have suffered too

  03-10-2026 01:30 via theage.com.au
  
  The truth of rugby league is that fandom is all about torment, punctuated by the briefest flashes of ecstasy. Even the Roosters have had their lean times.
  
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• Roosters met with Rabbi Eli Schlanger days before Bondi attack

  02-10-2026 23:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Five days before one of Australia's darkest days, a group of Sydney Roosters players visited a Bondi synagogue. What happened next would change the meaning of that meeting forever.
  
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• Brisbane 2032 emblems leaked by official YouTube channel

  02-10-2026 22:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The emblems for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics have been accidentally leaked by the Games' official YouTube channel, ruining its own a grand unveiling slated for Monday.
  
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• Geelong notch seventh-straight AFLW win as Scheer fires against Richmond

  02-10-2026 22:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Geelong has climbed to the top of the AFLW ladder with a 34-point victory over Richmond at Princes Park. 
  
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• Cats notch seventh-straight AFLW win as Scheer fires against Richmond

  02-10-2026 22:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Geelong has climbed to the top of the AFLW ladder with a 34-point victory over Richmond at Princes Park. 
  
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• Tedesco and Ponga went through different worlds to meet in NRL grand final

  02-10-2026 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  On Sunday, opposing fullbacks James Tedesco and Kalyn Ponga will lead their teams into the NRL grand final. It's about the only thing their paths have had in common.
  
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• Stand by for one of the best Australian sports stories ever … and not a fairytale in sight

  02-10-2026 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  If the Newcastle Knights beat the Roosters to win the NRL grand final a year after taking out the wooden spoon, it will rank among the greatest achievements by an Australian team.
  
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• Simmons, Giddey, Daniels, Paul? The next Aussie gun on the path to hoops stardom

  02-10-2026 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  At just 17, Luke Paul has the world at his feet with his rookie NBL season about to start and a scholarship at the famed Duke University on the horizon.
  
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• Nawaqanitawase’s mum didn’t want him to play in the NRL. A touching gesture changed everything

  02-10-2026 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  Mark Nawaqanitawase’s mum banned him from playing rugby league. Two Roosters greats made her think again.
  
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• ‘Just be careful, they’re on you’: Inside cricket’s greatest scandal

  02-10-2026 21:00 via theage.com.au
  
  As the Australian team returns to South Africa for a Test series for the first time since the sandpaper affair, unanswered questions and great intrigue remain.
  
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• ‘The club is innocent’: Manchester City appeal against Premier League ‘sham’ contracts ruling

  02-10-2026 15:45 via theage.com.au
  
  The club, which denies wrongdoing, had until the end of the day on Friday to appeal after it was found guilty of serious breaches of the financial rules.
  
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• Manchester City appeal against Premier League ‘sham’ contracts ruling

  02-10-2026 15:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The club, which denies wrongdoing, had until the end of the day on Friday to appeal after it was found guilty of serious breaches of the financial rules.
  
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• Shield star’s stunning haul in vain as Aus A fall agonisingly short of much-needed win

  02-10-2026 15:02 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Sam Harper’s first innings century and Liam Scott’s five-wicket haul were in vain as Australia A agonisingly fell one wicket short of a series-levelling victory against India A in Puducherry.
  
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• Man City appeals guilty findings of breaking EPL's financial rules

  02-10-2026 14:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Manchester City denies the Premier League's finding that it used "sham" commercial contracts as part of schemes to inflate revenue and understate costs.
  
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• AFLW round eight: Prespakis, Morrison grow partnership as Cats too good for Tigers; Mystery surrounds Dees skipper’s neck injury

  02-10-2026 13:59 via smh.com.au
  
  Round eight is underway as Geelong’s dynamic duo of Georgie Prespakis and Nina Morrison led their side to a dominant win over Richmond on Friday night.
  
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• ‘Everybody is very close’: Why no-one can pick a leader after F1 practice in Malaysia

  02-10-2026 13:48 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Friday in Malaysia started with considerable uncertainty about which car would suit the circuit.
  
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• AFLW round eight: Mystery surrounds Dees skipper’s neck injury; Prespakis, Cats too good for Tigers

  02-10-2026 13:42 via theage.com.au
  
  Round eight is continuing at Ikon Park on Friday night, with the Tigers going head-to-head with the Cats.
  
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• ‘We can’t be stopped’: Unwanted NBL record broken as title contenders stunned in wild blitz

  02-10-2026 13:29 via foxsports.com.au
  
  Not even their fiercely loyal fans who pack into the Sandpit could have seen this coming.
  
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• AFLW round eight: Mystery surrounds Dees skipper’s neck injury; Tigers and Cats clash

  02-10-2026 12:43 via theage.com.au
  
  Round eight is continuing at Ikon Park on Friday night, with the Tigers going head-to-head with the Cats.
  
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• Ferrari boss calls out ‘big issue’ as star makes statement after Hamilton jab — Practice Wrap

  02-10-2026 11:59 via foxsports.com.au
  Charles Leclerc topped the times for Ferrari ahead of Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar to hand a timely boost to team boss Fred Vasseur in Friday’s second free practice of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.
  
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• ‘I’ll try and teach him a couple of things’: Lachie Neale becomes a Magpie, could make Nick Daicos even more dominant

  02-10-2026 11:15 via theage.com.au
  
  Toby Greene has joined Geelong, Carlton have a new goal-kicking forward, and the Pies have landed Neale – but a premiership Magpie could be on the move – after a bumper opening day of the AFL’s player movement period.
  
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