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• Lloyd excited for Bombers' Longmire addition

  28-09-2026 23:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Matthew Lloyd talks through Essendon's signing of John Longmire.
  
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• Socceroos v Brazil LIVE updates: Australia get another shot against Brazil in Brisbane

  29-09-2026 11:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Tony Popovic’s Socceroos go head-to-head with Brazil once more, four days after they drew 1-1 with the world No.6 in Townsville. Follow all the action.
  
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• Marky Mark's mum backflips on NRL stance

  29-09-2026 10:55 via theage.com.au
  
  Roosters star Mark Nawaqanitawase's mum speaks about the code-hopping star before the NRL grand final.
  
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• ‘Clearly knocked out’: Top neurologist questions Watson’s fitness for grand final

  29-09-2026 10:55 via theage.com.au
  
  The Roosters will have to gain clearance from an independent doctor to enable the utility to play less than 11 days after suffering a category one concussion, having named him at No.14.
  
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• Cats open to a move for Nick Blakey, but club’s board would have to ratify a trade

  29-09-2026 10:38 via theage.com.au
  
  Any potential Geelong trade for Swan Nick Blakey would have to be ratified by the club’s board, while the Cats and Saints are once again at loggerheads over Rowan Marshall.
  
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• Live: Unchanged Socceroos brace for Brazil backlash in Brisbane

  29-09-2026 10:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The Socceroos gave Brazil an enormous scare in Townsville, but are expecting a furious response from the five-time world champions at Brisbane's Lang Park. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Socceroos brace for Brazilian backlash in Brisbane

  29-09-2026 10:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The Socceroos gave Brazil an enormous scare in Townsville, but are expecting a furious response from the five-time world champions at Brisbane's Lang Park. Follow live.
  
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• Hill launches comeback bid

  29-09-2026 10:29 via theage.com.au
  
  Bobby Hill speaks to 9news Melbourne about his bid to return to the AFL.
  
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• Silver lining for Freo captain after grand final injury nightmare

  29-09-2026 09:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Fremantle gets some badly needed good news in the wake of its AFL grand final disaster, confirming captain Alex Pearce will not need surgery.
  
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• Dockers captain to avoid surgery after grand final injury

  29-09-2026 09:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Fremantle Dockers captain Alex Pearce will avoid surgery and is expected to return to pre-season training after suffering an Achilles injury in Saturday's dramatic AFL Grand Final loss to Brisbane.
  
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• Inside the Johns brothers’ GF mission impossible – reuniting Silverchair

  29-09-2026 08:52 via theage.com.au
  
  The Knights legends have been hitting the phones, and finding some success, as they try to fill the NRL’s grand final day entertainment void.
  
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• Cat at centre of concussion waiver saga forced into medical retirement

  29-09-2026 08:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Geelong premiership defender Jake Kolodjashnij, who was at the centre of the club's concussion waiver scandal, is medically retired.
  
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• Jake Kolodjashnij retires after Cats concussion scandal; Pearce avoids Achilles surgery

  29-09-2026 08:35 via theage.com.au
  
  Geelong premiership defender Jake Kolodjashnij has been medically retired from AFL football, after being at the centre of a secret concussion deal.
  
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• 'Cheating' City must be stripped of titles

  29-09-2026 08:30 via theage.com.au
  
  Craig Foster says 'cheating' Manchester City must be stripped of their recent Premier League titles.
  
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• Paisami cited after flurry of cards

  29-09-2026 08:21 via smh.com.au
  
  Hunter Paisami has been cited after a flurry of cards in the final stages of the Wallabies vs Springboks Test.
  
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• ‘They’re a well-oiled side’: Rennie hails Wallabies’ growth ahead of Bledisloe battle

  29-09-2026 08:13 via theage.com.au
  
  Dave Rennie coached the Wallabies in nine trans-Tasman matches, but he will be in the black corner next week in Auckland.
  
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• Jake Kolodjashnij retires after Cats concussion deal scandal

  29-09-2026 07:52 via theage.com.au
  
  Geelong premiership defender Jake Kolodjashnij has been medically retired from AFL football, after being at the centre of a secret concussion deal.
  
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• Thousands turn out to celebrate with Lions and hear news of Fagan’s future

  29-09-2026 07:42 via theage.com.au
  
  As coach Chris Fagan took to Riverstage on Tuesday, Lions fans who came to celebrate their grand final triumph prayed he would have news to deliver.
  
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• Rugby ref takes iPhone call

  29-09-2026 07:35 via theage.com.au
  
  Rugby referee Andrea Piardi took iPhone calls in bizarre scenes during the Wallabies vs Springboks match.
  
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• ‘Shouldn’t be mentioned in the same sentence’: Knights No.7 feeling weight of Joey’s jersey

  29-09-2026 07:30 via theage.com.au
  
  Roosters discard Sandon Smith was brought to Newcastle as back-up for $14 million man Dylan Brown. Now he can become the Knights ′ first premiership-winning halfback since Andrew Johns.
  
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• One last 'last' for Broncos legend Ali Brigginshaw in NRLW grand final

  29-09-2026 05:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Ali Brigginshaw and fellow OGs Julia Robinson and Chelsea Lenarduzzi are hoping to join Broncos royalty with a fifth NRLW premiership.
  
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• AFL considering changes to free agency system

  29-09-2026 04:14 via theage.com.au
  
  The AFL will consider changes to free agency in the interests of ensuring that the system does not skew the competitive balance of the competition in favour of the teams in premiership contention.
  
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• Crossland expected to miss grand final with guilty plea over Cleary tackle

  29-09-2026 04:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The Newcastle Knights are expected to be without Phoenix Crossland for the NRL grand final after he pleads guilty at the judiciary over the tackle that snapped Nathan Cleary's leg.
  
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• Breaking: Crossland expected to miss grand final with guilty plea over Cleary tackle

  29-09-2026 04:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The Newcastle Knights are expected to be without Phoenix Crossland for the NRL grand final after he pleads guilty at the judiciary over the tackle that snapped Nathan Cleary's leg.
  
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• Wallabies sweat on stars for Bledisloe as RA chases answers on ‘phone-gate’

  29-09-2026 03:58 via theage.com.au
  
  Australia could be without five of the players who helped upset the Springboks when they take on the All Blacks next week.
  
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• NRL appoints grand final referees as Klein and 2025 incumbent miss out

  29-09-2026 03:57 via theage.com.au
  
  The all-important officiating and bunker positions have been decided for the 2026 decider.
  
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• Ben Simmons is back in the NBA. One topic at media day had him swearing

  29-09-2026 03:55 via theage.com.au
  
  A rejuvenated Ben Simmons has declared basketball is his art and he is ready to dominate and prove to the world how much he missed the sport in a year away from the game.
  
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• Angus emailed the Roosters at 17, begging for a game. Now for a grand final swansong

  29-09-2026 03:41 via theage.com.au
  
  “Mate, you can’t just ask the first-graders for photos.” Even when Souths pinched Angus Crichton, he was always making himself at home in Bondi.
  
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• Ben Simmons breaks silence on NBA return

  29-09-2026 02:30 via theage.com.au
  
  Ben Simmons has his first press conference as a Sacramento Kings player.
  
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• Springboks substitutions under the microscope

  29-09-2026 02:20 via theage.com.au
  
  Eben Etzebeth left the field with what was initially thought to be for a HIA, but the star lock returned three minutes later.
  
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