Search results

Howdy folks So, the old Galaxy S2 has been stretched to its limits and beyond, strained, died plenty, resurrected and milked for all its worth, cos ima tight ****..... On the lookout for a new phone tomorrow - what's the latest doing the rounds that's all the rage with the kids Cheers...

Ms Rinehart you are a figure of great public interest. You have significant shareholdings in major media, both with Fairfax and at Network Ten. It is critical to the credibility of independent journalism that you support the industry in which you invest, by honouring the MEAA Code of Ethics...

During Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense against Palestinians in Gaza last November, Anonymous hackers launched a mass attack on Israeli government websites. In response to the eight day assault that killed 133 Palestinians, Anonymous’ #OpIsrael defaced thousands of Israeli sites and provided...

Collier County, Florida -- Have you heard the one about a homeowner foreclosing on a bank? Well, it has happened in Florida and involves a North Carolina based bank. Instead of Bank of America foreclosing on some Florida homeowner, the homeowners had sheriff's deputies foreclose on the...

The basketball court, said Michael Jordan, was his ''place of refuge, where I've always gone when I needed comfort and peace''. NRL fans, as much as players, know where he's coming from. For all its violence and tension, the 80-minute game is a sanctuary from scandal and confusion, a superb...

ST GEORGE Illawarra are poised to make a $600,000-a-season play to lure sacked Raiders fullback Josh Dugan as the Band-aid solution to their pop-gun attack. But in the ultimate insult, Dugan may reject the Red V offer in favour of greater stability at the Brisbane Broncos. The Sunday...

I get the feeling we could be on the verge of another shift in the style of rugby league being played by a number of teams in the NRL competition. Two reasons. First, the referees are this year clamping down heavily on the ''no hand on the ball in the tackle'' interpretation, which could...

Bulldogs player Jack Kamire wins Canterbury-Bankstown Express' top prize at NewsLocal Junior Sports Star Awards UP-and-coming Bulldogs star Jake Kamire was named The Express' Junior Sports Star winner at a glittering awards ceremony at Waterview in Bicentennial Park last night...

Jon Bon Jovi is trying to get rid of the negative stigma of getting a charitable free meal with his experimental new restaurant, The Soul Kitchen. The rocker makes it clear that his wife and his new establishment is not a soup kitchen, but a place for people who need a meal to volunteer in...

Global sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest defense contractors increased in 2010 to $411.1 billion, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The increase reflects a decade-long trend of growing military spending. Since 2002, total arms sales among the...

WESTERN Australia is expected to win a licence in an expanded NRL before the end of the year. The WA Rugby League bid, which will unveil a new logo at a launch on Wednesday, is understood to be central to the new Australian Rugby League Commission plan to expand the competition from as early...

BEN Barba was always going to be the hero of the day in his home town of Mackay. But even the most diehard locals couldn't have dreamed of the show that the NRL's most exciting player would put on for them. Up in the western grandstand of Virgin Australia Stadium, the Bulldogs flyer's...

WHEN Phil Gould declared his first priority at Penrith was to strengthen the club's junior stocks, not even recruitment and development manager Jim Jones expected that the most successful NSW coach in Origin history planned to coach them. ''Gus actually took our under-16 and under-18 teams...

A SHORT-TERM deal between rugby league and its broadcasters looms as a distinct possibility following News Ltd's acquisitions. Rupert Murdoch now owns all of the monopoly sports production company Fox Sports, half of the monopoly pay-TV company Foxtel, and has a first and last hold on rugby...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=faPNAYWt7HM if it's already posted somewhere (i haven't seen it), i'll merge it or delete it, so don't get sand in yer vagine :p

Barring any further injuries, Ricky Stuart will have little trouble naming his squad for Origin II come Sunday night. The Blues had Queensland in enough trouble over the opening 80 minutes of the series to justify the vast majority of players again taking their place in the team, and the...

THIS week David Gallop jetted to Wagga Wagga to combat AFL's growing incursion into the Riverina. But according to former Balmain star Bruce McGuire, a lone mercy dash from the code's top brass won't repair years of regional neglect. "I came from a club called Nowra Warriors that used to...

UNDER-fire NRL referees boss Bill Harrigan and his assistant Stuart Raper will retain their jobs for now, but the ARL Commission have confirmed they are under scrutiny. ARL football operations manager Nathan McGuirk announced today a review was getting underway into the game's match official...

IN-DEMAND forward Tony Williams is torn between his Manly teammates, the wishes of his family and the lure of former coach Des Hasler. On Sunday, big T-Rex had agreed to join Canterbury on a deal worth $200,000 more over three seasons that what the Sea Eagles were offering. By Monday he...

IT'S the Hollywood ending nobody saw coming - referees coach Bill Harrigan is fighting to save his job after losing the support of the game's top whistleblowers. NRL boss David Gallop has confirmed he took hold of a document listing Harrigan's failures as refs coach after a secret meeting...

CANTERBURY coach Des Hasler yesterday gave his unconditional backing to Michael Ennis before cheekily suggesting the furore over his captain's relationship with referees had been orchestrated to take the heat off the besieged match officials. Hasler, who has done a remarkable job in his...

DES Hasler has Canterbury sitting fifth on the NRL ladder but his greatest impact has not been game plans but instilling self-belief in the players, according to Jonathan Wright. Wright, 25, has been with the Bulldogs since 2011 after joining the club from Parramatta where he made his NRL...

BULLDOGS NSW Cup hooker Joel Romelo kept his cool to slot a match-winning field goal just seconds from full-time, denying the Newcastle Knights a remarkable comeback victory on Saturday. Leading 26-0 after 20 minutes, the Bulldogs looked fearsome in front of their home fans, yet with moments...

Favourite sons Steve and Chris Mortimer have labelled "pathetic" and a "waste of taxpayers' money" a decision by Wagga Wagga City Council to enter into a $300,000 funding deal with AFL club Greater Western Sydney Giants. The council is under fire for paying GWS $100,000 a year for three...

Canterbury captain and former NSW hooker Michael Ennis has declared himself fully fit and ready to throw his hat into the selection ring for Game Two should the Blues go down in tonight’s State of Origin clash in Melbourne after being replaced by arch-rival Robbie Farah for the series opener...

It's rugby league's showpiece, and high-ranked Victorians have made no secret that they want more of it. Yet how much do they know about State of Origin? Well, if you rely on the Victorian Minister for Sport and Recreation, Hugh Delahunty, possibly not much - unless, of course, you're...

NSW centre Josh Morris has credited Canterbury coach Des Hasler for taking his game to an Origin level. Hasler took control of the Bulldogs this season after claiming his second premiership with Manly in 2011. According to the 25-year-old who made two appearances for the Blues in 2009, a...

RUGBY league’s independent commission is 100 days old and the honeymoon is over for its chairman John Grant. The Maserati-driving NRL supremo is speeding towards a collision with powerbrokers at the Sydney clubs over a number of issues. Part of it is the perception that, after arriving...

BILL Tatham is serious, dead serious. He wants to take a State of Origin game to the US and is willing to pay whatever it takes. We're talking millions if necessary. He also wants to revitalise the World Club Challenge by naming it the World Series Challenge, hosting it at Home Depot Stadium...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPgMo_l_cis no it's not real, she was exposed as a fake, so laugh yer ass off if ya want, yer not goin to hell :p

Penrith have denied they're about to change their name after the NRL club lodged a trademark application to purchase the Western Sydney Panthers trademark. With the arrival of the Greater Western Sydney AFL team and the yet-to-be-named new western Sydney A-League club that will start up later...

QUEENSLAND wrecking ball Dave Taylor has confirmed he will join the Gold Coast Titans next year, vowing to not let the "frustrating" situation affect the most important State of Origin series of his career. Speculation has surrounded the Rabbitohs giant after it emerged he is yet to...

INJURED Penrith back and former NSW Origin star Michael Gordon will leave the Panthers at the end of the year to join the Sharks. Gordon, who is currently on the sidelines with a broken leg sustained in round one, has signed a three year deal with the Shire club. Gordon created...

IT may be the historic meeting that injects $30 million a season to be shared into the coffers of every Sydney-based NRL club. The Daily Telegraph has been told of a special conference today between the nine Sydney CEOs to discuss the financial benefits of taking games away from suburban...

PARRAMATTA have sat back and watched some of rugby league's finest walk out. But it was the loss of the "Billy Slater of recruitment officers" almost a decade ago that started the demise. Since recruitment guru Noel "Crusher" Cleal left Parramatta for Manly during the 2003 season, there's...

PENRITH are fighting a salary cap crisis - with the club's current woes set to continue for at least another two years. The Daily Telegraph understands that over half of Penrith's salary cap for 2014 will be taken up by just five players on huge back-ended deals worth nearly $2.5 million...

THE Blues had enough to worry about without the prospect of South Sydney and Queensland superstar Greg Inglis producing the best football of his brilliant career. Inglis racked up three tries Monday night and in a powerhouse performance that reminded the league world of how devastating he...

The battle for a slice of State of Origin has intensified, with the New Zealand Rugby League stepping up plans to host an inaugural clash in Auckland between Queensland and New South Wales as early as next season. The development comes as Blues coach Ricky Stuart claims he would would rather...

Two of the Blues’ greatest ever fullbacks Garry Jack and Brett Mullins have singled out Brett Stewart as the man to don the New South Wales No.1 jersey this year, insisting the Manly star’s form and fitness place him ahead of the multitude of contenders for State of Origin I on May 23...

ARL Commission officials will meet rival networks Seven and Ten later this week for talks which the game's administrators hope will drive the new broadcast deal past the $1 billion mark. The Commission this week received initial offers from current rights holders Network Nine and Fox Sports...

Parramatta five-eighth Ben Roberts and Penrith centre Michael Jennings have paid the price for their team's poor form after being named in NSW Cup teams this weekend. Roberts, whose form has been down in recent weeks, was named to play for Wentworthville - suggesting halfback Chris Sandow...

NSW coach Ricky Stuart admits he'll have to take risks at the selection table if the Blues are to end Queensland's State of Origin dominance. As he weighs up the game-one candidacy of a number of out-of-form stars - including Michael Jennings who has been dropped from first grade - Stuart...

Fired-up Cronulla and NSW captain Paul Gallen passionately argued his innocence and was vindicated with a not guilty verdict for a dangerous contact charge at the NRL judiciary on Wednesday night. Gallen avoided a one-match suspension for kneeing South Sydney forward Dave Taylor in the head...

CANBERRA will appeal against the $10,000 breach notice served by the ARL Commission following coach David Furner's criticism of the referees in Sunday's 18-12 NRL loss to Manly. Furner confirmed yesterday he would fight the fine, saying at no point had he intended to question the integrity...

PARRAMATTA was forced to cut questions from the floor at its leagues club annual general meeting last night after angry members demanded answers from coach Stephen Kearney. Kearney and his players appeared at the AGM in an apparent show of unity but it was inevitable questions from members...

FOR the second successive year, Brisbane will be farewelling a favourite son, with Petero Civoniceva yesterday confirming this season would be his last. The Broncos said goodbye to Darren Lockyer last year. Former Broncos prop Shane Webcke, whose last club game was a winning grand final...

JOSH Morris is not getting ahead of himself as far as NSW selection goes, but the Canterbury centre has one hand on a Blues jumper after Penrith's Michael Jennings was yesterday dumped to the NSW Cup. Jennings injured his shoulder against Newcastle two rounds ago but faced Melbourne at...

JOSH Morris is fast becoming a certainty for Ricky Stuart’s New South Wales side after scoring a hat-trick in Canterbury’s 46-12 win over Parramatta on Friday night. Morris, 25, is locked in a battle for the Blues' left edge with Penrith centre Michael Jennings however with some injury...

The RFL has this week welcomed the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) Board, hosting the organisation’s AGM, Executive Board meetings and the first delegate visits for Rugby League World Cup 2013. Highlights of the week included the elevation of Serbia and Lebanon to full member...

Newcastle captain Kurt Gidley has confirmed his NRL season is over with the Knights utility to undergo a shoulder reconstruction. Gidley dislocated his shoulder for the second time this season against Penrith last week and visited his surgeon in Sydney on Monday when it was confirmed he would...

Melbourne moved quickly to offset the disappointment of losing Queensland State of Origin centre Dane Nielsen on Monday by re-signing exciting youngster Justin O'Neill for a further two NRL seasons. The Warriors announced on Monday that they had secured Nielsen to a three-year deal from next...

MELBOURNE'S Billy Slater has returned to the top of the Dally M leaderboard after being awarded three points for his performance against Penrith. Slater has joined teammate Cooper Cronk in the lead with 14 points. Round 9 Dally M votes Bulldogs v Eels - Judge: Andrew Johns 3 S Kasiano...

TOWARDS the end of last year, Nathan Tinkler was sitting front row at the Newcastle Jockey Club for a Knights function when Wayne Bennett was on stage doing an interview with local NBN sports presenter Mike Rabbitt. Bennett was asked how many premierships he expected to win while in charge...

By STEVE MASCORD JOHN Sackson is almost shaking as he talks. You wouldn’t think he had just spent three hours with, ahem, Simon Le Bon. “I think it shows extreme ignorance of what the WARL are about, what rugby league in Western Australia is about,” he pleads. “They have no...

At first glance it comes across as a selection bombshell. He wasn't even in Manly's run-on team for Sunday's match against the Canberra Raiders at Brookvale Oval. Jamie Buhrer doesn't get a lot of recognition because he shares back-row duties with internationals Glenn Stewart, Anthony...

Parramatta will not be parachuting an assistant coach in to help Stephen Kearney after all. The club's board met with Kearney last night, with the result that the coaching set-up won't be changed. The board had approached Jason Taylor, the former Parramatta and South Sydney coach and current...

Queensland State of Origin centre Dane Nielsen will leave the Melbourne Storm at the end of the season to join the Warriors after signing a three-year NRL deal. The 26-year-old, who appeared twice for Queensland last year, said he was intent on performing well for the Storm before his move...

Frustrated Canberra Raiders coach David Furner questioned whether the referees thought the Raiders could win after contentious decisions cost the Raiders dearly in an 18-12 loss to Manly Sea Eagles at Brookvale yesterday. Furner will ring NRL referees boss Bill Harrigan this week because he...

SOUTH Sydney have devised a plan to keep Queensland and Australian star Greg Inglis in the red and green for life. As the Rabbitohs prepare to host Cronulla at ANZ Stadium tomorrow night, Souths boss Shane Richardson said he wants Inglis to play out his career at the Bunnies. Contracted...

Queensland hooker Cameron Smith believes his young Melbourne teammate Justin O'Neill would do a super job if given a crack at the Maroons' wing spot vacated by the injured Jharal Yow Yeh. O'Neill, 21, scored a hat-trick of tries in Saturday night's 44-10 thumping of Penrith that included two...

On a day when the two front-runners for the NSW State of Origin fullback spot - Brett Stewart and Josh Dugan - went head to head, incumbent Anthony Minichiello insisted his form was good enough to keep his place for the series opener on May 23. Stewart and Dugan had strong games at Brookvale...

MITCHELL Pearce has continued his confident form ahead of this month's State of Origin series as Sydney Roosters climbed into a top-eight spot on the NRL ladder thanks to a 24-6 win over Newcastle. The NSW halfback scored one of his side's four tries and played a part in their three others...

George Allen, the famous NFL coach, once said winning is living. Every time you win, you are reborn. When you lose, you die a little. Well, NSW fans have been dying a long slow death watching the Blues slump to six straight series defeats. That's why Ricky Stuart became the coach last year. He...

PAUL GALLEN is on target to break the record for the most metres made by a forward in an NRL season. The record belongs to former Queensland and Australian forward Steve Price, who set a mark of 4515 metres en route to becoming the Dally M prop of the year at the Warriors in 2007. In eight...

NSW coach Ricky Stuart has a ''blueprint'' for success, a master plan to reverse six years of State of Origin domination by Queensland. It defines the qualities he seeks in an Origin player. Few of the hundreds of players who have worn NRL jerseys can be described as an Origin player...

Canterbury coach Des Hasler has hailed free-scoring centre Josh Morris and backed him to shine for NSW should selectors opt to restore him to the Blues line-up for this month's State of Origin opener. Morris grabbed his second hat-trick of the season in the Bulldogs' 46-12 humbling of...

FOR one-on-one showdowns, they don't get better than the shoot-out at Brookvale today. Raiders ace Josh Dugan is aiming to upstage Manly's Brett Stewart in the race to be crowned Blues fullback for Origin I. If Ricky Stuart, who will be at the game, announced his team for the series...

IN isolation, it wasn't the crime of the century. It never is. Michael Jennings went out on Anzac Day with his brothers, had two alcoholic drinks while playing two-up at the Penrith RSL, then went home. No harm done. But Panthers coach Ivan Cleary had heard about Jennings' movements...

TIM Mannah has finally revealed his secret shame. The entire Mannah family are Canterbury supporters. So passionate are the Mannahs about their beloved Doggies, if the Eels star prop starts playing well against them they have been known to turn the TV off in disgust. A group of aunts...

PERTH'S NRL bid yesterday received a major boost after Manly agreed to shift July's grand final replay against the New Zealand Warriors across the Nullarbor. The round 21 fixture will be the first rugby league match played at 40,000-seat Paterson's Stadium in Subiaco, which is home to AFL...

QUEENSLAND superstar Johnathan Thurston believes headgear saved him from a broken cheekbone or jaw injury that almost certainly would have ended his Origin I campaign. Thurston was yesterday feeling remarkably well after recovering from the ugliest attempted shoulder charge of the NRL season...

QUEENSLAND hierarchy will convene this week for one of the most important selection meetings during Mal Meninga's seven-year coaching reign, conceding there is "no real standout" for the vital interchange utility spot vacated by Cooper Cronk. With the Queensland side for Origin I to be named...

NSW'S Origin hopes have taken another hit with halfback Peter Wallace out of the equation after suffering a fresh groin injury as the Broncos' six-match winning streak ended with a Warriors battering last night. And Maroons coach Mal Meninga has a minor headache of his own after key Broncos...

JOHNATHAN Thurston must still be suffering concussion. He actually wants NSW to pick North Queensland's two powerful hitting forwards James Tamou and Tariq Sims for Origin I. Showing absolutely no concern for his own welfare, Thurston yesterday endorsed the two Cowboys forwards to claim...

CHANNEL 9 has launched a $1billion bid to retain NRL TV rights but with a catch _ time-outs during games for commercial breaks, and live Thursday night football The radical proposal is part of a joint bid by Nine and Fox Sports that heralds the most significant changes to TV sport since Kerry...

A consortium of influential US businessmen has moved to scupper Victoria's plans to lock in a State of Origin game for the next six years - by taking a match to Los Angeles. AFL-mad Melbourne wants a permanent slice of the action - and is prepared to pay top dollar for it. An analysis of...

EVENTS Queensland bosses want State of Origin played in a Friday night or weekend timeslot before adopting a fresh interest in making an enhanced bid for future games. In the wake of Victoria's bold $12.5 million pitch to steal Origin matches, Events Queensland chief executive John...

New South Wales should name Peter Wallace as halfback because Mitchell Pearce can't win the Blues a tight match against Queensland, State of Origin legend Bradley Clyde has told Fox Sports News. Clyde also suggested that James Maloney, not Todd Carney, should wear the No.6 jumper for the...

He is one of the favourites to be Queensland's utility back for State of Origin this year, but Ben Barba has also received support to earn a starting jersey for Game I. Former NSW halfback Brett Kimmorley says the Canterbury-Bankstown fullback can take his game to the next level and make his...

NEWCASTLE five-eighth Jarrod Mullen and Canterbury's Josh Reynolds are battling for the NSW Origin utility role made vacant by the injury to Kurt Gidley. The Sunday Telegraph has learned Reynolds has come from nowhere to be under serious consideration by Blues coach Ricky Stuart despite...

PARRAMATTA Eels coach Stephen Kearney has branded his football players as ‘lacking toughness’ following Friday’s humiliating 46-12 thrashing by Canterbury. Under siege from the public, Kearney has been backed by the club’s board and sponsors that his job is safe. The same cannot be said...

PARRAMATTA lock Reni Maitua looks set to miss next Sunday’s match against Canberra after being placed on report for a high tackle in Friday’s 46-12 loss to Canterbury. Maitua’s right arm found the head of Bulldogs captain Michael Ennis with five minutes remaining in the ANZ based clash, the...

LET'S take emotion out of tomorrow night's grudge match between the Bulldogs and the Sea Eagles and concentrate on some facts. For Manly, this round eight blockbuster represents more than just an opportunity to get revenge against their former coach. It's a chance to prove something to...

THREE of the game's biggest player managers - Isaac Moses, David Riolo and George Mimis - have been sensationally banned over their roles in the Melbourne Storm salary cap scandal. The trio has been suspended from representing hundreds of stars for the next six months after being found guilty...

By STEVE MASCORD WARRIORS star Feleti Mateo has apologised to Tonga before tabling an impassioned defence of his decision to make himself eligible for NSW and Australia. With all the focus on James Tamou this week, the selection of the Tongan captain for City has slipped under the radar...

By STEVE MASCORD JOHNATHAN Thurston puts his hands under the armpits of the tiny kid and lifts him high into the Northern Territory sky. “You’ve got to run fast, right?”. The boy giggles before tucking a ball that seems half his size under one wing and hitting a tackling pad hard enough...

MELBOURNE is muscling in with a cashed-up campaign to poach State of Origin games, leaving Queensland in danger of losing one of its marquee matches as soon as next year. Victorian Sports Minister Hugh Delahunty has told The Courier-Mail that Melbourne is seeking hosting rights for one...

SEVERAL NSW hopefuls will return from injury this weekend in time to press their claims for a spot in the team for next month's series opener. Manly duo Glenn and Brett Stewart, Kurt Gidley, Michael Jennings and Peter Wallace have all been named to return from injury for their respective...

HEAVY hitters from the NRL, Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club met for the first time yesterday to discuss how rugby league can charge wagering operators 1.5 per cent of gambling turnover and establish an anti-corruption unit to police match-fixing. Punters across Australia spent close...

THIS is the one-paragraph email from referees boss Bill Harrigan to the 16 coaches that will either make or break the NRL season. After a week of debate over a wrestling crackdown ordered by commission chairman John Grant, Harrigan and his offsider Stuart Raper sent just four short sentences...

NORM Provan has no agenda when it comes to rugby league's hottest debate. At 79, this 10-time premiership winning legend now lives on the Sunshine Coast, and admits he doesn't get to a lot of games these days. Though he's still a fan, still loves the Dragons - and he'll be at Allianz Stadium...

Members of the 1921-22 Kangaroos visit various sites of World War One during their time in France and Belgium THESE are the amazing never-before-seen photos of Kangaroos greats visiting the battlegrounds where their comrades had fallen in World War I. As Australia stops to celebrate Anzac...

THE new ARL Commission has issued official support for the 2015 Anzac Test match to be played at Gallipoli, marking 100 years since the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops during World War I. ARL commissioners held a board meeting last Friday in Auckland - also attended by NZRL CEO...

SOME Manly fans may hate Dessie Hasler - but the champion coach doesn't particularly care. Hasler spoke yesterday about Sea Eagles supporters as the countdown continues toward rugby league's grudge match-of-the-season. Angry that Hasler took almost the entire Manly coaching staff to...

Talking up the opposition is an old Des Hasler ploy, but you sensed the Bulldogs coach took great pride in praising his former team yesterday ahead of Friday's grudge match. There's no hiding the fact there is plenty of animosity between Hasler and the hierarchy at Manly, but it clearly...

Veteran Manly prop Brent Kite admits there's plenty of bad feeling towards Des Hasler around the NRL club, and the Sea Eagles players are excited at the prospect of taking on their former coach and Canterbury on Friday. The round eight clash between Hasler's new club and the team he guided to...

MANLY patriarch Ken Arthurson has revealed Des Hasler made a promise to him not to poach Manly players as speculation mounts that Kieran Foran has already signed a deal to join Canterbury. Arthurson spoke out yesterday as the Sea Eagles and Bulldogs continued to prepare for their highly...

Incumbent NSW fullback Anthony Minichiello is still hopeful of retaining his spot for this year's State of Origin series despite missing a chance to push his claims in City-Country. Minichiello was not selected to play in City's 24-22 win over Country in Mudgee on Sunday but said Sydney...

Not having an NRL game in Brisbane every week is handing rivals AFL and Super Rugby a free kick, according to the Brisbane Bombers expansion consortium. Brisbane Broncos fans had just one home game at Suncorp Stadium in the first month of the premiership and will only be able to watch their...

Ian Heads and Tom Skolarikis IF fate had dealt the cards differently back then, John "Johnno" Stuntz would have had the distinction of having played rugby league for both of tomorrow's Anzac Day clubs, the Dragons and the Roosters. Instead, he died in a trench during the second Battle...