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Jamie’s Slim London Pickings
By STEVE MASCORD FROM here, Jamie Soward could throw the ball over the crossbar. We are sitting on the rock hard surface of the Richardson Evans Memorial Ground, training headquarters of the London...
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The A-List: JAMAL IDRIS (Gold Coast, NSW, Indigenous Allstars & Australia)
By STEVE MASCORD “The first few swings missed me, I ducked back and it went across my face. The next time it got me…” Jamal Idris is talking about September 2010 in Forster, where – at a family...
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The A-List: MATT GILLETT (Brisbane, Queensland & Australian Prime Minister’s...
By STEVE MASCORD MATT Gillett squints in the sunshine at Moore Park. We’re standing under a tree but it doesn’t provide much shelter on a balmy Sydney spring day. And he recounts a pledge his Brisbane...
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The A-List: CHRIS McQUEEN (South Sydney & Queensland)
By STEVE MASCORD FROM his tongue stud to his South Sydney playing number tattooed on his neck, Chris McQueen is the archetypal ‘Nu Skool’ rugby league player. So when he talks about Facebook and ‘the...
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WLF TV: The Union – Luke Morley and Pete Shoulder interview
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The A-List: PAUL WELLENS (St Helens, England & Great Britain)
By STEVE MASCORD PAUL Wellens’ appointment as part of England coach Steve McNamara’s support staff for the World Cup may well have prompted some of his long-term St Helens team-mates to offer a wry...
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The A-List: MANU VATUVEI (Warriors & New Zealand)
By STEVE MASCORD MANU Vatuvei seems like a man who rugby league played a big role in creating. Raised on what the cliches always describe as the “rough streets of South Auckland”, the 27-year-old has...
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The A-List: SAM BURGESS (South Sydney, NRL All Stars, England & Great Britain)
By STEVE MASCORD ON a dreary, cold, wet Sydney day, the redeveloped Redfern Oval gives off an unearthly green hue. It’s almost as if the lighting that allows Melbourne AAMI Park to turn the colour of...
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The A-List: JARRYD HAYNE (Parramatta, NSW, NRL All Stars & Australia)
By STEVE MASCORD IN the middle of this interview, Jarryd Hayne’s answers get shorter. It seems like he’s had enough. Your correspondent has to spell it out: ‘this story has to run to about 1500 words,...
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Benji Marshall: Leaving The Blues Behind
By STEVE MASCORD “I WAS shattered by that,” says Benji Marshall, staring back at me, unflinching. Since his return to rugby league last year, the iconic Kiwi magician has given a number of brutally...
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The A-List: Ryan Hall (:eeds & England)
By STEVE MASCORD HE can solve a Rubik’s Cube in 45 seconds, once addressed his team-mates on how Pythagorus Theorum affects every day life and plays saxophone, piano, guitar and violin. Leeds’ 105kg...
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The A-List: JOSH HOFFMAN (Gold Coast, Indigenous All Stars & New Zealand)
By STEVE MASCORD JOSH Hoffman is said to have greeted reporters for his first media opportunity this year by saying “haven’t seen you guys for a while”. The smiling 27-year-old Titans fullback was a...
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The A-List: FRANK PRITCHARD (Hull, New Zealand & Samoa)
By STEVE MASCORD “WHEN he walked into training, the session stopped,” Hull coach Lee Radford says. “That doesn’t happen for me, I can’t do that.” It’s early in the season. The wind howls in off the...
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