28/08/2008 | VETERAN Uralla prop Anthony Kaberry may be in the twilight of his long and illustrious career but he has made a huge mark on this year’s Group 19 premiership.
The 38-year-old former St George and South Sydney player and Uralla junior was last night named Group 19 player of the year at Tingha.
27/08/2008 | NRL
SYDNEY: Brett Hodgson says Wests Tigers players have been officially put on notice by coach Tim Sheens’s forecast of an off-season player cleanout at the NRL club.
Sheens sensationally vowed heads would roll after Saturday’s 48-16 loss to Manly left the join-venture club facing a third straight NRL season without finals football.
27/08/2008 | RUGBY LEAGUE
WERRIS Creek star Stewart Porter says he is hanging up his boots for good after this Saturday’s Group 4 Second Division grand final against Dungowan but another of his veteran teammates will need to have a win at the judiciary before he can take part.
26/08/2008 | SCONE Thoroughbreds may welcome back three forwards to bolster their pack for this Sunday’s preliminary final against Greta Branxton Colts.
Country lock Daniel Ritter, prop Jason Thompson and young gun James Barker all missed Sunday’s major semi- final loss to Singleton.
25/08/2008 | A STUNNING 10-minute second-half burst yielding five tries has propelled Singleton Greyhounds to another Thiess Services Group 21 grand final.
Down 12-6 at half-time, and lucky not be 18-6 down early in the second half, the Greyhounds whipped into their best try-scoring form to overrun the Thoroughbreds with a five-try demolition and win 38-12.
“We didn’t play very well in the first half and Scone had a fair bit of the ball,” Singleton coach Mark Newman said last night.
25/08/2008 | GUNNEDAH is now the only non-Tamworth side left in the race for the Group 4 premiership after the Bulldogs overcame a courageous Wee Waa in yesterday’s knockout final at Gunnedah’s Kitchener Park.
The Panthers only used 14 players and led 12-nil early but couldn’t keep it up as the Bulldogs turned around a dismal completion rate to score 38 unanswered points either side of halftime.
25/08/2008 | WERRIS Creek only needed 12 men on Saturday to fight off Bendemeer and book a place in next Saturday’s Group 4 Second Division grand final against Dungowan.
The Magpies played for nearly an hour without a full complement but had too much class and determination for the Mountain Men and won the final 30-20 at David Taylor Park.
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22/08/2008 | GUNNEDAH is starting to get excited about its side’s biggest game since its 1998 premiership success with a huge crowd expected at Kitchener Park for Sunday’s minor semi-final against Wee Waa.
The Bulldogs will start favourites too after securing the home semi on percentages from the Panthers.
“It’s been 10 years since we’ve had a home final here,” Gunnedah club president Mal Walsh said.
22/08/2008 | SYDNEY: Canberra chief executive Don Furner yesterday backed down from his fiery outburst as the NRL defended its judicial system against claims of inconsistency.
21/08/2008 | HILLVUE Public School got caught by the quarter-final bug again in Sydney yesterday, falling a game short of the Legends of League semi-finals.
The Tamworth side repeated their efforts of a fortnight ago when they reached the quarter finals of the NSW All Schools finals, going down to St Bosco’s Cronulla at Granville Park yesterday 26-16 at the final eight stage.
21/08/2008 | SYDNEY: Canberra claimed they were not given a fair hearing after forward Tom Learoyd-Lahrs was last night suspended for the rest of the season by the NRL judiciary for his dangerous throw on Ben Cross.
21/08/2008 | SCONE Thoroughbreds have resisted the urge to play Country star Daniel Ritter in Sunday’s Thiess Services Group 21 first grade major semi-final although their opponents believe otherwise.
8/08/2008 | THEY’RE at it again.
Tamworth’s biggest footy rivals square off for the final time before the Group 4 playoffs at Bear Park on Sunday and, as always, there’s plenty to play for.
5/08/2008 | RELATIONS between Group 4 clubs West Lions and Moree are at an all-time low.
Moree coach Paul Raveneau yesterday hit back at West counterpart Tony La Chiusa’s claims in yesterday’s Leader that Moree players were violent and their fans abusive at Taylor Oval on Sunday but the West coach is not backing down.
30/07/2008 | WHO would want to be Australian Idol when you can be a Kooty Idol instead?
The Kootingal-Moonbi Junior Rugby League Football Club is hoping plenty of people will at least try to become the first ever Kooty Idol at the Kootingal Hotel this Saturday .
30/07/2008 | WEE Waa will sweat on the availability of representative forward Wade Mallinson ahead of Saturday’s crucial clash with Coonabarabran after he was sent off in Saturday’s 34-20 win over Narrabri at Cook Oval.
29/07/2008 | NORTH Tamworth coach Matt Parsons has extra incentive to help the Bears win their fourth straight Group 4 premiership this year after deciding to step down from the job at the end of the season.
28/07/2008 | By Leader sports reporter Grant Robertson
LESS than 24 hours after he told a group of 10-year-old footy battlers from Uralla to stick to their guns Sonny Bill Williams was walking – in fact flying – out on his club, his teammates, fans and the game that made him a star.
28/07/2008 | SYDNEY: David Gallop has called for help from the International Rugby Board to quash Sonny Bill Williams’ apparent bid to play rugby union in France, a move which would end his NRL career for good.
“If Sonny Bill were to play overseas, the door would be closed on him returning to the NRL at anytime in the future,” Gallop declared yesterday.
16/07/2008 | ARMIDALE has welcomed the Cambridge University touring side to town but all the pleasantries go out the window for 80 minutes this evening when the Pommies face a New England Select XIII at the University of New England.