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Super League round 15: HULL KR 32 HULL 30 at Etihad Stadium
By THOMAS McCOOEY and TOM CARLISLE HULL coach Peter Gentle labelled a try to rival half Michael Dobson, awarded by referee Steve Ganson despite a blatant Rhys Lovegrove forward pass, as “farcical” “It...
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Super League round one: LEEDS 36 HULL 6 at Headingley
By STEVE MASCORD FORMER Wests Tigers star Gareth Ellis didn’t even make it to kick-off in his Super League return, with fears a broken foot suffered in the warm-up before a loss to Leeds last night...
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TRAVELS: V
By STEVE MASCORD THE old ‘Aussie take on the British game” routine has been done to death over the years – but I’m sure it’s what you’re expecting from me this week. Since about 1970, Australian media...
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THE JOY OF SIX: Round 23
1. WHAT PRICE COMPASSION? SHOULD a player who gains compassionate leave profit financially from it? According to NRL head of football operations Todd Greenberg, capping payments made to a player...
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Challenge Cup final: WIGAN 16 HULL 0 at Wembley Stadium
By STEVE MASCORD FORMER Wests Tigers assistant Peter Gentle referred to a reporter as a “boofhead” for suggesting he was about to be sacked after seeing his Hull side pummelled in the Challenge Cup...
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THE JOY OF SIX: Round 24
By STEVE MASCORD TOMKINS GOING NOWHERE WE long ago just started assuming that Sam Tomkins is joining the New Zealand Warriors next year. But at one point, his coach at Wigan Shaun Wane was supposed to...
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Renewing Your Vows With Rugby League
By STEVE MASCORD RUGBY league is beginning to engage in what high school economics taught us to call “vertical integration”. We have bought out a participant sport that provides us with players and...
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DISCORD 2014: Can Duncan Thompson’s ‘Contract Football’ Save Rugby League?
By STEVE MASCORD EARLY in a recent Super League game, commentator Paul Cullen remarked: “We’ve been going for 10 minutes and there’s not a blade of grass that’s not been stood on”. Leaving aside the...
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Rankin: I Could Have Been Washed Up At 21
By STEVE MASCORD BOOM Wests Tigers winger Jordan Rankin says he could have been washed up barely into his 20s if not for a career-saving two-year stint with Hull. In 2008, Rankin became the third...
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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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