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• Blood passports for NRL announced

  

  The NRL has announced blood passports will be introduced to guard against doping

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• AFL Rubdown | Round 8 – Echoes of Eurovision

  

  THE AFL RUBDOWN | It was the round where the AFL dished up the very best, worst, sublime and ridiculous it could possibly muster. Surely it was no coincidence it fell on the same weekend as Eurovision – as the parallels were a bit spooky.

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• Should Dave Warner shut the tweet up?

  

  OPINION | David Warner has fallen foul of the dreaded foot-in-tweet disease that has infected sport. Social media, we all have access to it; the majority of us use it on a daily basis. So what should happen when someone misuses it for a personal attack?

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• Cooper must share the load more: Deans

  

  Adding fuel to the Wallabies selection fire, coach Robbie Deans says Quade Cooper needs to be less tackle-shy and share playmaking duties because his attacking game has become predictable.

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• Huge pressure for Mark Webber at Monaco in F1

  

  The Monaco F1 Grand Prix this weekend looms as a career-saver for Australia’s Mark Webber.

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• Tom Waterhouse $50m NRL sponsor bid fails

  Bookmaker Tom Waterhouse has lost a bid to become the official sponsor of the NRL.

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• Make the most of June with Try Tag Rugby one day festivals

  

  With a record 185 teams competing in tag rugby early summer competitions across London and Reading, there is plenty in store for keen taggers to get their tag rugby fix – including two one day festivals this June.

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• AFL Rubdown | Round 7 – Waving the white flag

  

  THE AFL RUBDOWN | Round 7 welcomed viewers back to normal programming as all the drama, anguish, pure euphoria and brain-fades returned with a passion – maybe making up for the previous weeks snorefest.

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• Ashes mission not impossible

  

  OPINION | An Aussie victory in the Ashes this summer is about as likely as finding a Pom who actually believes it will happen, right? Well, in ANDY COLLET we’ve just defied the odds on one, so start believing.

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• Signing up for summer: Try Tag Rugby numbers soar

  

  With the early summer tag rugby season well under way Try Tag Rugby numbers are soaring across London and Reading. Taggers are also gearing up for Try Tag Rugby’s annual Corporate Challenge held in Regent’s Park on Friday 24 May.

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• NZ end Sevens series with London triumph over Australia

  

  World series winners New Zealand have hammered Australia 47-12 in the final of the London sevens rugby tournament.

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• Record crowds expected at London Rugby Sevens

  

  The final leg of this season’s HSBC Sevens World Series takes place this weekend, 11-12 May 2013, at Twickenham Stadium. Themed ‘Safari’, it will see Australia take on seven of the world’s best Seven rugby teams over two days. For 24 hours only on 9 May tickets to the Sunday matches will be £17.50 – find out more below.

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• AFL on a Roman Holiday: Wandsworth Demons vs Roma Blues

  

  On Saturday 26 April, local Aussie rules team Wandsworth Demons ventured to Rome for a friendly against the Roma Blues.

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• AFL Rubdown | Round 6

  

  THE AFL RUBDOWN | This was the weekend we had to have. I mean it definitely wasn’t a bad round of footy; it was just a little bit predictable. Tipsters will be feeling like Nostradamus, as many would have successfully picked the nine wins.

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• Daley relieved as Gallen fit for State of Origin

  

  NSW State of Origin coach Laurie Daley admitted concern when the talismanic forward Paul Gallen went down just three minutes into Cronulla’s upset NRL win over Newcastle on Sunday.

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• Bernard Tomic’s father in alleged assault

  Former players say Bernard Tomic should dump dad after he allegedly punched the Australian tennis star’s training partner.

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• Whincup, Lowndes top V8 Supercar podiums in Perth

  

  In an ominous sign following a sluggish start to the season, Red Bull Racing pair Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes sealed a three-race clean sweep of the V8 Supercar races in Perth on Sunday.

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• Andrew Johns: I ‘looked like a goose’

  “The people involved are a beat-up jockey, a brothel owner and a footballer, and that’s what’s got us sitting here today,” Gai Waterhouse tells inquiry in to racing scandal.

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• Tumeke win inaugural Hog ‘N’ Ale Tag Rugby Festival

  

  Four London based teams made the trek down to London Irish Rugby Club’s home ground in Sunbury to battle it out with the eight local sides that were curious about tag rugby and decided to give it a go.

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• British Lions vs the Wallabies: Shaping up for the show-down

  

  IN THE DEN | Charlie Inglefield, Australian Times rugby correspondent recently returned from down under, assesses the forthcoming Lions series in Australia and contemplates each team’s chances in what promises to be one of the most exciting rugby duals seen in recent years.

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