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Brent ReadSenior Sports Writer

Brent Read is one of rugby league’s agenda setters but is also among the nation’s most well-known golf writers. He also covers Olympic sports, writing with authority, wit and enthusiasm. Brent began his career in sport as a soccer player, playing with the Brisbane Strikers in the NSL.

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NRL

Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy on Monday. Pic: Instagram

Storm to get a taste of life without Bellamy

The Melbourne Storm will get a glimpse into the future with assistant coaches Marc Brentnall, Ryan Hinchcliffe and Craig Bellamy’s son Aaron to be handed the reins at the club at stages in 2025.

NRL

DAILY TELEGRAPH. JANUARY 31, 2023.Pictured at 4 Pines Park in Brookvale today is Manly Sea Eagles Coach Anthony Seibold during a press conference. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Agent of chaos: Seibold shaking up the Sea Eagles’ world

Manly coach Anthony Seibold and his staff have tested the limits of his players this pre-season, taking them out of their comfort zone to see how they handle a bit of chaos.

Knights

Multimillion-dollar bidding war erupts for wantaway Knights star

Two rival NRL clubs will wage a big-money battle for the signature of Leo Thompson after the in-demand prop indicated he would be leaving Newcastle at the end of 2025.

NRL

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 29: Latrell Mitchell of the Rabbitohs and Josh Addo-Carr of the Bulldogs embrace following the round four NRL match between South Sydney Rabbitohs and Canterbury Bulldogs at Accor Stadium, on March 29, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Saint, Sinner, Shoosh: Banned stars apply for suspension relief

Latrell Mitchell and Josh Addo-Carr have made a play to have their bans reduced, applying to have the All Stars count toward their suspensions. See the full Saint, Sinner, Shoosh.

NRL

Richard Marles Visit Pom Eye Clinic 050Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs Richard Marles was given a traditional 'sing sing' welcome in Papua New Guinea this week during a visit to the PNG Eye Care Vision Centre at Port Moresby hospital. With Australian Government support, the vision centre is helping improve the lives of many people in PNG where vision impairment is a common problem. "It is estimated around 30 per cent of people aged over 50 in PNG have some level of vision impairment,� Mr Marles said. �But in many cases it is an easily treated condition. Nearly half these people simply require properly prescribed glasses; another third require cataract surgery. "These figures suggest that nearly 80 per cent of this group with vision impairment can have their vision improved with relatively routine treatment," Mr Marles said. The Australian Government announced the Avoidable Blindness Initiative in 2008 to provide medical assistance, spectacles and low-cost vision services for people who would not otherwise have access to eye care. The programme is delivered by Vision 2020, Australia's Global Consortium which is a partnership of nine Australian eye health and vision care organisations. The consortium is developing eye clinics and training local staff to ensure that PNG has sustainable capacity to address its own eye health needs in years to come.

‘It is priceless’: Labor gets sport and politics right with PNG deal

The confirmation of Papua New Guinea’s entry to the NRL is the culmination of years of quiet diplomacy by the Government, BRENT READ talks to one of the key architects of the plan to see why it matters so much for the region.

Olympics

NCA. PARIS FRANCE. 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES. August 4 2024 - Athletics at Stade de France. Australian Torrie Lewis during her heat of the womens 200 mtr . Pic: Michael Klein

‘Everyone just started going crazy’: Inside Australia’s athletics boom

Gout Gout is not the only athletics ace to put the world on notice. Torrie Lewis is training with a track legend to continue her rise and reveals what it’s like to be part of Australia’s new wave.

NRL

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos December 12, 2024: Chair of the Australian Rugby League Commission Peter V'landys speaks to the media after Papua New Guinea, James Marape and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held a joint Press conference in Sydney on bi-lateral security arrangements and PNG's engtry into the NRL. . Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard

NRL braces for WWIII over expansion, TAB’s historic PNG call

The NRL will be hard pressed to juggle the desire for expansion teams to be competitive with the demands from legacy teams regarding poaching, while the TAB has revealed a record prediction for PNG’s price to win a premiership.

NRL

US rugby superstar Ilona Maher is interested in playing in the NRLW. Pic: Instagram

Sport Con: US social media star ‘down to try NRL’

American rugby star Ilona Maher boasts over 8 million followers combined on Instagram and TikTok and she could soon be bringing that star power to the NRLW. That and more in Sport Confidential.

NRL

Daily Telegraph. 08, September, 2022.NRL chiefs, Dino Mezzatesta, Jim Sarantinos, Blake Solly, Brian Fletcher and Nick Politis, at the Daily Telegraph NRL Finals Lunch, at Allianz Stadium, Moore Park, today.Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Inside story: Late-night texts, $68m golden handshake behind PNG call

The NRL’s expansion into PNG almost collapsed the night before the historic announcement, before the clubs signed off on a monster payment. This is the dramatic story of how the deal was sealed.

NRL

Peter V'landys will turn his attention to Western Australia.

NRL eyes western front after PVL conquers PNG

With Papua New Guinea confirmed as the NRL’s next team, Peter V’landys will shift his attention to Western Australia, as the race for a 20-team competition continues.

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