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Will Swanton is a sportswriter who’s won Walkley, Kennedy, Sport Australia and News Awards. He’s won the Melbourne Press Club’s Harry Gordon Award for Australian Sports Journalist of the Year.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 30: Broncos captain Ali Brigginshaw and Brittany Breayley of the Broncos hold the NRLW Trophy aloft after winning the 2018 NRL Women's Premiership Grand Final match between the Sydney Roosters and the Brisbane Broncos at ANZ Stadium on September 30, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Broncos make history as first women’s champs

The fist-pumping, finger-wagging Brisbane Broncos won the inaugural WNRL grand final at ANZ Stadium.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 27: Blake Ferguson of the Roosters is welcomed by fans during the 2018 NRL Fan Day at the Entertainment Quarter on September 27, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Redemptive Ferguson determined to make history, not dwell on it

Blake Ferguson’s grand final story is one of redemption but the star has no interest in talking about the past.

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27/9/18: Clovelly Crocodiles junior rugby league players, L to R... Rugby Mangan and Louis Fox(blonde) in the front and L-R back: Yestyn Ryan, Harper Warnock & Maxim Mitsios at Burrows Park in Clovelly in Sydney's east. Roosters player Victor Radley is the only Roosters player in Sunday's grand final who grew up in the eastern suburbs. He played for the lovelly Crocodiles. John Feder/The Australian.

Local hero, fear factor zero

Forget Cooper Cronk. Roosters fans are focused on their home-grown hit machine, Victor Radley.

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Sydney Roosters Luke Keary and Melbourne Storm's Cameron Munster and pose for a portrait ahead of the 2018 NRL Grand Final. Picture: Brett Costello

Keary savours hard yards on march to glory

Luke Keary was magnificent when Cooper Cronk was rendered nearly immobile in the preliminary final against South Sydney.

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(L-R) Sydney Roosters players James Tedesco, Boyd Cordner and Dylan Napa are seen during a team training session at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Monday, September 24, 2018. The Sydney Roosters play the Melbourne Storm in the NRL Grand Final at ANZ Stadium on Sunday. (AAP Image/Brendan Esposito) NO ARCHIVING

Dylan’s been pacing like a headless chook

Dylan Napa is where the danger sparks from in the Sydney Roosters pack.

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NRL

25/9/18: Melbourne Storm fullback, Billy Slater and coach, Craig Bellamy in the lift after being found not guilty after fronting the NRL judiciary over his shoulder charging incident. John Feder/The Australian.

Freed Billy to get his grand finale

Billy Slater provided nearly an hour of detailed evidence before a panel of ex-players cleared him to play in his final game.

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Roosters Cooper Cronk with his arm in a sling during the Sydney Roosters Grand Final media opportunity at the SCG, ahead of the 2018 NRL Grand Final. Picture: Brett Costello

Why Cronk will be a grand final passenger

Even if God and science allow Cooper Cronk to start the NRL grand final, there’s no guarantee he will finish it.

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NRL

Cronk’s quest doesn’t add up but he’ll give it a big shot

Cooper Cronk’s attempt to recover from a six-week shoulder injury in five days may be best left to God rather than science.

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NRL

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 21: Billy Slater of the Melbourne Storm waves goodbye to supporters in the crowd after winning the NRL Preliminary Final match between the Melbourne Storm and the Cronulla Sharks at AAMI Park on September 21, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Bambi’s hopes hang on panel

Bambi needs no introduction. He’s the fullback for the Melbourne Storm.

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Adam Reynolds converts a try during Wests Tigers v South Sydney Rabbitohs NRL game at Allianz Stadium in Sydney.

Rabbitohs-Roosters a fitting farewell

After 30 years the Sydney Football Stadium is being torn down. You couldn’t find a more fitting farewell: Rabbitohs v the Roosters.

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