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Jennifer Browning
Jennifer Browning is a sports reporter for the ABC based in Sydney. She joined the ABC in 2008. Follow Jennifer on Twitter (@jen_browning) and Instagram (@jen_browning).
Hasler doesn't want to risk his Bulldogs players in City v Country Analysis
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Des Hasler says he would happily risk his Bulldogs players two days after State of Origin, but he does not want them included in next week's last ever City v Country game.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, mudgee-2850, canterbury-2193, australia, nsw
Tigers withdraw offer after re-signing deadline for Woods, Tedesco expires
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The Wests Tigers are set to lose star duo Aaron Woods and James Tedesco after the pair let their deadline to re-sign expire.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
The NRL soap opera surrounding contract negotiations Analysis
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The daily dose of drama surrounding contract negotiations has transformed the NRL into a soap opera as the Wests Tigers face the prospect of losing three players from their big four.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, balmain-2041, canterbury-2193, australia, nsw
Swans need quick turnaround as Giants eye yet another first
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The Sydney Swans need to turn around their worst start to a season in 24 years against local rival GWS, eyeing its own piece of history at the SCG.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
Alex Johnson 'indebted' to Swans as he makes ultimate comeback
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In what could be one of the greatest AFL comeback stories, Sydney Swans defender Alex Johnson is hoping to return to competitive football after five years and five knee reconstructions.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, sydney-2000
Western Force, Melbourne Rebels on Super Rugby chopping block
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The ARU puts the futures of Australian rugby clubs Melbourne Rebels and Western Force on life support, confirming one of them will be dumped at the end of the Super Rugby season.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, sports-organisations, sydney-2000
Winx gears up for 17-straight wins at Randwick
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Can Winx make it 17 wins in a row at the Queen Elizabeth Stakes? It would make for one hell of a finish at the season finale of racing in Sydney.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, randwick-2031, nsw, australia
Randwick's 100yo Newmarket racehorse sales yard to close
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The closure of Sydney's Newmarket sales yard, where some of the nation's best race horses were auctioned off, will mark the end of an era for the sport.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, randwick-2031, nsw, sydney-2000
Hasler has no intentions of leaving Bulldogs despite slow start
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Canterbury Bulldogs coach Des Hasler is under siege after a poor start to the 2017 NRL season, but he has no plans to walk away from the challenge.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, canterbury-2193, nsw, australia
Players backing Hasler after Bulldogs' pitiful showing against Manly
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Des Hasler's players are standing by him following the Bulldogs' 36-0 shellacking at the hands of Manly to take Canterbury to an unwanted 1-3 record.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, canterbury-2193, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
All Blacks security consultant enters not guilty plea to bugging charge
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All Blacks security consultant Adrian Gard denies making a false statement to police about finding a listening device in the team's hotel meeting room in Sydney last August.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, rugby-union, sport, waverley-2024, double-bay-2028, new-zealand
Sydney Swans not losing ground in women's AFL: CEO
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Sydney Swans CEO Andrew Ireland says he does not believe the club is losing ground to the Giants because it doesn't have a women's team, as it launches a diversity action plan.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, women, sydney-2000
NRL bans betting options 'susceptible to manipulation'
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The NRL bans several exotic bets in its top-flight competition and punting on its under 20s league in a bid to boost the integrity of the sport ahead of tomorrow night's season opener.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, gambling, sport, sydney-2000
CEO Greenberg admits NRL has 'room to improve'
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NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg declares the game has only been operating at 75 per cent and needed to do better in 2017.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000
Winx on cusp of equalling Phar Lap record at Royal Randwick
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Champion mare Winx will equal the legendary Phar Lap's record of 14 straight victories with a win at Royal Randwick this weekend.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, randwick-2031, nsw, australia
NRL won't push for women's league on the back of AFLW momentum
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NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg says the code will not be quick to follow in the footsteps of the AFL and launch a national women's competition.
Topics: sport, rugby-league, nrl, sydney-2000, armidale-2350, nsw, australia
NRL wants compulsory education and training for players
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In the wake of Ben Barba's departure to French rugby, the NRL now wants all players to study at university or do some training during their rugby league careers.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
Aussie women's team relegated to practice field for Sydney Sevens match
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Australia's all-conquering women's rugby sevens team will play pivotal knockout games on a suburban training ground at this week's event in Sydney.
Topics: rugby-7, rugby-union, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
Education process not to blame for drug infringements: NRL
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The NRL says its education process is not to blame for the latest controversy to hit the game.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, doping-in-sports, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, australia
NSW Origin team moves base to within spitting distance of Qld
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New South Wales State of Origin coach Laurie Daley believes moving his team's preparations closer to Queensland will mean less time spent in 'enemy territory'.
Topics: rugby-league, state-of-origin, sport, nrl, kingscliff-2487, sydney-2000
Players call for NRL v clubs stoush to be resolved 'sooner rather than later'
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Warriors veteran Ryan Hoffman says he hopes the ongoing dispute between the clubs and the game's administration gets sorted out quickly so players can secure their futures.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, new-zealand
ARLC chairman Grant renews talks in desperate attempt to keep job
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Under-siege Australian Rugby League Commission chairman John Grant is desperate to keep his job after a marathon meeting over the ongoing funding stoush with the NRL clubs.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, australia
Cheika, Jones bury the hatchet over a glass of red
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The feud between Wallabies coach Michael Cheika and England counterpart Eddie Jones is over.
Topics: rugby-union, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
Checkered flag to fall on Sydney 500 finale
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Seven years after it was launched as the Supercars' attempt to crack a busy Sydney sports market, the Sydney 500 will be run for the last time this weekend.
Topics: australian-touring-cars, motor-sports, sport, sydney-2000, newcastle-2300, nsw, australia
NRL funding at the heart of clubs vs Grant stoush
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The NRL has been warned it is sitting on a debt time bomb, as the stoush deepens between its clubs and the game's administration.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000
