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On the Road – regional sports stories from across Australia. ABC Grandstand’s new weekly sports show hosted by Phil Staley which tells sporting yarns from Regional Australia. This week footy fever has hit Hughenden in the Queensland’s northwest, with locals following the NQ Cowboys incredible march to the grand final this weekend after just scraping into the NRL finals series. We also visit the NSW town of Trundle, where once again sport has saved the day… or in this case, the town.
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| UpdatedThe western Victorian town of Horsham is already a grand final winner, cashing in as busloads of travelling Adelaide supporters stop and spend on their way to Melbourne.
Topics: small-business, australian-football-league, sport, horsham-3400, melbourne-3000, adelaide-5000
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The Koori Knockout is one of the largest gatherings of Indigenous people in the country, and for people like Parramatta's Will Smith, this beloved festival of rugby league is all about family.
Topics: rugby-league, sport, indigenous-other-peoples, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, leichhardt-2040, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedPatriotism can be used as a weapon to silence of disqualify those we don't agree with. But patriotism can also be the essence of civic morality, Stan Grant writes.
Topics: race-relations, government-and-politics, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sport, activism-and-lobbying, world-politics, donald-trump, australia
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This year's AFL grand final will witness a phenomenon not seen since 1898 — as not a single player from Adelaide or Richmond will have previous grand final experience.
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Streaker Helen D'Amico disrupted the 1982 VFL grand final between Carlton and Richmond after the Blues kicked a goal to hit the front. Carlton went on to beat the Tigers 14.19 103 to 12.13 85.
Topics: australian-football-league, victorian-football-league-vfl, sport, richmond-3121, carlton-3053, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWhat went wrong when Richmond lost the 1982 VFL grand final? It hailed, Rolf Harris was the half-time entertainment and the Tigers couldn't withstand a fired-up Carlton team after a streaker stole the show.
Topics: australian-football-league, victorian-football-league-vfl, sport, melbourne-3000, carlton-3053, richmond-3121, perth-6000, vic, wa
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| UpdatedRichmond's Damien Hardwick and Trent Cotchin and Adelaide's Don Pyke and Taylor Walker at the AFL's pre-grand final press conference.
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| UpdatedToday they'll be like hostile nations at war, but yesterday Crows and Tigers fans were united by a love of AFL football as anticipation builds in Melbourne before the premiership battle.
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| UpdatedThe yellow and black haze that has taken over grand final week presents unique challenges for Richmond and Adelaide, but both sides believe they are equipped to handle them.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedFooty fans cop a belting as corporate Australia goes in harder come finals, writes Andrew Robertson.
Topics: consumer-protection, australian-football-league, nrl, sport, australia
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| UpdatedLook back at all the colour and excitement of the grand final parade ahead of Saturday's showdown between the Richmond Tigers and Adelaide Crows.
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| UpdatedEngland suspends all-rounder Ben Stokes and opener Alex Hales from international cricket until further notice after the pair were involved in an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub.
Topics: ashes, cricket, sport, crime, law-crime-and-justice, england, united-kingdom
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Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, human-interest, offbeat, cairns-4870, townsville-4810
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Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, human-interest, offbeat, cairns-4870, townsville-4810
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When costs to fly to Sydney for the NRL grand final skyrocketed, one north Queensland couple decided their budget was not going to stop them seeing their beloved Cowboys play.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, community-and-society, sport, lifestyle-and-leisure, cairns-4870, townsville-4810
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Pero Cameron, a two-time Olympian and the current Gold Coast Rollers coach, will be honoured with a spot in the FIBA Hall of Fame alongside basketball's biggest names including Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jordan.
Topics: basketball, sport, qld, surfers-paradise-4217
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| UpdatedWaleed Aly is known mostly as a TV and radio presenter, but there are two other roles he's not as well known for that will bring him the most pride this grand final weekend.
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| UpdatedDespite two Dally M Medals, a Clive Churchill Medal and countless other team and individual honours, Cooper Cronk risks ending his career as a criminally underrated player.
Topics: sport, rugby-league, nrl, melbourne-3000, vic, brisbane-4000, townsville-4810, qld, australia
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The Tony Abbott v Macklemore barney has become another chapter of politics and sport overlapping.
Topics: marriage, community-and-society, government-and-politics, sport, nrl, australia
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| UpdatedThe versatile Andy Otten retains his place in the Crows team along with Hugh Greenwood for this Saturday's AFL grand final clash with Richmond.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedThe long wait may be over but Tassie footy fans finally celebrating a national team are not convinced about naming of the new North Melbourne women's team.
Topics: sports-organisations, australian-football-league, sport, tas
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| UpdatedDavid Warner scores and impressive ton as Australia gets its first one-day international win away from home in more than a year.
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England Test vice-captain Ben Stokes could be in doubt for this year's Ashes tour after he was arrested following an alleged late-night pub fight in Bristol that left a man in hospital with facial injuries.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, sport, cricket, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedFootage emerges showing England all-rounder Ben Stokes throwing about a dozen punches in a late-night brawl that left him with a broken finger and a cloud hanging over this year's Ashes campaign.
Topics: sport, cricket, law-crime-and-justice, england, united-kingdom