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Johnathan Thurston Becomes One Of The Greats As Cowboys Win First NRL Grand Final
The North Queensland Cowboys have won the 2015 NRL Grand Final 17 to 16 in a thrilling showdown.
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In the first all-Queensland grand final in the NRL’s history, it was the Johnathan Thurston-driven Cowboys who defeated an aggressive and stubborn Brisbane Broncos.
Trailing the match 14-12 at half time, the Cowboys returned after the break to play-out an almost scoreless second half, but for the final minute.
Much of the attention before and after the match was on Cowboys’ captain Johnathan Thurston.
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Thurston had officially won a grand final playing for the Canterbury Bulldogs, acting as a stand-in for injured Bulldog’s player Steve Price. Because of his few appearances in the Bulldog’s jersey, Thurston famously offered his premiership ring to Price - who refused to accept it.
As such, Thurston’s storied career, which has so far seen him be a part of a dominant Kangaroos squad and a record-setting Queensland State of Origin team, has always been pitched as one void of a grand final victory.…more
Joseph Parker vs. Kali Meehan
October 15, the brother Joseph Parker takes on Kali Meehan!
Who will take it out?
How will Joseph Parker cope against the reigning Super 8 champion Kali Meehan...
Plus the Buttabean rematch, welterweight wonder Jeff Horn and KO King Izu Ugonoh
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Samoa team banned from fast food
Samoan management have banned it's players from eating at the McDonald's and KFC restaurants near their hotel.
Even though their Tongan brothers were taken under the wing of their local Nando's, the Samoan team unfortunately will have to make do without the fast-food until after the tournament.
Flyhalf Tusi Pisi said: "All I can see are the fast food restaurants across the road (but) coach barred us from there."
Tonga on the other hand visited Nando's 10 days in a row, with some players going more than once a day - making the restaurant in Exeter their second home.
"The team, which has been based in Exeter, Devon, got ready for their second game of the tournament with several peri-peri binges" reported The Mirror.
This news follows reports of the Candian team eating the World Cup organisers out of house and home, when the team's kitchen staff had to scramble to get more food after consuming 22lbs of roast beef in 15mins.
This is Lima Sopoaga (lululemon)
A story about the extremities of being an athlete and the sport of rugby. Despite injury and disappointment, the love for the game will triumph every single time. This is Lima Sopoaga.
Hayne hits the streets of Adelaide!
Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
Is it a Flying Fijian?!
NO!
ITS THE HAYNE TRAIN....?!
Youtube Comedy Duo The Royal Stampede impersonate Aussie NFL player - Jarryd Hayne, hitting up the public with the NFL skills of the former NRL superstar in this hilarious clip!
Manueli to deliver the official match ball at the opening match of Rugby World Cup 2015
Watch the moment Manueli discovers that he has won the opportunity to deliver the official match ball at the opening match of Rugby World Cup 2015, England v Fiji.
All Blacks welcomed to Rugby World Cup 2015
Jerome Kaino talks us through the All Blacks official welcome to Rugby World Cup 2015 at the Tower of London.
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Don Opeloge has won bronze for Samoa!
The champion gold winning Opeloge family who took out the weightlifting medals for Samoa at the South Pacific Games and now their family tradition has been extended, with the youngest Opeloge weightlifting star - bringing home the bronze for Samoa at the Youth Commonwealth Games this week!
16 year-old weightlifter Don Opeloge has won bronze for Samoa during the afternoon session of the 77kg Men's Weightlifting competition at Tuanaimato, Samoa.
Don lifted 96kg in the Snatch and 122kg in the Clean and Jerk for a total of 218kg.
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Check out the highlights form the Commonwealth Youth Games 2015!
How Can Tiny Samoa Dominate The NFL?
When University of Washington Defensive Tackle Danny Shelton arrived for the NFL Draft in Chicago wearing traditional Samoan dress and almost choked the life out of Commissioner Goodell in an on-stage hug, it symbolized the amazing dominance that one tiny island and its’ Polynesian neighbors have in NFL football. Five Polynesian players were selected in the first 66 picks of the 2015 NFL Draft, the most ever for the first three rounds. Over 70 players in the NFL are of Polynesian descent. There are 30 players from American Samoa in the NFL and more than 200 play Division I NCAA Football. A Samoan male is 56 times more likely to play in the NFL than an American non-Samoan.
Super Bowl Champions Jesse Sapolu and Ma’a Tanuvassa along with Kevin Kaplan and his company Coaching Charities decided to pay recognition to the contributions by establishing a Polynesian Football Hall of Fame in 2013. It had its’ first group of inductees the next year including players like Junior Seau, Kevin Mawae and Jack Thompson (“The Throwing Samoan”).…more
"The Jonah Lomu Machine"
What happens when you take one of rugby’s biggest legends and hide him inside a prize machine in a Dublin pub? To mark Heineken’s sponsorship of Rugby World Cup 2015.
Jonah Lomu surprises some unsuspecting Heineken drinkers in a local rugby pub.
Want to get closer to the action for #RWC2015? All you have to do is enjoy a Heineken in participating stores and bars, call it right and you could be at the coin-flip for an Irish game. #ITSYOURCALL