SuperCoach NRL: Buy, Hold, Sell Round 15
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Kurt Mann's Maroons State of Origin debut reward for toughness shown in junior days
Queensland debutant Kurt Mann is one of the NRL's toughest players and it all goes back to the day he played a rugby league match and ran a cross-country with turmeric powder stuffed up his nose. Mann is set to get his first taste of State of Origin from the Maroons' interchange bench in the second match of the series in Perth next Wednesday. ABC Sport will have live blog coverage of the State of Origin series. The Canterbury utility grew up in the Central West Queensland town of Winton and attended St Brendan's College in Yeppoon. Mann was coached by Terry Hansen at St Brendan's, a well-known rugby league nursery. Hansen never went to a match without a can of turmeric powder in his back pocket, forever confident in the spice's healing powers. Mann was in grade 11 and playing for St Brendan's A side when he suffered a nose injury. Hansen grabbed the bloodied Mann and put the turmeric powder up his nose before he returned to the match and played exceptionally for his team. "'Hanso' put the turmeric up my nose because I broke it," Mann said with a grin. "We had the school cross-country the next day and he made me run in it with a broken nose too. I couldn't breathe out of it because I had a turmeric pack up my nose. "He has done a couple of strange things to me, Hanso. "I got a cork another time and he got a cup and lit a bit of paper. He put the paper in the cup while it was on fire and stuck it on my leg and sucked my leg into the cup like a vacuum. "Hanso was a great coach and a great mentor to me at St Brendan's. He taught me a lot about footy and toughness as well." At 32, Mann will become Queensland's second-oldest State of Origin debutant, behind the late Arthur Beetson in 1980. His journey to the Origin arena follows stints in the NRL with the Storm, Dragons, Knights and Bulldogs, who he joined in 2024. Mann has played a crucial role for the Bulldogs, who lead the ladder after 14 rounds. "At the start of the year, I probably would have thought all this [State of Origin] was kind of past, me being the age I am, but it's a credit to the team we have at the Bulldogs," Mann said. "I probably wouldn't have been a look-in if it wasn't for the way we've started the year there, so [I'm] really excited, especially being a boy from Winton. "It's a lifelong dream to represent my state." Mann is the ultimate utility, having plugged positional holes throughout his NRL career. "I've actually started a game in every position, bar front-row," he said. "I've played a little bit of front-row as well, a couple of weeks back against the Roosters. "I've played enough footy now that I think I can get the job done wherever." Mann said Winton would celebrate his Origin debut. "It'll be huge," Mann said. "When they found out I was 18th man last game … there's a big water tower in town and it's usually white, but they turned it all maroon. "I don't know how they managed that, so I think it'll be a pretty good atmosphere in Winton." AAP
News.com.au
21 minutes ago
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Super stallion Snitzel has died aged 23 leaving behind a remarkable legacy on world thoroughbred racing
Arrowfield Stud's super sire Snitzel, the nation's four-time champion stallion, has died. He was 23. John Messara, Arrowfield's chairman, told News Corp Snitzel passed away just after 11am on Wednesday. 'We are all devastated by what's happened,'' Messara said. 'Snitzel had not been well over the last 12 months with a liver complaint but he has gone downhill rapidly the last few days. I'm still in a state of shock.'' • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! A former outstanding sprinter, Snitzel won the 2006 Group 1 Oakleigh Plate before retiring to stud where he forged a deserved reputation as one of the all-time great stallions. Snitzel has sired 23 individual Group 1 winners and more than 150 individual stakes winners including three Golden Slippers, two The Everests, a Cox Plate, two Golden Roses, four Guineas', a Flight Stakes, two Magic Millions 2yo Classics, an Inglis Sires trifecta and most of Australia's feature sprints. The acclaimed stallion's best progeny included Redzel, Lady Shenandoah, Trapeze Artist, Russian Revolution, Shamus Award, Snitzerland, Switzerland, Wild Ruler, Sweet Idea, Estijaab and Marhoona. Boasting more than 1600 race wins as a sire, his progeny won just $273 million in stakes. Snitzel was a four-time Australian Champion Sire, four-time Champion 2YO Sire, two-time Champion 3YO Sire, and five Inglis Easter sale-toppers and 71 yearlings that have sold for $1 million or more. The super stallion has averaged 24 stakes wins every season for a decade and at the southern hemisphere's premier yearling sale, Inglis Australian Easter Sale, he had seven $1 million-plus lots, including a $2.7 million full brother to Switzerland for a sale-high average of $708,000 for his 32 yearlings. Snitzel, like his sire and former Arrowfield great Redoute's Choice, is creating his own legacy with 17 stakes-siring sons and his broodmare daughters are already the source of 46 stakes winners. The great Snitzel is currently fourth on the Australian Champion Sires rankings for 2024-25 with more than $20.7 million but is also the leading sire for individual stakes winners and stakes wins. There was a real poignancy to Snitzel's last winner before his death – a two-year-old first starter at Seymour on Monday called 'Job Done'.
News.com.au
41 minutes ago
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Mitch Duke dreaming of going to another FIFA World Cup after helping seal Australia's qualification
If Mitch Duke needed reminding that he was the latest of late call-ups to the Socceroos squad for the matches against Japan and Saudi Arabia, it came last week when he walked into his Perth hotel room. Duke was a last-minute inclusion in the squad after an injured Mathew Leckie withdrew following the A-League grand final on May 31. However, the late nature of the squad change seemed to catch Socceroos and hotel staff off guard, with Duke understood to have been greeted by a message along the lines of 'Welcome Mr Leckie' when he got to his room. Not that it bothered veteran marksman Duke, who, having been given a selection reprieve, was desperate to make the most of it. And that he did. After coming on as a second-half replacement in Australia's 1-0 win over Japan last Thursday in Perth, Duke started on Wednesday morning (AEST) against Saudi Arabia in Jeddah and secured man-of-the-match honours with a goal and an assist in a 2-1 win that sealed 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification for the Socceroos. 'I wasn't even supposed to be here,' a delighted Duke said after the win. 'Mat Leckie got injured and I was a late call-up … but it feels good and is probably a good way to silence some of the keyboard warriors as well. Duke, 34, has often been a target of unruly fans despite his tireless work as a centre-forward for the Socceroos. 'A personal triumph feels very good, but I'm more happy just for the boys, honestly,' he said after helping Australia qualify. 'Everyone stepped up when they needed to.' Duke, whose 13 goals for Australia includes one at the 2022 World Cup, remains hopeful of also playing at next year's edition of the tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada. 'All I can do is take the opportunities when they're presented to me, do well at club football and hope I just keep doing well – that's all you can do,' said the experienced striker, who has struggled for significant game this season at his Japanese club Machida Zelvia. 'There are a lot of young players up and coming (for the Socceroos). There are exciting prospects.' For Socceroos boss Tony Popovic – who took over from previous coach Graham Arnold in September last year at a tough stage in qualifying – the chance to go to another World Cup, this time as a coach after being part of Australia's squad at Germany 2006, will be a 'privilege'. 'It is special,' said Popovic, who is yet to taste defeat as coach of the national team, having a record of five wins and three draws from eight games in charge. 'I know my parents are very proud and my sister as well. It's not something you see happening. When you're young, you dream of these things. 'We've done the first part, qualifying automatically, and now the next part is to be bigger and better for the World Cup.'
