Wigan Warriors full-back Field signs new contract
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Daily Mail
4 hours ago
- Daily Mail
New details shed light on mystery over why NRL star Brandon Smith was questioned by police as soon as he flew to Queensland
A new report maintains Souths star Brandon Smith was not being questioned over anything he did during a flight when he was pulled aside by police after landing on the Gold Coast with his teammates on Saturday. Smith, 29, was interviewed by police at Coolangatta shortly after arriving on his flight from Sydney. Rabbitohs CEO Blake Solly said Smith was with teammates on Saturday evening at a Broadbeach hotel, but gave no details about what happened during the side's airport arrival. Queensland Police released the following statement on the matter: 'Queensland Police had cause to speak to a 29-year-old male at Coolangatta Airport. 'The male was later released without charge. Police have no further information to provide.' Now News Corp and NRL 360 journalist Phil 'Buzz' Rothfield has shed some light on the incident. 'There's no suggestion of any wrongdoing or that Smith played up on the plane which, when police pull someone aside at an airport, that's normally the case,' Rothfield said on the Big Sports Breakfast radio show on Monday. 'Souths were filing off the plane heading to luggage and Queensland police took Smith aside and spoke to him for a considerable amount of time. 'Souths aren't telling us the reason why, his manager isn't telling us. What I'm told is that there was an issue that has happened in the last 12 months while Brandon Smith was in Queensland and police are looking into it. 'They have been trying to track Brandon for some time. When they couldn't get hold of him, they said they saw he was coming to the Gold Coast and they wanted to chat to him. There's no suggestion of any wrongdoing by the popular star, who played against the Titans on Sunday afternoon. In Australia, offences on aircraft fall under federal jurisdiction because air travel is regulated by Commonwealth laws. The Australian Federal Police handle these matters nationwide.
Daily Mail
4 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Footy's greatest ever commentator opens up about his struggles in retirement - and gives a glimmer of hope to fans who are desperate to see him return to TV
Revered commentator Ray 'Rabbits' Warren has opened up about his life since retirement, revealing the struggles that have made him realise stepping away from the microphone is easier said than done. Known as 'The Voice of Rugby League', Warren's last match as a commentator was the 2021 NRL grand final between Penrith and Souths. Warren retired in 2022, ending a career in commentary that lasted 55 years. The veteran broadcaster now says that he has struggled to make the adjustment to life outside the commentary box. 'I'm not handling that (retirement) all that well, to be honest', he told radio 2GB. 'Leaving what I was doing was like cutting off my arm. It was a playground. I don't think I ever went to work. 'I went to play, but I don't think I ever got Mondayitis, but it's gone now. 'I was 78 when I gave it away, so I didn't have much longer to go anyway.' From a young age, Warren was passionate about commentating, even practising by calling marble races by himself. He began his professional career at 23 in regional NSW before moving to Sydney in 1969 and starting in television in 1974. Throughout his career, he worked for 2LF in Young, 2GB radio, Network 10, and Nine's Wide World of Sports. Warren said he's flattered when people tell him how important his work has been over the years - and also offered a glimmer of hope to those who want him to continue commentating. 'I don't think they realise I was 78 when I gave it away and I didn't want to undo what good I might have done, that's the long and the short of it,' he said. 'But now I sit down in the lounge room and think I might be able to do a call from home. 'It was a fabulous time in life for me, it went 55 years.' In 2019, Warren was inducted into the National Rugby League Hall of Fame for his ongoing service to the sport. Last year, he hosed down speculation he could come out of retirement to call what would have been his 100th State of Origin game. Warren also covered swimming, tennis and horse racing in his decorated career, winning legions of sports fans along the way.
BBC News
18 hours ago
- BBC News
Ruthless Hull put 14 tries past makeshift Salford side
Betfred Super LeagueHull FC (50) 80Tries: Martin 4, Barron 2, Cartwright 2, Litten 2, Cust, Ese'ese, Bourouh, Briscoe Goals: Hardaker 12Salford (0) 6Tries: Dwyer Goals: Lumb Relentless Hull poured more misery on Salford as their makeshift, cobbled-together team were hammered scored six tries in 15 first-half minutes alone as they breezed to a 50-0 lead at the break, with Tom Briscoe notching his 100th try for the club in the second match was bordering on the farcical at times as Salford understandably looked like a team full of strangers who had no answer to the hosts, who ran in 14 tries in total - four of them from Lewis Red Devils have been hampered by a financial crisis which this week saw Ryan Brierley and Jack Ormondroyd become the 12th and 13th players to leave the signed seven players on loan this week alone, with five debutants in the matchday 17 and squad numbers going up to 63 as they scrabbled just to field a side.A winding-up petition against the club has been adjourned until September with a protest planned before their home game against Wakefield next Sunday. A small band of fans who had made the thankless trip chanted "you're not fit to run the club" at officials in the stand - with Hull fans home side could only beat the opposition in front of them and took less than two minutes to breakthrough as flying wing Martin scored in the left cornerMartin then put opposite wing Harvey Barron in to run on and score under the Cartwright collected a clever kick from Will Pryce to add a third try inside 15 minutes before the clinical Barron went in again after quick hands put him looked done after 20 minutes, as Martin stepped inside to score his second and Cartwright galloped in untouched for a second of his Litten was the next to charge over as Salford's possession was limited to kick-offs, and Martin completed his hat-trick before the half-hour mark and was followed over by Cade grabbed his fourth at the start of the second half to go top of the charts for this season with 20 tries, and Herman Ese'ese took advantage of Salford temporarily being down to 12 to barge video referee confirmed a try for former Salford man Amir Bourouh as he grounded the ball cleanly, and Litten ran on to a Cust kick to touch down the 13th try of the scoring did slow down before Zak Hardaker - who kicked 12 goals during the match - shrugged off a tackle to put Briscoe in for his landmark score, which puts him ninth in Super League's all-time list with 174 in avoided being blanked - as they were when losing 82-0 to St Helens in February - when Brad Dwyer, a last-minute addition to the squad, got over the line to score late on. Hull FC: Pryce, Barron, Briscoe, Litten, Martin, Hardaker, Cust,Ese'ese, Bourouh, Watts, Cartwright, Chamberlain, Aydin, Ashworth, Charles, Murphy, Lumb, Whitehead, Warren, S. Hill, Connell,Nolan, Sangare, Yates, Lewis, Littlewood, Chan, Glover, Makin, Kerr, DwyerReferee: Liam Rush.
