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NRL Club News with the SMH - Wednesday 


By Steve Mascord and Brad Walter

CRONULLA: Skipper Brett Kimmorley wasn't named last night to make his 
return from a broken jaw against the Warriors on Saturday night. But 
he told AAP: "It's pretty much up to me and how much risk I want to 
take. We're going to training tomorrow so I'll have a meeting with 
the boss tomorrow and see what we're going to do." Surprisingly, NSW 
star Phil Bailey wasn't named either.

BRISBANE: Utility Casey McGuire yesterday pleaded guilty to a grade 
two careless high tackle charge but escaped suspension. Coach Wayne 
Bennett has named a seven-man bench for Sunday's game against 
Melbourne.

BULLDOGS: Back-rower Steve Reardon has accepted a one-match 
suspension after pleading guilty to a grade one careless high tackle 
charge which means he will miss the round 20 clash with North 
Queensland on Sunday week. The Bulldogs have the bye this weekend. 

CANBERRA: Simon Woolford and Jamaal Lolesi are back from injury for 
Saturday night's clash with Wests Tigers, with Brad Drew and Ian 
Hindmarsh named on a six-man bench. Prop Ben Cross will miss the NSW 
Residents clash with Queensland tonight at Suncorp Stadium after 
pleading guilty to a grade one striking charge.

MANLY: Centre Ben MacDougall is considering offers to play in England 
next season after contract negotiations stalled. MacDougall, who has 
a British passport, was thought to have re-signed for three years but 
his manager Peter Lord said there is now confusion over the length 
and terms of the deal.


MELBOURNE: Forward Glen Turner escaped suspension yesterday on a 
grade two careless high tackle charge after entering an early guilty 
plea. Second-rower Peter Robinson (ankle) wasn't named last night for 
Sunday's game against Brisbane but winger Dustin Cooper and prop Kirk 
Reynoldson (both concussion) were.

NEWCASTLE: Prop Matt Parsons is back in first grade for Friday 
night's EnergyAustralia Stadium encounter with Penrith.

NORTH QUEENSLAND: Apart from reinstating Origin stars Matt Bowen, 
Josh Hannay and Matt Sing, Cowboys coach Graham Murray has made no 
changes for Saturday night's home game against St George Illawarra. 
Paul Bowman resumes the captaincy.

PARRAMATTA: James Webster was named at hooker last night when Eels 
coach Brian Smith announced his side to take on South Sydney this 
Sunday.

PENRITH: The return from a calf injury of interchange forward Trent 
Waterhouse is the only change for Friday night's encounter with 
Newcastle.

SOUTH SYDNEY: The Rabbitohs yesterday re-signed utility back Brad 
Watts.

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA: Michael Howell, back from a one-week suspension, 
returns to St George Illawarra's starting side in place of John Cross 
for Saturday night's game against North Queensland at Dairy Farmers 
Stadium. Coach Nathan Brown last night picked a seven-man bench to 
cover for the Dragons' Origin stars.

SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Halfback Brett Finch has overcome a knee injury and 
will play against Manly at Brookvale Oval on Sunday. But the absence 
of prop Peter Cusack does not mean he'll need knee surgery and his 
season is over. He'll attempt to play next weekend despite anterior 
cruciate ligament damage.

WARRIORS: The Warriors have exercised their option on the services of 
forward Karl Te Mata for next year

WESTS TIGERS: Winger Robbie Beckett is in doubt for Saturday's match 
against Canberra after injuring his hip in a training mishap 
yesterday.

SMH 

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Maroons pray this is not Wayne's farewell 


By Roy Masters; Queensland coach Wayne Bennett limped home after 
being humiliated in Sydney in Origin II to find his only son, Justin, 
standing on the doorstep, wearing a Blues jumper.

Cackling, Justin chanted: "We won. We won." An impishly innocent 
intellectually impaired lad, Justin has a full set of NRL jumpers and 
invariably wears the colours of the club his father's team plays each 
week.

For Origin II, he added insult to ignominy, choosing a jumper 
belonging to a Bronco: Michael De Vere's No.4 NSW strip from a past 
campaign.

The Maroons' greatest fear is that tonight will be the last time 
Justin wears a Blues jumper. Bennett told his Queensland coaching 
colleagues last October this would be his last series as an Origin 
coach.

Queensland's second greatest fear is a repeat of the third game in 
Sydney in 2000 when, NSW having already won the series, the Maroons 
were uncommitted and disgraceful. The twin fears should cancel each 
other out: if the players want Bennett to stay as coach, they will 
surely play passionately.

Bennett has his own fear: that the gap between State of Origin and 
club football is closing.

This year's series is effectively 10 Broncos versus the best of the 
Knights and Roosters.

Queensland's call to replace referee Bill Harrigan is not exclusively 
motivated by his low penalty count and ability to haul defensive 
teams back 10 metres, an approach that does not suit the Maroons' big 
and ageing pack. 

Bennett recognises that a wildcard referee will produce a degree of 
difference, just as Barry "Grasshopper" Gomersall did 20 years ago.

Read more SMH 

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Bennett wary of ruse 


By PAUL KENT: About the time Andrew Johns was telling everybody he 
had beaten the flu and was feeling better and was right to play, 
Wayne Bennett had his own take on things.

"He wasn't going to play in game one, if you remember, because of a 
dispute between him and the coach," said Bennett, the Queensland 
coach.

"In game two it was the ankle injury and in game three it's the flu."

Bennett didn't need to roll his eyes. Instead he said: "We expected 
him to play. No one took much notice of it at all."

Read more Daily Telegraph


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Warriors, Sharks retain lineups 


New Zealand Warriors coach Daniel Anderson gave last weekend's 
winning team a vote of confidence by naming them for Saturday's 
National Rugby League clash with the Cronulla Sharks in Sydney. 

Anderson named the same team that beat Manly 20-12 to try to improve 
their placing on the table against the Sharks. 

The big question at Cronulla this week has been whether halfback 
Brett Kimmorley would make his return against the Warriors after 
suffering a broken jaw five weeks ago. 

They desperately need their playmaker. 

Kimmorley visited the specialist yesterday. The club said little 
about the result but released their playing 17 today without his name 
in it. Their team is also the same as last week's that lost 44-12 to 
Wests Tigers. 

The Sharks have a lot of good youngsters but that's what they are 
raw. 

The Warriors need to win to prove they can perform away from home. 

They also need to make a statement on behalf of the Kiwis as Anderson 
will name his test team on Sunday night after this NRL round. 
Australian and Sharks coach Chris Anderson will also name his team on 
Sunday. 

The Sharks moved away from Chris Anderson's flat attacking style last 
weekend, the coach said he wanted his team to get the ball a bit 
wider, with more width on their passes and a bit more depth to their 
running. 

He has been under increasing pressure because of the bad results that 
now have the Sharks second-last, eight points off the top eight. 

Read more Stuff 

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Belcher out of order re golden point statement 


By Stuart Honeysett: The issue of extra time in the third game which 
Bennett described as pointless last week also cropped up again after 
assistant coach Gary Belcher said both teams might boycott playing 
golden point.

"I wouldn't be surprised, to be quite honest, if both teams decided 
to walk off if the ref's out there saying: 'Are we going to play 
extra time?' " Belcher told Brisbane radio.

However, Bennett was quick to extinguish any talk of a walk-off, 
saying the former Queensland fullback had later apologised to him and 
that he been out of order for making such a bold statement.

"That didn't come from this coach and while I'm in control of 
Queensland and in charge of what they do on and off the field that 
will never happen," Bennett said.

"I don't know what the hell Gary may have been thinking about at the 
time, so it's just not an issue. It's not something that's even been 
talked about."

Bennett added that the rule should be revisited to scrap extra time 
in the event of a dead rubber for next season.

Read more The Australian


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Benny defends Ikin's role 


Steve Ricketts and Andrew Dawson: QUEENSLAND coach Wayne Bennett 
yesterday defended his son-in-law Ben Ikin and the controversial 
Suncorp Stadium surface against ongoing criticism from a variety of 
quarters.

Bennett reiterated his confidence in the Suncorp Stadium surface 
holding up in tonight's third State of Origin match against NSW and 
in Ikin doing his job at five-eighth. 

NSW's chances of completing a clean sweep soared yesterday afternoon 
when skipper and halfback Andrew Johns completed a training run at 
Dolphin Oval and declared himself a certain starter. 

At the same time the Queenslanders were completing their preparation 
at Suncorp Stadium with Bennett again joined by Michael Hagan, the 
man tipped to succeed him as coach next year. 

Bennett said his future as coach depended largely on how tired he 
felt at the end of another season of juggling state and club 
commitments with the Broncos. 

"How tired I am and where I'm at myself will be the major issue," 
Bennett said. 

It is the first season when Queensland and Broncos five-eighth Ikin 
has played under Bennett as his son-in-law and criticism of the 
stylish pivot has cut deeply. 

Asked if Ikin attracted more criticism now because it might be 
another way to have a go at him, Bennett replied: "Yeah, I do. Benny 
Ikin had the second highest tackle count in game two. He had 32 
tackles up when he left the game with 20 minutes to go and I think he 
had one missed tackle. 

"Ben, like a lot of other players in the game knows he didn't play as 
well as he can play, but there are a lot of examples over a period of 
time where journalists have had double standards when it comes to me 
and I think that's a classic case in point. 

"But we have to live with that and we can't change that, and he lives 
with it great and we just get on with our lives. 

"None of us likes criticism and it does hurt. What you have to do 
very quickly is work out what's justified, what's constructive 
criticism and what's just somebody lacking knowledge and being a 
bagger." 

Criticism of the Suncorp Stadium surface was elevated to a new level 
this week when NSW coach Phil Gould said the ground was not fit to 
host an NRL final and the Broncos should reconsider using it as their 
home ground in the meantime. 

Gould described the surface as "poor" and said the Broncos had to 
make a decision about their players' welfare. 

Bennett said Suncorp Stadium was better than a couple of grounds the 
Broncos and Queensland had played in the past month. 

Read more Courier Mail

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League not just a game for Palm Island 


By SHEREE LINEHAM: It might be just a game to some communities but to 
Palm Island, rugby league is a representation of what its people can 
do, says a Townsville psychologist.

The psychologist, Robert Walkley, was in disbelief this week after 
hearing the island faces losing its place in the Townsville and 
Districts Rugby League competition. 

The Palm Island A grade side was suspended from the TDRL on Monday 
after forfeiting another game at the weekend. 

The club will know its fate for the rest of the 2003 season after the 
board meets next Monday. 

TDRL president John Willey has said he felt it would be difficult for 
Palm Island to have the suspension lifted this year and even felt it 
was hard to see the club being accepted next year. 

The under-19 team was forced to withdraw from the TDRL at the 
beginning of this month following a series of forfeited matches. 

Palm Island Rugby League Club president Algon Walsh said after 
speaking with Mr Willey this week, he learned the club copped the 
suspension because of a lack of player numbers. 

Mr Walsh said the club planned to call a meeting with players at the 
end of this week to discuss the future. 

Read more Townsville bulletin

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Young Lions go down in tour opener 


City United 38 v 11 BARLA Great Britain Young Lions
at Ericsson Stadium, Auckland

The BARLA Great Britain Young Lions went down to an opening tour 
defeat against a strong looking City United Representative side.

Despite taking an eight-minute lead through a try by Wath Brow 
Hornets winger Craig Calvert, which was converted by West Hulls Loz 
Wildbore, the Young Lions were always going to be in for a tough 
night.

However, despite being on the end of a heavy penalty count due to 
different interpretations of the play the ball rule, they further 
increased their lead with a drop goal from Wigan St Patricks Steve 
Sutcliffe, before the home side really got into their stride and 
powered into an 18-7 half time lead.

The second half started brightly for the Young Lions as winger David 
Ashton of Wigan St Patricks crossed the whitewash to put the game 
back in the balance at 18-11. However, the sheer physical size and 
strength of the hosts proved to be the decisive factor and they 
eventually pulled away to secure a 38-11 victory.

Young Lions Assistant Manager Tommy Taylor was pleased with the 
sidesefforts and was not surprised at the power and pace of the New 
Zealand outfit.

He said, We are really happy with the effort the lads put in. The 
City United side were a huge physical outfit and many of them are 
expected to play for the Junior Kiwis next year.

He added, We always knew we would be in for a tough test and maybe 
now we can take this experience into the remaining games of the tour.

BARLA


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St Helens to play union sevens 


ST HELENS will follow the lead of Wigan and Bradford and take part in 
the London Pride Middlesex Charity Sevens at Twickenham on Saturday 
16 August.

Bradford Bulls accepted an invitation to take part in the event last 
season, and they romped to a 42-14 win over Wasps in the Final, 24 
hours after being beaten by Saints.

Wigan also won the event in 1996, and reigning Super League champions 
Saints are now hoping that they can become the third Rugby League 
side to be victorious in the competition.

Saints face Castleford Tigers on the evening before the competition.

"We were delighted to receive the invitation," said Saints chief 
executive Sean McGuire.

"It's a great opportunity for the club to project itself on the 
national stage and compete against quality opposition from the Rugby 
Unions Zurich Premiership teams.

"Although the timing isn't ideal from our perspective, coming as it 
does the day after a tough Super League match, we are confident that 
the players will relish the challenge and the opportunity to display 
their talents at Twickenham."

Total RL 

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Raper dismisses quit rumours 


Wigan coach Stuart Raper has dismissed mounting speculation over his 
future at the JJB Stadium.

Former Wigan and Great Britain captain Ellery Hanley has been tipped 
to return to rugby league and is once more being linked with his old 
club.

Rumours persist over the future of Raper, despite the fact he has 
another year left on his contract and has kept the Warriors in the 
title frame despite a horrendous run of injuries this year.

"It seems every second or third week something comes up about my job, 
whether we lose or win," he said. "It's nothing new to me.

"We went through this during the Challenge Cup last year and this 
year. It is probably just part of being at Wigan.

"As far as I'm concerned, I'm happy here and things are going well. 
I've been here for two and a bit years and I think we've shown some 
stability."

Ananova

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Lee Briers Breaks Wrist 


Wolves Captain Lee Briers has broken his wrist in the game 
against London Broncos on Sunday. 

A precautionary x-ray has revealed that Lee has a broken scaphoid of 
the left wrist and will face at least eight weeks on the sidelines. 
Lee played 35 minutes of the second half with the injury scoring his 
second try of the game and kicking 3 goals.

Briers has played 15 games and scored 7 tries, 64 goals and 4 drop 
goals with a total of 160 points this season so far.

Paul Cullen commented, "Rugby League can be a cruel game where 
serious injuries are accepted as a matter of fact, this isn't the 
first broken bone that we have had to manage with this year and it 
won't be the last. 

"For Lee Briers to play 35 minutes at this level with a broken wrist 
bears testimony to his character and also indicates how determined he 
is to force himself back in to the international selection process. 

"He chose to play on in order to allow his forwards to be spelled in 
a game that was played in 80 to 90 degrees weather. Questions about 
his toughness and leadership have been answered. 

"We are greatly disappointed to be losing the services of the most 
naturally gifted player in British Super League and we are duty bound 
to provide a Top 6 league position for his return."

Back from injury for this week's game against Hull FC are Gary Hulse
(tonsillitis), Mike Wainwright (ankle) and Mark Hilton (groin), Matt 
Sturm returns to the U21s from a neck injury and Lee Penny (calf) is 
due back for selection against Halifax in two weeks time.

Warrington

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Scotland make it 3 in a row 


SCOTLAND Acompleted a trio of international wins with a 42-22 
victory over Serbia in Grotska on Sunday night. 

Having beaten the Netherlands 22-18 last Wednesday in Sassenheim and 
Italy 30-10 in Padova on Friday night, the win over Serbia saw Kevin 
Rudds side maintain a 100% record on their arduous European tour, but 
they had to come from 16-14 behind at half-time to do it.

Read more Scotland RL 

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The Godfather meets The Usual Suspects 


By Roy Masters
If footballers turn to movies for inspiration, the NSW and Queensland 
State of Origin teams are crossovers of blockbusters.

Phil Gould's Blues? A calculating, ruthless head of an organisation 
convinces his team of regulars it has enough motivation to win the 
final game of the series.

Think The Godfather meets The Usual Suspects.

Tonight at Suncorp Stadium, Gould will connive and scheme to ensure 
his men - most of whom have played in all three games in 2003 - win 
the dead rubber against Queensland.

Meanwhile, Queensland's veteran pack will set out to prove they are 
still agile enough to execute an intricate match plan with impressive 
precision.
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Think Grumpy Old Men meets Mission Impossible.

The Maroons' aged and insulted forwards, including Gorden Tallis and 
Shane Webcke, will seek to take the ball precisely on the advantage 
line, keeping it alive with deft unloads, providing the momentum and 
space for their backs to run angles and decoys.

Tallis says he is aware of southern criticism of his performance the 
past two games.

"I don't read the Sydney papers but my mother does," he said darkly.

Origin teams have a tradition of using movies for motivation.

Last year, Queensland coach Wayne Bennett turned to the Oliver Stone 
movie, Any Given Sunday, for a passionate speech by American football 
coach Tony D'Amato, played by Al Pacino.

Bennett spliced in vision of Queensland players as background to the 
speech.

Canberra's Clinton Schifcofske was in Bennett's team at the time and 
it inspired the fullback to repeat the tactic in his team's victory 
over St George Illawarra on Sunday.

Tonight's match is Pearl Harbour meets Ambush At Tomahawk Gap. The 
Blues plan to "ambush an ambush".

NSW expect Queensland to try and shock the Blues at the start, in the 
same way underdogs Newcastle stunned highly fancied Parramatta in the 
2001 grand final, racing to an insurmountable lead.

Gould has told his team to surprise the Maroons, in the same manner a 
fist of security guards hide behind a hedge at a north shore party 
and attack the gate crashers.

NSW forward leader, Robbie Kearns, says: "Gus reckons the best thing 
to do is ambush an ambush. We know Queensland will come out firing so 
the best thing is to get in first."

Read more SMH


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'Get your heads out of the sand,' says Gould 


By Steve Mascord and Brad Walter
Stand-in: NSW Origin's Brent Sherwin filling in for ill halfback 
Andrew Johns during training at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane last 
night. Photo: Steve Holland. 


Suncorp Stadium is not fit to host a game in this year's finals 
series and Brisbane should reconsider playing there in the meantime, 
NSW coach Phil Gould said last night.

"For the welfare of their players, the Broncos have to get their 
heads out of the sand, so to speak," Gould said as he walked off the 
controversial ground after the Blues' twilight training session.

NSW players and staff last night had their first look at the venue 
since June 11, when a knee injury ended the season of Queensland 
centre Justin Hodges and sparked a month-long debate over the sandy 
surface.

Many Blues, such as flu-ridden captain Andrew Johns, who is now 
almost certain to play in Origin III at Suncorp tomorrow night, have 
also played club games at the ground. Sydney Roosters second-rower 
Craig Fitzgibbon and Broncos five-eighth Brett Seymour have had their 
seasons cut short by injuries suffered there.

At a media conference before last night's training run, Gould 
declined to join Roosters coach Ricky Stuart in publicly criticising 
the surface. But when he walked onto the field, the Blues coach could 
be seen picking up clumps of loose turf while members of his staff 
walked around checking sandy patches with their boots.


"It's not too flash, is it?" Gould said. "I've said all along I feel 
sorry for them. We're just here a year too early, it's as simple as 
that.

"You can't get away from the fact. It's not a coincidence. The 
surface is poor. But we'll get this game out of the way. Then the 
Broncos have got to make a decision about their own players, and 
their own players' welfare."

Brisbane have five more club games at the ground and seem certain to 
finish the regular season in the top four, meaning a home final on 
September 12, 13 or 14. But the Blues boss believes it should be 
switched to another venue.

"It will be terrible by then," Gould said. "This won't improve until 
it has had an off-season. There's some real bad patches in it at the 
moment.

"We don't want to talk about it because we don't want it in the back 
of our minds. We know we've got to play here. We can't change it and 
we're not complaining about it."

Read more SMH


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Kiwis coaching challenge too good to pass up 


By TONY BIRD
James Leuluai, one of New Zealand's finest rugby league test centres, 
is relishing his latest challenge in the sport. 


Earlier this year, New Zealand Warriors and Kiwis head coach Daniel 
Anderson co-opted his Warriors assistant Tony Kemp and Leuluai to 
work with him for the home-and-away tests against Australia. 

"I'm looking forward to that," Leuluai said when in New Plymouth on 
Sunday with his team, the Eastern Tornadoes, for their Bartercard Cup 
match against the Taranaki Wildcats. 

Leuluai said that working alongside Anderson and Kemp had opened his 
eyes, and the experience was beneficial for his own development as a 
coach. 

"It's really given me a new look at the game." 

Leuluai was in charge of the Junior Kiwis last season and has moulded 
the Eastern Manukau Tornadoes into one of the consistently strongest 
Bartercard Cup sides, as the team showed with its 70-4 demolition of 
the Wildcats. 

The scorer of 14 tries in 29 tests between 1979 and 1986, Leuluai 
predicated a successful test series for the Kiwis against Australia 
this month. "Especially with Daniel there. You'd expect that, in the 
next two tests, we'll be very competitive," he said. "We've got a 
coach there now that has the experience." 

New Zealand plays Australia in Sydney on July 25. 

Meanwhile, Leuluai was wearing the proud-parent hat on Sunday. 

His 18-year-old son Thomas, a specialist stand-off and member of the 
Eastern Tornadoes, made his NRL debut for the Warriors in their match 
against the Sea Eagles in Auckland the night before. 

Leuluai senior was there and admitted it was a proud night for the 
Leuluai family. 

"I thought he played sound," he said. "He never got the ball in his 
hands to do some plays, but I thought his defence was really strong." 
Read more Stuff Sport

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Curfew-breaking Warriors fined 


SYDNEY: Three New Zealand Warriors who broke a curfew and went out 
drinking before their National Rugby League match against the North 
Queensland Cowboys a fortnight ago have been fined by the club, chief 
executive Mick Watson said today. 


Clinton Toopi, Lance Hohaia and Sione Faumuina were fined an 
undisclosed amount when they faced a disciplinary hearing before 
Watson this week. 

The trio were out late drinking and playing pool in Sydney, two days 
before the July 5 clash with the Cowboys in Townsville, which the 
Warriors lost 10-30. 

Despite their indiscretion, Kiwis test centre Toopi and potential new 
international Faumuina have both been named in an unchanged Warriors 
team to take on Cronulla here at Toyota Park on Saturday night. 

Five-eighth Hohaia has dropped from favour after a mid-season slump 
and will stay in Auckland. 

The three players have also been ordered to do extra community 
service work on behalf of the club. 

Read more Stuff Sport 

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SWAIN TO JOIN HULL NEXT SEASON 

Hull have announced the signing of New Zealand Test hooker Richard 
Swain.

The 28-year-old Swain, who is currently playing for National Rugby 
League leaders Brisbane Broncos, has agreed a two-year contract from 
next season.

Hull's director of rugby Shaun McRae said: "Richard is a class player 
with a tremendous work-rate and knowledge of the game.

"To acquire such a highly-sought-after athlete in Richard speaks 
volumes for the continued philosophy and aspirations at Hull FC."

The high-profile signing casts a doubt over the future of Australian 
Dean Treister, who joined Hull in mid-season on a short-term deal 
from Cronulla Sharks.

Swain, who was controversially released by Melbourne Storm at the end 
of last season, has played 157 first-grade games in the NRL, 
including 146 consecutively. He has also played 19 Tests for New 
Zealand. 

Read more Sky Sports

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HULL AXE SMITH AND CRAVEN 

Hull have released former Great Britain scrum-half Tony Smith and 
long-serving prop forward Steve Craven, who have both been sidelined 
with injury for most of the season. 

Smith, who will celebrate his 33rd birthday on July 16, is out for 
the season with a broken leg while 31-year-old Craven has made only 
15 appearances in the last two seasons after a shoulder 
reconstruction operation and ankle injuries.

Former Castleford and Wigan player Smith was out of contract at the 
end of the season and is now talking to other clubs after agreeing an 
immediate release.

"Once I knew I wasn't going to be offered a new deal, it was 
pointless me staying," he said. "I have agreed a release and now I 
can concentrate on looking for another club and getting fit again.

"Despite the broken leg, I still believe I have another year left in 
me and it was my hope to have one more year with Hull.

"They have made a decision and I accept it and I wish Hull every 
success in the world."

Director of rugby Shaun McRae said: "Tony is a true professional in 
every sense of the word. He has been an invaluable member of the 
squad and his experience and knowledge has helped many of the younger 
players come through.

"The decision I had to make was whether to offer Tony another year or 
not and I chose not to. But I would like to thank him for his effort, 
support and entertainment and I am sure rugby league hasn't seen the 
last of Tony Smith."

Read more Sky Sports

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WIGAN END GASNIER INTEREST AS ASPINWALL SIGNS 

Wigan have ended their attempts to sign Australian Test centre Mark 
Gasnier.

But Martin Aspinwall has agreed to stay at the JJB Stadium, signing a 
two-year contract.

Wigan are keen to bring in a top-class centre after releasing Jamie 
Ainscough earlier this season.

And reports in Australia suggested the Warriors were prepared to pay 
around £200,000 a year for Gasnier, who made his Test debut as a 
teenager against Papua New Guinea in 2001 and was a non-playing 
member of the Ashes tour party that year.

But Wigan, who have agreed a deal for Castleford captain Danny Orr, 
say their spending is restricted by the salary cap.

Chairman Maurice Lindsay said: "There have been so many wildly-
exaggerated reports connecting us with Mark Gasnier that we felt it 
necessary to publicly announce that, as much as we admire Mark, we 
will not be pursuing our interest.

"There have been reports both in this country and Australia 
suggesting that we were about to pay a king's ransom when in reality 
any interest we have shown has been within salary cap restrictions 
and considerably less than the outrageous sums stated by certain 
people.

"Perhaps suggesting that Wigan were prepared to pay a high sum helped 
to improve negotiations in Australia. We will not be part of that 
game. It is not the first time that we have been mentioned in this 
way by a particular agent in Australia."

Gasnier, nephew of all-time Australian great Reg Gasnier, is now 
expected to re-sign with St George Illawarra.

Meanwhile, Wigan have tied up 21-year-old Aspinwall after the Wigan-
born centre had been linked with a move to Warrington.

Read more Sky Sports

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Golden point stand? 


Queensland assistant coach Gary Belcher says the Maroons may walk off 
if State of Origin III goes to extra time.

Queensland coach Wayne Bennett is a vocal critic of the golden point 
system that has been adopted in both the NRL competition and the 
State of Origin series this year, believing it is unnecessary to add 
extra time.


And now that New South Wales has already wrapped up the series thanks 
to its wins in the first two matches, Belcher told Triple M in 
Brisbane that he cant see the point of sudden death at Suncorp 
Stadium on Wednesday night.

"The way it is at 2-0 that really doesn't need to happen, does it?" 
Belcher said. "What we would be doing is making the players at the 
end of the toughest footy in the world play extra time."

"So I wouldn't be surprised, to be quite honest, if both teams just 
decided to walk off if the refs out there saying 'are you going to 
play extra time?' We could have that situation."

"I know our camp feels that way and from what I've been told (NSW 
coach) Phil Gould feels the same way and he might instruct his 
players to do the same. So that could be pretty embarrassing for the 
game."

Read more Sportal

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Reardon outed 


Bulldogs forward Steve Reardon has entered an early guilty plea to 
his high-tackle charge and will miss one match.

As the Bulldogs have the bye this weekend, Reardon will be sidelined 
for their round 20 clash against North Queensland.

Canberra's Ben Cross will also miss a match, after he entered an 
early plea to his striking charge. Cross will miss the NSW Residents 
match against Queensland Residents which will be played prior to the 
third State of Origin match on Wednesday.

The other two players charged from round 18 - Brisbane's Casey 
McGuire and Melbourne's Glen Turner - both also entered early pleas 
but won't miss any matches due to their good records.

Read more Optus Sport


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Rabbitohs retain Watts 

South Sydney has re-signed fullback Brad Watts for another season.

The club announced his retention on its website, with the 23 year-old 
saying he was delighted to remain with the Rabbitohs.

"I'm extremely happy to have re-signed for another season, and hope 
to keep performing well,"

Watts credits rookie coach Paul Langmack for his recent blazing form 
at the back.

"I've improved a lot under Langers' coaching. I'm very settled at the 
club." 

"I think Souths are going to be a competitive force in the 2004 NRL 
season and I'm pleased that I'm going to be a part of it." 

Read more Optus Sport


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Johns to play despite flu 


Andrew Johns remains desperate to lead NSW to a 3-0 State of Origin 
series whitewash over Queensland Wednesday night despite 
being "rocked" by a serious flu bug.

The Blues skipper declared himself a certain Suncorp Stadium starter 
but said he may not be able play the whole game.

"I'm resigned to the fact that I probably won't be 100 per cent for 
the game but I'll be right to play," he said as the Blues had their 
final training session at Redcliffe.

"I haven't had the flu for five or six years and it's really rocked 
me.

"But once I get out there on the field and the adrenalin's pumping I 
should be fine.

"Another good night's sleep will pick me up a little bit more."

Johns, who was noticeably short of breath as he spoke to the media 
before training, admitted he might not be able to go the distance.

He said he had discussed that situation with coach Phil Gould and the 
Blues have Craig Wing to come off the bench if Johns needs a breather.

"It depends how the game's going but if I'm short of breath and a 
little bit weak then I'm sure Wingy can come on and he plays well at 
halfback," Johns said.

Queensland coach Wayne Bennett said his preparations and game plans 
had never been built around whether Johns played or not.

"He wasn't going to play in game one because of a dispute with the 
coach and in game two it was an ankle injury," said Bennett.

"Game three it's the `flu.

"We always expected him to play and I don't think anyone took too 
much notice of it all actually."

The Newcastle star admitted being 2-0 up in the series and illness to 
himself, Newcastle teammate Matthew Gidley and lock Luke Ricketson 
meant the Blues camp hadn't had its usual intensity.

But they wanted a 3-0 result and avoid the hollow feeling of holding 
up the Origin shield after a last match loss.
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