Brown to blood electric rookie in Brisbane and other top stories.

• Brown to blood electric rookie in Brisbane

  

  Broncos wary of Knights ahead of round seven clash1:01NRL: Broncos wary of Knights ahead of round seven clash. AS an electrical apprentice in a Hunter Valley coal mine, Josh King is no stranger to hard work and rolling up his sleeves when a job needs to get done.But it’s unlikely anything the rookie Newcastle prop has experienced will have prepared him for what he is likely to face in Brisbane on Saturday.King 21, is poised to make his NRL debut in one of the toughest cauldrons in the game – Su..

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• Benitez insists Newcastle players are not scared

  

  Newcastle host Swansea City on Sunday morning (AEST) and they sit six points adrift of safety with only six matches remaining to save their top-flight status. Benitez rejected the notion that his team being scared was impacting their performances after collecting just one point from his first four matches in charge. The former Real Madrid boss has retained confidence that Newcastle can still beat the drop. "I don't see any fear in the players," Benitez said at his pre-match media conference. "..

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• Newcastle Jets announce player exodus

  

  The Newcastle Jets have announced wholesale changes to their squad for next season with six players today departing the club. NEWS: Birighitti sweeps Jets' awards The club revelaed coach Scott Miller together with interim CEO Mr David Eland met individually with off contract players on Saturday. Subsequent to these meetings, Enver Alivodic, Leonardo, Cameron Watson, Ryan Kitto, Brandon Lundy and Josh Barresi will each depart the club ahead of season 12 of the Hyundai A-League.  Aliv..

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• Have no regrets, Benitez tells troubled Newcastle

  

  Rafael Benitez has told his Newcastle players not to have any regrets as they try to claw their way towards Premier League survival against Swansea on Saturday.Benitez is still awaiting his first victory as Newcastle manager and the single point he has banked in his four matches has done little to ease his troubled team's hopes of avoiding relegation.Newcastle are currently six points adrift of safety, but four of their last six games are at St James' Park and Benitez is desperate to boost mor..

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• Birighitti sweeps Jets' awards

  

  Goalkeeper Mark Birighitti was the big winner at the Newcastle Jets’ annual Player of the Year Awards held at Newcastle City Hall on Friday evening. The 24-year-old was recognised as the club’s and Members’ Player of the Year for 2016, plus feted with Men of Football’s Ray Baartz Medal at the gala which was attended by over 250 Newcastle Jets players, management, partners, sponsors, members and supporters. Birighitti, who returned to the club following a loan spell with AS Varese in ..

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• Slow speeds 'here to stay'

  

  'No ifs or buts': lobby group says NBN issues in Newcastle a product of fibre to the node. SNAIL'S PACE: Lunaticks Society of Newcastle president Gordon Whitehead warns that slow speeds will be the norm unless fibre is taken to the premises.CHOKED by slow speeds and clutching at straws to find a path forward, a Newcastle telecommunications lobby group has conceded the Hunter’s woes with the National Broadband Network (NBN) may never be resolved.It says the only way to achieve the ..

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• Unsolved murder of horse trainer George Brown torments Jean O ...

  

  NSW: Horse trainer George Brown's tortured remains were found at the top of Bulli Pass. His sister has waited 32 years for answers. STILL WAITING: Jean O'Leary keeps a collection of newspaper clippings that chronicle the police investigation into her brother's unsolved murder.Picture: Chris HydeFor more than three decades Jean O’Leary has lived with the torment of knowing her brother met a violent and painful death. But much of her agony comes from what is not known. Who murdered ..

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• ISP NSW Report: NZ Warriors v Newcastle

  

  Doubles from wings Tomas Aoake and Ken Maumalo have helped the New Zealand Warriors to a solid 26-6 victory over the Newcastle Knights in today’s seventh-round Intrust Super Premiership match on Mount Smart Stadium #2. The win not only lifted the home side to eight points with a 4-3 win-loss record – and fourth on the ladder for now – but also provided a healthy boost to its points for and against differential (now plus 36). The Warriors set the tone from the outset, asserting themselves in the ..

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• NRL Round 7: North Queensland Cowboys wallop South Sydney ...

  

  South Sydney Rabbitohs lost to an impressive North Queensland Cowboys side on Friday, April 15. TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 15: Kane Linnett of the Cowboys makes a break during the round seven NRL match between the North Queensland Cowboys and the South Sydney Rabbitohs at 1300SMILES Stadium on April 15, 2016 in Townsville, Australia. (Photo by Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images)South Sydney have copped a drubbing by North Queensland, and to add injury to insult, a dazed Greg Inglis was..

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