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NRL 2022: Newcastle Knights investigation racism allegations; David Klemmer, news, updates

NRL 2022: Newcastle Knights investigation racism allegations; David Klemmer, news, updates

The Newcastle Knights’ season has been thrown into even more disarray after it was revealed that the club was investigating an alleged racist remark made by a staff member.

According to Newcastle Heraldthe complaint was made after a lower-grade indigenous player was told to “stop playing like a blackfella and get back to structure”.

Newcastle are reportedly investigating the alleged racist remark, and are taking the matter very seriously.

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According to the Herald, it was not the player in question who raised the complaint to the Knights.

“I can confirm the process if there are any allegations of racial vilification,” Knights chief executive Phil Gardner said told Newcastle Herald.

“They will be handled very firmly by the club.

“The outcomes could lead to a range of sanctions, which could be suspended, ends or

“Anyone found guilty would be dealt with on that basis, although it’s very important that allegations aren’t treated as truth or fact, because it could impact on those people in their future careers … if it’s not factual, it shouldn’t be reported .”

This investigation it not at all linked to David Klemmer’s situation at the club, after he was given a show cause notice after an on-field incident.

Klemmer allegedly refused to leave the field and verbally abused trainer Hayden Knowles during the Knights’ 14-point loss to the Bulldogs.

The Telegraph reported on Thursday that claimed the star forward had called the trainer a “c***” and told him to “shut the f*** up”.

Journalist Brent Read understands that the former Blues representative had apologized to coach Adam O’Brien over text message.

While the prop has been dropped for this weekend’s clash with the Wests Tigers, amid earlier reports that he could have his contract torn up, it’s believed that he could return next weekend.

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PremiAir signs Hill for Bathurst 1000

PremiAir signs Hill for Bathurst 1000

Cameron Hill (left) and Chris Pither (right)

Cameron Hill will make his Great Race debut in this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 as co-driver to PremiAir Racing’s Chris Pither.

Hill is currently second in the Dunlop Super2 Series for Triple Eight Race Engineering, and the deal means he will drive another Triple Eight-built car at Mount Panorama, namely the #22 Coca-Cola ZB Commodore.

The 25-year-old won in his last start at the iconic circuit, the Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour, and claimed last year’s Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia title.

He is thus high on confidence ahead of what will be not only his Supercars Championship debut, but first weekend racing at Mount Panorama in a Supercar.

“This will be my first main game race, and what better way to make my debut?” said Hill.

“While it may be my first time at Bathurst in a Supercar, I’ve got plenty of laps under my belt, having recently won the Bathurst 6 Hour after starting 60th due to a technical infringement.

“I’ve also raced in the Bathurst 12 Hour, in Carrera Cup, and the Toyota 86 Racing Series.

“For me, this is going to be an incredible experience, and I’m looking forward to being on the mountain. Hopefully, between Chris and I we can achieve a great result.”

Pither has strong expectations of his co-driver.

“It’s very hard to get your first opportunity in the Supercars Championship,” he said of Hill.

“Cam’s been going well in Super2, this year, so he deserves the opportunity.

“Racing in the Bathurst 1000 for the first time is a special experience I look forward to sharing with him.

“I know he’ll do a great job.”

Team Principal Matt Cook is hoping for “big things” given the synergy which plugging Hill into one of its cars represents.

“We are very excited to have Cam coming on board with Chris to co-drive the PremiAir Coca-Cola Racing Supercar,” Cook stated.

“Cam currently drives for Triple Eight Race Engineering in Super2 and our cars are Triple Eight cars, so the transition should be pretty seamless for him and we are hoping he can do some big things here with us.”

Hill will join the squad for a test day at Queensland Raceway on Tuesday, August 9 as part of PremiAir’s preparation for October’s Bathurst 1000.

The team is yet to announce James Golding’s co-driver for its Subway-backed car.

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Country boy Jed Holloway finally gets his Wallabies shot | Australia rugby union team

Jed Holloway thought his dream of playing for the Wallabies had died in 2020 when he was let go by the New South Wales Waratahs but a change in attitude resurrected his career and on Saturday he will play his first Test.

The abrasive loose forward would have made his debut in last month’s series against England but for a calf injury and so he will finally get to wear the gold shirt against Argentina in the Rugby Championship opener in Mendoza.

“It’s pretty surreal,” the 29-year-old told reporters from Argentina on Friday. “Something last year I thought would never eat. There was a little setback, but it wouldn’t be a part of my journey if I didn’t have a setback.”

Holloway conceded that the injury setback would have sent him off the rails earlier in his career, but a new perspective as a family man with a young daughter had kept him on an even keel.

“I’m a better player, better person, it just allows me to just really enjoy my footy,” he said. “I’m really happy that my form throughout the year has given me this opportunity and now it’s just taking it on Saturday.”

After being cut loose by the Waratahs two years ago, Holloway played for Toyota Verblitz in Japan and had a spell living in Florida. His second chance at him at the Waratahs this season almost did not come about with coach Darren Coleman initially skeptical that Holloway was a good fit for his rebuild project in Sydney.

“I knew I needed to come home with the right attitude,” Holloway recalled. “I knew I had the ability but the work ethic and attitude weren’t there.”

Wallabies coach Dave Rennie said Holloway fully deserved his chance after a fine season for the resurgent Waratahs, where he mainly played in the second row.

“He’s had to be patient but he’s got a really good skillset,” said the New Zealander. “He’s a good lineout forward and he’s got a bit of an edge about him and we think that’s going to be important going into the weekend.”

The flanker’s excitement on Friday was amplified by the inclusion on the bench of uncapped prop Matt Gibbon, whose brother Holloway grew up playing country rugby with in northern New South Wales.

There will also be a familiar face in the shape of Pumas coach Michael Cheika, who first brought Holloway to the Waratahs in 2013 and later included him in Wallabies training squads.

“I know Cheik, he’ll be fired up, he’ll probably be throwing golf clubs against walls like he did for us at the Waratahs,” Holloway laughed. “He’ll have them fired up, so we’ll need to be ready to go as well.”

wallabies: Tom Wright, Jordan Petaia, Len Ikitau, Hunter Paisami, Marika Koroibete, Quade Cooper, Nic White, Rob Valetini, Michael Hooper (captain), Jed Holloway, Matt Philip, Darcy Swain, Allan Alaalatoa, Folau Fainga’a, James Slipper . Reserve: Lachlan Lonergan, Matt Gibbon, Taniela Tupou, Nick Frost, Rob Leota, Pete Samu, Jake Gordon, Reece Hodge.

Argentina: Juan Cruz Mallia, Santiago Cordero, Matias Orlando, Jeronimo de la Fuente, Emiliano Boffelli, Santiago Carreras, Tomas Cubelli; Pablo Matera, Marcos Kremer, Juan Martin Gonzalez, Tomas Lavanini, Matias Alemanno, Francisco Gomez Kodela, Julian Montoya (captain), Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro. Reserve: Agustin Creevy, Thomas Gallo, Joel Sclavi, Santiago Grondona, Rodrigo Bruni, Lautaro Bazan Velez, Tomas Albornoz, Matias Moroni.

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Luke Keary World Cup, Ireland, Mal Meninga Kangaroos selections, Tonga, Samoa, Brian To’o, Josh Papalii, Joseph Suaalii, news

Luke Keary World Cup, Ireland, Mal Meninga Kangaroos selections, Tonga, Samoa, Brian To'o, Josh Papalii, Joseph Suaalii, news

Roosters star Luke Keary has put his hand up to play for Ireland in this year’s World Cup — throwing his support behind a raft of NRL stars opting to represent their heritage.

Reports surfaced that Maroons gun Josh Papalii will ply his trade for Samoa, joining Jarome Luai and Brian To’o, while Felise Kaufusi, Siosifa Talakai, Daniel Tupou and Kotoni Staggs are set to represent Tonga.

While Keary may not have been in Meninga’s Kangaroos plans, the 30-year-old has expressed his desire to represent Ireland after being ruled out of the 2017 World Cup with a hip injury.

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“I stuck my hand up to play for Ireland in 2017,” Keary said to the SMH.

“It didn’t eventuate, I had a few [injuries] at the back end of the year. We’ll just see how the next few weeks go but I’ve told the [Irish officials] that I need to tell.

“I’ve always had a connection there since I was a kid. Dad’s family is still over there. I haven’t been over there but you just feel proud whenever I’ve talked about it. It makes me feel good thinking about it.”

Keary welcomed players who wanted to represent their heritage, explaining “it’s great for our game”.

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“It’s going to be a great World Cup with so many great players putting their hands up for their nations of birth or their heritage. I think it’s great for our game,” he said.

Ireland have been drawn in group C, alongside Jamaica, Lebanon and one of the competition’s heavyweights — New Zealand.

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Meanwhile, young gun Joseph Suaalii will be attending the World Cup — whether it be for the Kangaroos or Samoa.

The 19-year-old could be set for a potential starting berth with Samoa should he choose to go down that path, but the young gun outlined his preference.

“I honestly haven’t thought about it too much but I want to be there playing at the World Cup,” Suaalii said.

“I’m trying to make that Australian team and if I’m lucky enough I’ll make that Samoan team as well.

“If I get picked for either of them it would be an honour. If I’m playing at the World Cup I’ll be happy.”

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More details emerge as Crows offer Rankine eye-watering contract

More details emerge as Crows offer Rankine eye-watering contract

More details have emerged over Adelaide’s pursuit of Izak Rankine.

Reports broke on Tuesday that the Crows were confident they secure Rankine from the Suns during the 2022 trade period, with SEN’s Sam Edmund providing further details on Thursday.

Despite the Suns originally holding confidence they would re-sign Rankine, who does not have a deal for beyond 2022, the narrative appears to have shifted in terms of the lure home for Rankine.

SEN SA’s Michelangelo Rucci reported on details of the Crows’ offer, which has left the Suns and Stuart Dew “not happy”.

“100 per cent (he will go to Adelaide). To the point whereby Essendon, which was the other interested party, has been told, ‘don’t call anymore’,” Rucci told SEN SA’s The Run Home.

“Port Adelaide has been told, ‘we’re not even meeting with you’.

“And the figures that have been thrown at Essendon and Port Adelaide to make it known you’re wasting your time (are incredible).

“Gold Coast has put $650,000 on the table, Adelaide will make Izak Rankine the highest paid player on its list next year at $900,000.

“The next phase of all this is this you have a Gold Coast football club who are a bit like Sydney with Jordan Dawson last year, they thought they had him…

“Stuart Dew is not happy, so they’re going to dig in.”

Rankine is having a career-best season in 2022, kicking 27 goals in 16 games almost four years after being taken with Pick 3 in the 2018 draft.





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Formula 1 news 2022 | McLaren tells Daniel Ricciardo it intends to replace him, per report

McLaren has reportedly informed Daniel Ricciardo it intends to replace him with fellow Australian Oscar Piastri for the 2023 season.

After weeks of speculation, Autosport is reporting the team will now enter settlement negotiations with Ricciardo, who was contracted with the team until the end of 2023.

The publication indicated that Ricciardo may have been offered a seat in McLaren’s Formula E team, which the 33-year-old refused.

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It is widely understood that any performance clauses in Ricciardo’s contract with McLaren laid with the Aussie, meaning only he could leave the team if they’re not performing to his standards and not the other way around.

Paying him out of the contract could cost the Woking squad as much as $21million.

On the other side of the coin, paying off Alpine for Oscar Piastri could also cost McLaren a bucketload – depending on whether or not the issue goes to court.

According to Autosport, in a massive bureaucratic bungle from Alpine, Piastri is able to walk away from the Enstone squad because the 2023 deal was never properly signed, nor submitted to the FIA’s Contract Recognition Board.

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Melbourne Demons v Collingwood Magpies fixtures, teams, ladder, odds, tickets, players

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AFL 2022: Fresh twist in Buddy Franklin saga amid conflicting reports about move from Swans to Brisbane

AFL 2022: Fresh twist in Buddy Franklin saga amid conflicting reports about move from Swans to Brisbane

Buddy Franklin is reportedly edging closer to a deal to remain at the Sydney Swans as rumors swirl over his future in the AFL.

Channel 9 reported on Thursday Franklin was set to turn his back on Sydney for a deal with the Brisbane Lions.

The report said the Lions and Franklin’s management have already entered into preliminary discussions.

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It was immediately countered by Swans CEO Tom Harley who said the report linking Sydney’s star forward to Brisbane was “news to him”.

“There’s nothing to announce, but there’s nothing untoward at the same time (on Franklin’s future),” Harley told 3AW.

“There’s no hurry from our point of view and no hurry from his point of view.

“Things are all tracking well at the moment.”

Brisbane coach Chris Fagan said on Friday the Lions would be open to having a chat with Franklin if he was indeed considering moving north to continue his career.

The Lions coach felt if Franklin was to relocate to Queensland it would likely be for retirement rather than to continue his football career.

“I would have thought if they are moving to Queensland, that’s perhaps an indication that Bud’s going to retire from AFL football,” Fagan said.

But sports broadcaster Andy Maher said on Friday he has been told Franklin will stay with the Swans and is simply signing up the details around a contract extension.

“I can’t say where it came from, but Franklin’s not going to Brisbane,” Maher said on his SEN radio show.

“He’s not going, he’s going to stay at Sydney and they’re in the throws of working out the contract, so it does sound like he’s going to play another year at the Swans if this information is true and where it’s coming from is pretty strong.

“They’re arguing whether the last $100,000 is marketing money or how it fits in, how they can use what they have available to them within the rules of the game to satisfy what is right for Franklin to receive.

“They’re right at the very end and the edges of just tidying up the contract for next year.”

The conflicting reports come as former Hawthorn forward Ben Dixon argued Franklin has more chance of “playing on the moon than Victoria” next year, with Brisbane the perfect fit.

“I reckon there’s some real merit in (rumors of the Brisbane move),” Dixon told Fox Footy.

“My gut feels is yes (he’ll leave Sydney).

“He’s more chance of playing on the moon than in Victoria.

“Going for one more tilt, going to a different club, it’s not going to tarnish anything about your reputation in the game.

“He’s only going to go north.

“He’s a Perth boy, but you can rule out those two clubs (Fremantle and West Coast). You can rule out the Giants. It’s a process of elimination – the Gold Coast or it’s Brisbane.

“Brisbane’s right in the wheelhouse to win it. If it’s not this year, they still have got a little tilt next year.

“I know his motivation in signing a long-term deal with Sydney was sustainable success.

“I think his drive and his motivation – he wants to win a flag.

“He could be the hottest property in Queensland.

“If you look at it and you say: ‘Who’s closer to the flag (Gold Coast or Brisbane)?’ Well, there’s no doubt Brisbane are.”

Franklin and his wife Jesinta have made plenty of headlines in recent months after the bombshell news the 35-year-old believed the Swans were lowballing him.

Franklin joined the Swans from Hawthorn in 2014 on a nine-year $10 million deal but the star forward was looking for $700,000 per season.

While Franklin has been injury prone in recent years, the scenes of fans flooding onto the SCG when he kicked his 1000th career goal earlier this year showed he is still one of the sport’s biggest drawcards.

But reports of a move out of Sydney dominated headlines in early July and Jesinta told Channel 7’s The Morning Show “we’ve got options” when questioned about the speculation.

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Josh Jenkins opens up on Adelaide Crows 2018 pre-season camp after Eddie Betts book

Former Adelaide Crows forward Josh Jenkins has become the latest player to speak about the club’s infamous 2018 pre-season club, joining ex-teammate Eddie Betts.

Jenkins, who left the Crows at the end of 2019 and has since retired from the game, released a lengthy statement about his experience at the Gold Coast-based camp, just days after Betts’ revelations in his biography, The Boy from Boomerang Crescent.

While a number of the 33-year-old’s alleged experiences mirrored those of Betts’, he offered an insight into the months which led up to the camp, calling the sales pitch of the “most intensive” part of the camp a “red flag” “for him.

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“I recall us going around the circle and accepting the challenge whilst a couple of players needed to be withdrawn due to injury issues as well as one player being removed because of some personal trauma he’d recently experienced,” Jenkins’ statement to SEN read , inpart.

“Hearing he was removed because his personal trauma may be too much on top of what we were about to endure had ALARM BELLS ringing inside my head.

“This all smelt terribly and in my heart I knew we were going down a bad path.

“But off the back of a Grand Final loss, when I personally had played so poorly, I only had so much leverage.

“After around 40 minutes of resistance, I agreed to be a part of group one – in part because I knew it was a month or so away and I had time to work back channels to get removed.

“No joy. I could not get out. group one was for me.”

Like Betts did in his autobiography, Jenkins too claims that personal information on his upbringing was used during the ‘harness’ activity at the camp.

“I specifically asked for assurance pre-camp that nothing regarding my childhood would be raised or used on the camp to spur me on or ‘break me down’,” he said.

“It’s my belief this promise was broken. And I’m not certain I’ll ever forgive those involved for that.

“Nor am I sure anyone has even truly taken responsibility for what went on and why it was allowed to happen.”

Jenkins claims that the club’s welfare manager was “iced out” of discussions and planning for the camp.

“The secrecy and lack of info was astounding,” he said.

“Our welfare manager – who was receiving 90 per cent-plus approval ratings in the AFLPA surveys – was iced out of discussions and planning as well as everything afterward (sic).

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“She fought the good fight for us players and I will always be grateful for that.

“She no longer works at the Crows or in the AFL.”

Jenkins has also called for the release of a report he claims is “damning” from club doctor Marc Cesana, which was allegedly written on the back of his meetings with the players.

“No one has ever acted on that report – which I know is damning,” he said.

“The report must see the light of day. It’s the only example of a medical professional who had day-to-day dealings with the people and players who were involved.

“He was concerned about us.

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“He expressed his disappointment to me about what happened to us, but never disclosed the details of what he’d discussed with other players.

“Hence why the report needs to see the light of day.”

Adelaide issued a response to Jenkins’ lengthy statement with one of his own on Friday evening.

“The club is not in a position to publicly share private medical information relating to its people,” the statement read.

“While under investigation, the club provided the doctor’s report to both the AFL and SafeWork SA.”

A SafeWork SA investigation in 2021 cleared the club of breaching health and safety laws, while an AFL investigation in 2018 determined the Crows had not breached any rules.

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Aussie Calab Law wins under-20s World Championship 200m bronze

Aussie Calab Law wins under-20s World Championship 200m bronze

Australia — we may just have found our next sprint superstar.

Aussie 200m star Calab Law claimed bronze at the under-20 World Athletics Championship in Cali Colombia, clocking a time of 20.48 in the final and landing on the podium.

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It was a hot final as Israel’s Blessing Akawasi Afrifah claimed gold ahead of Botswana’s Lesile Tebogo, who both recorded times of 19.96 seconds, making them the third fastest under-20 200m sprinters in history. Afrifah claimed the gold by 0.006 seconds in the photo finish time but both were awarded the championship record time.

The time was only 0.03 seconds slower than 200m world record holder Usain Bolt’s fastest under-20 time of 19.93 seconds and 18-year-old World Championship silver medalist Erriyon Knighton’s time of 19.49 seconds as the fastest under-20 200m time ever.

Tebogo had claimed the under-20 100m world record earlier in the meet, running 9.91 in the final to break his own record.

Although well outside the world record time, Law claimed the bronze, bouncing back from a slow star to land on the podium.

Law had set a personal best time of 20.42 in the semi-finals, the second fastest under-20 200m time in Australian history, behind only Aiden Murphy’s 20.41 set at the South Australian State Championships in February.

The 200m has traditionally not been a strong suit for Australia

Athletics historian David Tarbotton revealing it was just the fifth international 200m medal Australia had won, and second in the World U20s after Steve McBain’s bronze in 1986.

Murphy did make the semi-finals in Cali as well, but had the 11th fastest time and missed the final, despite coming into the event as a strong medal hope.

But Law brought home the bronze in a brilliant performance to solidify his reputation as one of Australia’s great sprinting prospects.

“I was so tempted to look over my shoulder because I didn’t really feel anybody up next to me. I knew the two boys were up in front, but I was not sure at all – I had to wait to see my name up there,” Law told Athletics Australia.

“The medal for me is like another step, it’s the next level. When I get into my Open season I will be better than ever.”

At just 18-years-old, Law is bound to get faster, which could be perfect timing for the Victorian Commonwealth Games in 2026.

A proud Indigenous man from the Wakka Wakka tribe in North Queensland, Law said he was inspired by those who came before him.

“My favorite sprinter ever is Cathy Freeman. She was the best – so smooth, so relaxed, so long. I always try to replicate the way that she runs but she is too perfect,” Law said.

“My aunty was an amazing sprinter, Aunty Karla, she coached me when I was 12. They are all indigenous Wakka Wakka, my tribe is from North Queensland and they would all be really happy – they were watching me on the big screen.”

Last month, Law raced at the World Championships, making the semi-finals but finishing as the 21st fastest.

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