Sydney Roosters players have all returned negative results after undergoing COVID-19 tests on Thursday. The Roosters playing squad and staff were tested ahead of Friday night’s match against Parramatta after a number of venues near the club’s headquarters at Moore Park were visited by a confirmed case on Monday. Among them was a cafe frequented by Roosters players but it is understood they were having lunch in Bondi at the time the man, aged in his 50s, attended the venue at the Entertainment Quarter. NRL players have returned to level three COVID protocols following two positive cases in Sydney’s eastern…
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South Sydney coach Wayne Bennett says the huge number of players missing in Thursday night’s loss to the Storm was no excuse, with the team threatening a poor performance like that over recent weeks. While Bennett hoped the return over the next few weeks of a few stars would help the squad bury any lingering psychological demons from the 50-0 result, he refused to blame the outs for the performance. We probably got what we deserved,” Bennett said. “We’ve been heading that way in the last couple of weeks and managed to pull games out of the fire but they’re too good…
Papua New Guinea has recorded 223 new COVID-19 cases this week, increasing the total number of cases to 11,630. The cases were reported in 14 provinces with the Morobe Province recording the highest number with 59 followed by the National Capital District with 47 and East New Britain with 36. On Monday May 3 there were 16 new cases reported in six provinces which increased the national total confirmed COVID-19 cases to 11,289. On Tuesday May 4 there were 118 new cases reported in 11 provinces, which increased the country’s total to 11,407. As of May 5 a total of…
New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan visited the Tanir Group of Islands also the place of his birth to update himself on the situation on the ground in terms of service delivery and infrastructure development. The three day trip began on Monday 3rd May to the 5th. His first stop was at Nisnis on Anir Island. He overnighted there and checked on the status of the Babase health centre and work on the mobilization for the Anir ring road. He also visited the gravesite of Ray Lacey who was an influential development figure during the pre-Independence era and met with…
PNG’s economic growth in 2021 is projected to recover at 3.5% while the global economy is projected to grow at double the rate at 6% – a big turnaround from the predicted -3.3% in 2020 when the world was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. This was highlighted by BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP), in its first quarterly Pacific Economic and Market (PEM) Insights for 2021. The PEM Insight attributes the rebound of the PNG Economy to the resumption of Barrick Niugini Limited’s operations at the Pogera Gold Mine and the PNG LNG’s forecast to expand PNG’s liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
The trial of the two American teens accused of killing an Italian police officer began in Rome Wednesday, with the pair facing charges of aggravated murder and attempted extortion. Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth, 19, and Finnegan Elder, 20, have been jailed in the Italian capital since July 2019 on suspicion of aggravated murder and attempted extortion. The pair is accused of fatally stabbing Mario Cerciello Rega, a 35-year-old Italian paramilitary policeman, in the early hours of July 26 after a drug deal gone wrong. MORE: Italian officer allegedly stabbed to death by American teens had ‘forgotten his gun’ Presiding over the trial will…
Former NRL player Jarryd Hayne has been sentenced to at least three years and eight months in jail on Thursday, after being found guilty of raping a woman in her Newcastle home back in September 2018. The 33-year-old faced the prospect of up to 14 years in jail after was found guilty on two counts of sexual intercourse without consent back in March. He will serve a maximum of five years and three months locked up. …more to come. SOURCE: ESPN News
Blues coach Brad Fittler has a fairly settled playmaking line-up heading into the Ampol State of Origin series but one possible debutant is staking a huge claim for a key role in the spine. With game one teams to be picked in just over a month, NRL.com Stats has run the rule over the candidates to see who should be in the NSW team for the June 9 series opener. Fullback Candidates: James Tedesco, Tom Trbojevic, Ryan Papenhuyzen There is no position for either state currently blessed with so much depth as NSW’s fullback options. James Tedesco is the world’s best…
The entire Roosters squad will undergo COVID testing prior to Friday night’s match against Parramatta after a positive case was recorded in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. NSW Health officials announced on Wednesday that the member of the public who tested positive had visited a number of venues in recent days, including a Moore Park cafe frequented by Roosters’ players. Any further action will be dependent on the results of the testing.
SP PNG Hunters will promote another new face in its wave of youth on Sunday when teenage playmaker Judah Rimbu moves into the starting line-up for the Intrust Super Cup clash with Brisbane Tigers at Bycroft Oval. The 19-year-old Rimbu slots into a backline featuring 2021 new faces Jokadi Bire and Norman Brown while the likes of Samuel Yegip and Benji Kot are among the next generation in the forwards. Most of the bench named for Sunday’s clash are also early in their Hunters’ careers. They will face a Tigers team with a spine that could be Gerard Beale, Ryley…