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Tapine, Savage suspended after Raiders' big Vegas win

Joe Tapine and Xavier Savage have both pleaded guilty and will be sidelined following Canberra's impressive round-one NRL win over the Warriors in Las Vegas.

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Cyclone's Fringe Lashes Eastern Australia

The outer fringe of a tropical cyclone started whipping eastern Australia on Thursday, bringing drenching rains and record-breaking waves to a heavily populated region rarely hit by typhoons.

International Business Times

Brisbane schools and public transport shut as Cyclone Alfred to hit later than expected

Parts of Queensland and NSW prepare as BoM weather forecast shows Alfred making landfall between Maroochydore and Coolangatta

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How to watch AFL 2025: live stream Aussie football online, schedule, all the details o the opening round games

How watch AFL 2025 live streams online, with Collingwood, Greater Western Sydney and reigning champions Brisbane being hotly tipped for the season ahead.

TechRadar

Time for northern clubs to earn their keep as AFL seeks return on investment

The league has reason to hope GWS and Gold Coast can lay down a marker in non-traditional markets while Brisbane defend their crown in 2025

The Guardian - AU

Australia Readies As Cyclone Veers Towards Eastern Coast

A rare tropical cyclone veered towards Australia's densely populated eastern coast on Wednesday, sparking emergency warnings, closing hundreds of schools, and threatening to flood thousands of homes.

International Business Times

Everything that’s shut on Wednesday as TC Alfred approaches

Many flights cancelled, some airports closed and some Brisbane council services on hold, while sporting events relocated or rescheduled

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Residents prepare for the first cyclone in 51 years to hit the Australian coast near Brisbane

Residents are stacking sandbags to protect low-lying properties ahead of a tropical cyclone that is forecast to become the first in 51 years to hit the Australian east coast near Brisbane, the nation’s third-most populous city

The Independent UK

Brisbane on alert: these maps show the suburbs most likely to flood during Cyclone Alfred

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to strike densely populated areas of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. Brisbane, home to more than 2.5 million people, is among the places in the storm’s path.

The Conversation

Cyclone Alfred is bearing down. Here’s how it grew so fierce – and where it’s expected to hit

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is strengthening as it bears down on the coast of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, prompting fears it may become a destructive category 3 cyclone before it makes landfall.

The Conversation

Reds ready to fly players home pre-match if needed

The Queensland Reds are doing all they can to take care of players' families back in Brisbane while the team prepare to play the Crusaders in Christchurch.

AAP

Broncos start Hunt for title with apple of Adam's eye

Brisbane five-eighth Ben Hunt will play his first NRL game for the club since 2017, giving captain Adam Reynolds another cool head to launch a title tilt.

AAP

Dolphins stars pull out of NRL clash due to cyclone

Dolphins players Kodi Nikorima and Mark Nicholls have put family first and pulled out of the clash with South Sydney in Parramatta as Cyclone Alfred looms.

AAP

Queensland evacuations begin as Cyclone Alfred storm path tracks towards Brisbane

Up to 20,000 homes could be flooded, with beachside and low-lying suburbs most at risk, city council flood map shows

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Crisafulli urges residents to prepare as storm approaches – as it happened

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AFL 2025 predicted ladder part two: creaking Collingwood’s final crack at a flag

Reigning premiers Brisbane can shake off recent history and contend again but will have to overcome a pair of resurgent challengers to the crown

The Independent UK

Cyclone Alfred map tracker: When and where will the Category 2 storm make landfall?

Millions of people in Queensland and northern New South Wales under warnings to hunker down or evacuate, with flights, trains, buses and schools suspended

AAP

NRL avoids opening-round postponement with Sydney move

The Dolphins and South Sydney will swap home games under an NRL move to bring the opening-round clash between the two teams away from Cyclone Alfred.

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Maguire challenge that got Paix on hook for Broncos

Cory Paix has capped a remarkable comeback from oblivion under new Brisbane coach Michael Maguire to be given the starting No.9 jersey in round one.

The Independent UK

Storm Alfred latest: At least 300,000 in blackout as Australian PM warns ‘worse to come’

Flood warnings are still in place as heavy rainfall continued today

The Guardian - AU

Calm before the storm: nervous Brisbane waits for Alfred’s arrival

Authorities have clearly grasped the scale of potential disaster, but the tropical cyclone won’t feel real to many in Brisbane until the weather starts to turn

AAP

Cobbo's oasis the trump card in keeping him at Broncos

Selwyn Cobbo has lost 7kg and is mentally refreshed as he targets a new Brisbane deal after a visit to Cherbourg State School with coach Michael Maguire.

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Brisbane, GWS tipped as grand finalists by captains

AFL captains are tipping the Brisbane Lions and GWS to reach the AFL grand final, with Collingwood ace Nick Daicos the favourite to collect the Brownlow medal.

The Guardian - AU

Tropical Cyclone Alfred intensifies as latest forecast predicts landfall just north of Brisbane

BoM data prediction says path of TC Alfred shows it tracking to hit Queensland coast overnight on Thursday

The Guardian - AU

How Bureau of Meteorology modelling predicts the path of cyclones like Alfred

Residents in Brisbane and elsewhere along Queensland’s south-east coast, as well as people in far-north NSW, are bracing for the tropical cyclone

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