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A non-exhaustive list of NRL media figures involved with gambling companies

Last month Crikey brought you a list of many of the AFL media figures who publicly involve themselves in the betting industry, following our Punted series on gambling advertising. 


With the NRL grand final this Sunday, we’ve turned our attention to the favoured football code north of the Barassi Line. 


Gambling is now so intrinsically linked with the consumption of rugby league that ahead of this week’s grand final between the Melbourne Storm and Penrith Panthers, three of News Corp’s most...
Crikey •

'It’s fucked … most people know that': Sports podcasters speak out over gambling ad influence

As Crikey previously addressed via our Punted series, gambling advertising in sport is almost inescapable. Last week, we published a list of just how many people in AFL media were publicly involved in the betting industry, prompting some backlash and strong views from other sports media personalities. 


Crikey received this message in our tip-off inbox: “I’m shattered that none of our awesome AFL talent didn’t make the list. We could have done with the free publicity. Love, Team Neds”. We also...
Crikey •

'People will swim through shit for a dollar': A list of AFL stars and journos on the gambling payroll

The extent to which gambling advertising has infiltrated sport has been well-documented in Crikey’s Punted series. It is inescapable. 


Every week, Australians are bombarded via our televisions with betting tips from former players, while clubs sign deals with the same betting agencies that hire executives from the AFL.


The AFL’s deals with gambling companies are reported (by one of the media figures on this Crikey list, no less) to be worth between $30-$40 million in product fees alone, pl...
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The Shakeup: 'reverse racism', sport haters and pets on planes

Matildas captain Sam Kerr has fronted court in London, charged with racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. The Sun newspaper is reporting Kerr called a police officer a "stupid white bastard", but Kerr denies that and will plead not guilty. Some are claiming "reverse racism", but is there more to the story? And it turns out 1 in 5 Aussie adults is a fully fledged sport hater. Plus, Virgin Australia has announced plans to allow pets on domestic flights. What could go wrong?
Crikey •

The year that changed women's sport forever

It was a historic year for women’s sport in Australia. We hosted a FIFA World Cup for the first time, with bumper crowds at almost every fixture and the entire nation rallying around the Matildas’ fairytale run to the semifinals, cementing their position as the new sporting face of the country. Despite this, the final in Sydney brought with it a microcosm of the various gendered challenges women in sport still face. The cricketers won the T20 World Cup earlier in the year, and were at the centre...
ABC •

Updated anti-siphoning scheme aims to keep iconic sporting moments on free TV - RN Drive

The federal government is bringing in new laws in order to prevent 'iconic' sport moments slipping behind TV paywalls.The government says it wants to keep more content accessible on free-to-air television, and place Australian free networks on a level pegging with streaming platforms on smart TVs. So how might this legislation work in practice?

The federal government is bringing in new laws in order to prevent 'iconic' sport moments slipping behind TV p...
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Ricky Ponting’s ‘proudest moment as a player’ will come as a complete surprise

The man revered as Nostradamus, with an encyclopaedic knowledge of cricket and an immaculate front-foot pull has more than plenty of moments to pick from as his proudest moment over the span of a glittering 17-year career in which he scored over 27,000 international runs. Watch every match of the ICC Men‘s Cricket World Cup Live on Kayo Sports. Join now and start streaming instantly >But it wasn’t the revenge Ashes whitewash of 2006/07, or one of his three World Cups that “Punter” picked, but a...
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Women's World Cup shows depth and scope for development in women's football: Observer

The FIFA Women's World Cup – in its ninth edition – has shown that women’s football has progressively gotten more competitive and exciting over the years, observers say. Sunday's showdown, where Spain beat England to lift the trophy, was both teams' first time at the World Cup finals, in a sport long dominated by the United States. Mr Daanyal Saeed, a sports reporter with News Corp Australia, tells CNA’s Asia First that the tournament has shown the depth and scope for development in women's soccer. Read more: https://cna.asia/45fNrGo

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Australian sport about to change forever as 2032 Olympics loom

Amid the fallout around Victoria’s withdrawal from the 2026 Commonwealth Games, a debate greater than the political one being held in the Victorian halls of power has sprung up around the nation - how much are the Olympics really worth to us, arguably the most sports-mad nation on earth? What’s the point of it all?Some Australians wonder openly what our obsession with sports is, insisting it is all mindless frivolity, and indeed the modern Olympics particularly since Athens 2004 has been decried...
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Matildas coach savaged after horror upset to Nigeria in Brisbane

In a game dominated in the early stages by a Matildas side that would eventually record 64 per cent of possession, 28 shots to Nigeria’s 11 and 15 corners to Nigeria’s two, the wheels fell off the rails for Gustavsson on the stroke of half time after Uchenna Kanu slammed home a bobbling loose ball into the bottom right to bring the Super Falcons level heading into the break. Stream Over 50 Sports Live & On-Demand with Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free trial now >It would head further downhill f...
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‘Tough gig’: Shane Watson and Lee Furlong’s company collapses

Watson released the range of equipment with a unique direct-to-consumer online model in 2021 with the hopes of making cricket equipment more affordable for consumers, but that has come to an end as the Australian cricket stalwart looks to other opportunities. Stream Over 50 Sports Live & On-Demand with Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free trial now >Speaking exclusively to news.com.au, Watson confirmed that the operation, a joint venture with his wife Lee, would be winding up, a voluntary decision...
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Heather Anderson the first female athlete to be diagnosed with CTE

Anderson won a premiership with Adelaide over the course of a career plagued by injuries including at least one concussion. Watch every match of every round of the 2023 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE on Kayo Sports. New to Kayo? Start your free trial now >CTE is a brain condition caused by repeated blows to the head, leading to early-onset dementia.The symptoms can include memory loss, impulse control problems, depression and suicidal ideation, and often do not present until years after the...
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Geelong legend Cameron Mooney says West Coast need to ‘suck it up’

With their 171-point drubbing at the hands of Sydney, the Eagles have now won three of their last 40 matches, in a malaise last seen with Fitzroy in the 1990s. Catch Cameron Mooney on game days and Bounce on Sunday nights – only on Fox Footy, available on Foxtel and Kayo Sports. New to Kayo? Start your free trial now >Despite this, Fox Footy’s Cameron Mooney says that West Coast should not be given any sort of assistance from the AFL, and that it’s on the club to drag themselves out of their sit...
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Ellyse Perry opens up ahead of blockbuster Ashes series

Perry is arguably the most talented athlete to don the green and gold in any code, debuting as a 16-year-old for both the Matildas and the Southern Stars (as they were then known) within a fortnight. Stream Over 50 Sports Live & On-Demand with Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free trial now >Perry would eventually choose cricket over football full-time in 2015, and those in the game have been immeasurably grateful for it. The honours, along with the superlatives, are endless for Perry – a three-tim...
Fox Sports •

Daniel Ricciardo mystery still baffles F1 champion Alan Jones, F1 world

Former Formula One World Champion Alan Jones has said Daniel Ricciardo “doesn’t know” what went wrong and how the brightest spark in Australian motorsport lost his seat at what should be the peak of his career. Ricciardo was famously sacked from his McLaren seat in mid-2022 for countryman Oscar Piastri. It left the 33-year-old without a seat for the 2023 season, where he has moved into a role as reserve driver where it all began at Red Bull.Watch the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix 2023 Live and...
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Albo’s Test cameo set to spark chaos in front of insane crowd

Albanese will be one of more than 100,000 people set to descend upon the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad for the first day’s play in the Test. The Ahmedabad Test is expected to have one of the biggest crowds ever for a single day’s play of a Test match, with the Narendra Modi Stadium able to hold 132,000 people at capacity.Watch Australia’s Tour of India. Every Test & ODI live & ad-break free during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free trial now >With Albanese being one of the few Prime...
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‘The system is fine’: NSW batter Jason Sangha defends Blues’ selection policy

The Blues sit at the bottom of the Sheffield Shield ladder, going winless from seven games so far this season, and have come under fire for the culture of selecting players out of the alternative underage pathways programs rather than the traditional methodology of men’s grade cricket that has served the state so faithfully as the most successful in the country. Watch Australia’s Tour of India. Every Test & ODI live & ad-break free during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free trial now >Ear...
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Bombshell development in Peter Bol doping saga

Bol, who was nominated for Australian of the Year after he was the first Australian runner in 53 years to make it into an Olympic 800m final, was provisionally banned after returning a positive result to EPO back in October 2022 when tested out of competition.EPO has been banned as a performance-enhancing drug since the early 1990s, and was infamously used by Lance Armstrong as part of a sophisticated doping program through the late 1990s and early 2000s, during which he won 7 consecutive Tour D...
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Daanyal Saeed is a journalist currently based in Sydney, Australia. He is the media reporter for independent outlet Crikey.

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