Match reports, junior sport, fixtures, and local club updates.
On The Bunny
GREYHOUND Racing NSW has advised the NSW Government that it rejects the compensation offer it made in December in relation to the sport’s exit from Wentworth Park next year. The NSW Government had offered $10 million in additional Capital Grant Funding for the upgrade of country tracks over the next four years. However, this was [...]
Rugby League
THE NRL Indigenous Women’s All Stars team, featuring Pallamallawa’s Rhiannon Byers, came from a 14-nil deficit at half-time to beat the New Zealand Maori Wahine All Stars 20-14 at FMG Stadium FMG Stadium, Waikato, Hamilton on Sunday. The Indigenous All Stars came from well back to score four second-half tries, the game sealer when Jada [...]
Regional Sport
THE NSW Country Rugby Union Senior Championships will return to Tamworth in 2026 to continue a long-running partnership with Tamworth Regional Council. The championships will be held from May 15-17, celebrating the heart and heritage of country rugby while delivering meaningful benefits to the Central North region. Delivered in partnership with Tamworth Regional Council and [...]
Rugby League
MORE than 100 kids and just as many adults sidestepped their way onto Boughton Oval on Monday afternoon to get some hands-on rugby league advice from some of the best in the business. NRL legends Brad Fittler and Greg Inglis joined current NRL Women’s stars Yasmin Meakes and Olivia Higgins at Boughton Oval in Moree [...]
Our Community
IT’S quite ironic that a man who drove a taxi cab for 26 years of his working life has clocked up 77,000 kilometres running and jogging around the streets of Moree. On Saturday morning, 80-year-old Moree marvel Ronny Clissold proudly pencilled in that number in a tiny pocket diary after running five kilometres at Moree [...]
Junior Rugby League
THE NRL HOGS national tour, presented by Westpac and led by Brad Fittler, will leave Penrith today, with the crew travelling to regional New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria to champion and promote rugby league in heartland towns. The tour will be in Moree tomorrow, Monday, February 9, at Boughton Oval between 4.30pm and 5.30pm, [...]
Rugby League
PALLAMALLAWA rugby league star Rhiannon Byers has been selected for the All Stars Indigenous Australian women’s squad to play in New Zealand later this month. The NRLW Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks second-rower will run on against Māori Wahine Toa All Stars on Sunday, February 15 at Hamilton. The match, being played outside Australia for only the second time, [...]
Junior Sport
DURING the year of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia and 2026 FIFA World Cup, John Moriarty Football will shine the spotlight on young Indigenous football talent at the JMF National Talent Showcase in Sydney in May, an Australian-first. The May 30-31 event will showcase the talents of female and male Indigenous footballers aged 12 [...]
Moree Giants
MOREE Giants Marley Swan and Brodie Schutt played the game of their lives with the Greater Northern Tigers 16s Andrew Johns Cup side against Riverina Bulls at Singleton last weekend – and the boys are now focused on getting a win against Central Coast Roosters at Woy Woy Oval tomorrow. A try last week by [...]
Junior Rugby League
FOR Haylie Turner, running on with Greater Northern Tigers against Riverina Bulls in the Westpac Regional Lisa Fiaola Cup at Singleton last weekend was a nerve-wracking experience – for the first few minutes, anyway. “Having all the girls together made me keen to have a run, and as soon as I got my first tackle, [...]
