Ben Talintyre
Senior Sports Producer at Yahoo Sports Australia
•27• Senior Reporter @YahooSportAu and MMA writer for @Before_You_Bet | Formerly @DailyMailAU and @DailyTelegraph | Proud Aussie and western Sydney bloke 🇦🇺
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2 weeks ago |
news.com.au | Ben Talintyre
If you grew up playing or watching rugby league the term ‘run it straight’ won’t be anything new to you. Ingrained in Australian culture is the notion of being tough and fearless, hence why ‘run it straight’, which refers to charging at full speed at another person who will attempt to tackle you, is something often muttered from school playgrounds to sports fields. For years the ‘run it straight’ trend has sporadically gone viral on social media platforms.
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2 weeks ago |
news.com.au | Ben Talintyre
After the success of this year’s Stawell Gift despite neither Gout Gout nor Lachlan Kennedy making the final, key figures are reportedly set to present a mega-money offer to the world’s fastest man, Noah Lyles, in an attempt to get him to race on the iconic grass track in 2025. Despite Stawell Gift organisers left to rue harsh handicaps given to headline talent Gout and Kennedy at this year’s Stawell Gift, the event was an overwhelming success.
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2 weeks ago |
news.com.au | Ben Talintyre
Leaders of the West Coast playing group have reportedly held an “intervention” in a bid to turn around its woes after the worst start to an AFL season in the club’s history. The Eagles are winless in 2025 and sit rock bottom of the AFL ladder with seven losses in seven games. And the side’s leadership group is reportedly growing increasingly worried with the club’s direction after a horror 18 months punctuated by key personnel leaving for rival clubs and very minimal success on the footy field.
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2 weeks ago |
news.com.au | Ben Talintyre
The wife of rugby league legend Sam Burgess has revealed they are expecting their second child in a post to social media on Tuesday (AEDT). Burgess, 35, has three children: Poppy and Billy with his ex-wife Phoebe, and Robbie with his current wife, Lucy, but will soon become a father of four later this year.
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2 weeks ago |
news.com.au | Ben Talintyre |Martin Gabor
Rugby league legends have slammed “farcical” scenes over the weekend that saw a whopping 18 players sent to the sin bin in round eight and sparked fears the 2021 Magic Round disaster could be about to repeat itself. Just days out from Magic Round, which was marred in 2021 by a shocking crackdown that resulted in players being sent from the field for minor contact with the head, the issue is again creating widespread concern.
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