Robert Dillon

Newcastle

Sports Reporter at Newcastle Herald

Husband, father, journalist, author, Arsenal tragic. Once scored a century at Arundel Castle, a feat beyond Bradman.

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One try in 173 minutes: Shocking stats that lay bare Queensland’s Origin slump

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Robert Dillon

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One try in 173 minutes: Shocking stats that lay bare Queensland’s Origin slump

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Robert Dillon

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. One try - against a 12-man defensive line - in almost three hours of game time. Of all the numbers being crunched after the State of Origin series opener at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday, that is the statistic likely to cause Queensland coach Billy Slater the most angst.
One try in 173 minutes: Shocking stats that lay bare Queensland’s Origin slump

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Robert Dillon

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Why Jesse Southwell is poised to be NSW’s halfback for next 10 years

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Robert Dillon

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Andrew Johns describes her as “one of my favourites”, and NSW tyro Jesse Southwell has a chance to entrench herself as the Blues’ long-term halfback by steering them to a State of Origin series whitewash in Newcastle on Thursday.
The wonder try that put the NSW Blues on path to victory over Queensland Maroons

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Robert Dillon

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Within moments of NSW coach Laurie Daley naming his team for Origin I, Blues fans were salivating over what loomed as one of the all-time great backlines. But, it’s one thing to look good on paper, and another to put it together in a series opener in front of 52,483 Queenslanders at Suncorp Stadium. How would Daley’s men combine, under pressure, in the cauldron?
The real story at Bondi isn’t DCE. It’s the homegrown Roosters revival

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Dan Walsh |Robert Dillon

By Dan Walsh and Robert Dillon May 27, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Watching the camera trained on the coach’s box, you could’ve sworn Trent Robinson was up the road at Gosford Greyhounds, with his house on No.4 in the last.
They’ve already won the series. But Blues want to pile misery on Maroons

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Robert Dillon

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Blues back-rower Yasmin Clydsdale is primed to help NSW clinch a historic State of Origin whitewash this week – before returning for another crack at Queensland next year. The Blues have already won the series after victories in the first two games of the inaugural three-match campaign, and will be aiming to complete a shut-out at Newcastle’s McDonald Jones Stadium on Thursday.
Penrith Panthers v Newcastle Knights, Sydney Roosters v Cronulla Sutherland Sharks scores, odds, how to watch

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Billie Eder |Robert Dillon

ROOSTERS 42, SHARKS 16Who needs Daly Cherry-Evans? Arguably not the Sydney Roosters, judging by the impressive performance from rookie halfback Hugo Savala in their 42-16 win against Cronulla in Gosford on Saturday night. Appearing in only his ninth NRL game, the 23-year-old created the first two tries of the game with pinpoint cross-field kicks that veteran winger Daniel Tupou caught cleanly to score.
NSW Blues No.7 Nathan Cleary is in the best kicking form of his stellar career

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Robert Dillon

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Rugby league’s leading goal-kicking coach, Daryl Halligan, has backed Nathan Cleary to cement his “Iceman” reputation during the State of Origin series, as statistics reveal the Penrith star has never been in better form with the boot.
NSW Blues enforcer MItch Barnett comes of age after ‘thug act’ he still regrets

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Robert Dillon

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As Mitch Barnett remembers it, he was on a path to self-improvement anyway. But the send-off, subsequent suspension and the accompanying barrage of criticism left him with no other option. “It was a thug act,” Barnett admitted, as he reflected on the incident three years ago that left him at a crossroads in his career.