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Knights head for stormy weather: Kurt tells Newcastle to save best for last

4:00 AM AEST | IT looms as the NRL's version of Mission: Impossible - beating Melbourne in front of a sell-out crowd at AAMI Park in the last game of the most tumultuous season in Storm history. But injured Newca

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Williams takes crown as siren sounds

02 Sep 10 | WYONG and NSW Country hooker Mitch Williams held off a mighty challenge from Western Suburbs fullback Joel Penny to be crowned player of the year at the Newcastle Rugby League awards presentation last |

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PETER STERLING: Let's be Frank

02 Sep 10 | NEWS of Canterbury's signing of Panther Frank Pritchard to a three-year deal last week certainly caused a stir just a couple of weeks out from finals football. It was one of the rare times that suc

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Old mates link up as curtain falls on Dureau's Knights crusade

01 Sep 10 | BEST mates Jarrod Mullen and Scott Dureau will celebrate milestones - Mullen's 100th game for Newcastle and Dureau's last - by teaming up in the halves one final time for the Knights against Melbourne |

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Warren Ryan: Small change awaits finals contenders unlucky enough to lose their money men

01 Sep 10 | THERE'S always a certain amount of luck associated with winning a premiership. Not so much in the playing of the game, because good teams have a habit of creating their own luck, but injuries are diff |

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Stone eager to weave in Webb

31 Aug 10 | KNIGHTS coach Rick Stone believes former Queensland Origin enforcer Carl Webb would be a "good fit" for Newcastle next season who could provide their pack with an intimidatory edge. Stone travelle |

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Rosellas unite for last-minute victory

30 Aug 10 | WESTERN Suburbs yesterday dispelled rumours of disunity by launching a grandstand finish to beat Wyong 24-22 with 34 seconds remaining at Harker Oval in their Newcastle Rugby League qualifying semi-fi |

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Costigan likes what he sees in Newcastle

30 Aug 10 | THE next time Neville Costigan runs onto EnergyAustralia Stadium, it will be from the Knights' dressing rooms. And the St George Illawarra enforcer plans to waste no time making himself at home in |

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Bennett salutes bloke from Broke's loyalty and warrior status

30 Aug 10 | EVERY time he had a chance to leave Newcastle and join another club for more money, Steve Simpson stayed loyal and stayed put because he could never imagine playing against the Knights. Wayne Benne |

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Gidley in doubt for last game

30 Aug 10 | KNIGHTS captain Kurt Gidley will have scans today on a knee injury that may rule him out of Newcastle's last game of the season against Melbourne at sold-out AAMI Park on Sunday. Gidley suffered su |

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Dragons defeat true reflection of Knights' inability to maintain rage

30 Aug 10 | IT was a game that encapsulated the Newcastle Knights' season. A slow start. A seemingly unassailable deficit. A belated never-say-die fightback and moments of scintillating attack just when |

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Tinge of sadness for Vuna

30 Aug 10 | THE man with the biggest smile in the NRL shed a few tears on Saturday night. Knights winger Cooper Vuna admitted after the loss to St George Illawarra that he "got a bit emotional" before and afte |

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Stone chasing Webb signature

30 Aug 10 | SIX years after he knocked back the Knights to join North Queensland, rugged prop Carl Webb is again in Newcastle's sights. Knights coach Rick Stone travelled to Sydney yesterday to meet Webb and a |

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Cessnock banking on Fata factor

28 Aug 10 | SEMI-finals are made for big-match players and Cessnock coach Todd Edwards expects second-rower Alec Fata to explode against Kurri Kurri today. The elimination semi-final will be the first time the

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Broader approach to anti-drug measures help forge Coal & Allied deal

28 Aug 10 | COAL & Allied has extended its major sponsorship of the Newcastle Knights into a seventh season after the introduction of protocols designed to safeguard both organisations against another drugs scand |

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Knights boost as McDonnell chimes in: Dragons may lack firepower

28 Aug 10 | NEWCASTLE'S hopes of winning tonight's do-or-die blockbuster with St George Illawarra at EnergyAustralia Stadium received a boost yesterday when fullback Shannon McDonnell was cleared to play and thre

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Horo declines Newcastle overtures: New recruitment blow for Knights

27 Aug 10 | THE Knights were dealt another recruitment blow last night when Parramatta rookie Justin Horo re-signed with the Eels for less money than he could have earned in Newcastle. The Knights tabled a thr |

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Play it again Doogs: Knights veteran not ready to say goodbye to home fans

27 Aug 10 | KNIGHTS legend Adam MacDougall refuses to believe that tomorrow night's do-or-die showdown with St George Illawarra will be his last home game in Newcastle colours. MacDougall, who at 35 is the NRL |

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Uate tries to hold off challenge

26 Aug 10 | DEFENDING champion Brett Morris looms large as the last significant hurdle for Fijian flyer Aku Uate as he closes in on the title of the NRL's top try-scorer. Morris led the league with 25 tries la |

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Curtains on rocky Horo show

26 Aug 10 | THE Newcastle Knights appear set for more disappointment on the recruitment front after Parramatta sources predicted last night that promising forward Justin Horo would stay with the Eels. The Knig |

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