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  • 'The wrong path': Why a Raiders junior needed alcohol to mask the pain of losing his brother

    Tremayne Chatfield's 'My Brother's Keeper' tattoo on his back is a tribute to younger brother Eli. Picture by Karleen Minney

    The Canberra Times

    Rugby league is Tremayne Chatfield's sanctuary, but it wasn't always that way. There was a time when the thought of the game he loved hurt him so much he needed alcohol to numb the pain.

    So Chatfield got drunk. So drunk that he would be hungover for a week. So drunk that he would forget about how cancer snatched away two of his biggest supporters - dad Harold and brother Eli.

    It was the only way the Yass Magpies recruit knew how to bury his emotions after giving up on his NRL dream to put family first.

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  • He saved my life: Why Alan Jones was sitting in Stuart’s coaches box

    He saved my life: Why Alan Jones was sitting in Stuart’s coaches box

    The Sydney Morning Herald

    Canberra coach Ricky Stuart has spoken of his close relationship with Alan Jones and how the former Wallabies coach turned broadcaster ended up sitting in the Raiders coaches box on Friday night.

    Stuart brought Jones into Canberra’s inner sanctum for the win that opened Magic Round at Suncorp Stadium at the request of his old coach, with the 82-year-old picked up by broadcast cameras in the sheds and sitting with Stuart in the box during the 34-30 victory over the Bulldogs.

    “Alan texted me yesterday and said he was doing a lunch up here [in Brisbane],” Stuart said.

    “He said I’d love...

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  • 'Embarrassing': Bulldogs coach, skipper scathing of performance after Magic Round thriller

    'Embarrassing': Bulldogs coach, skipper scathing of performance after Magic Round thriller

    Wide World of Sports

    A penalty try awarded with three minutes left on the clock saw the Bulldogs take their Magic Round clash with the Raiders to the death on Friday night.

    But as Canterbury coach Cameron Ciraldo and co-captain Reed Mahoney addressed the press after the Bulldogs lost by only four points with an injury-ravaged side, they reserved few words of positivity.

    Rather, Ciraldo and Mahoney were scathing of the side's performance following an enthralling 34-30 defeat at Suncorp Stadium.

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