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The 5 best films from this year’s (outstanding) Sydney Film Festival

Each year, the Sydney Film Festival offers a chance to see many films from industries that have mostly avoided the banal moral economy of Hollywood in the 21st century. Here are my top five from the 2026 festival.

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Wales great George North to retire from rugby union at end of the season

The Wales great George North has announced he will retire from rugby at the end of the season

The Guardian - UK

Why Tigers pulled teen phenom out of NRL firing line

Once compared to Jonah Lomu, Heamasi Makasini has been dropped by Wests Tigers. Coach Benji Marshall explained why.

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Like Lomu: Tigers will do what it takes to keep teen

Benji Marshall says it's crazy how much Heamasi Makasini's highlights look like Jonah Lomu at the 1995 World Cup, with Wests Tigers to fight to keep the teen.

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How the TikTok generation are driving England forward

Led by characters like Henry Pollock, a new breed of rugby player is beginning to emerge in an environment encouraging them to express themselves

The Independent UK

The peculiar history of the All Blacks try record – and the player set to buck the trend

Plenty of All Blacks have threatened Doug Howlett’s long-standing tally without surpassing him – but Will Jordan looks set to rewrite the record books

The Independent UK

‘She did it, big time’: Ilona Maher’s road to becoming rugby’s biggest breakout star since Lomu

USA center started as ‘the kid in the pink scrum cap’ then soared with a winning blend of speed, power and body positivity

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Tupou Vaa’i: ‘Playing for All Blacks is a good way to show my love for my brother’

Tupou Vaa’i tells Robert Kitson about how playing for the All Blacks has helped show his love for his late brother and the impact of Jonah Lomu on his career

The Guardian - UK

Duhan van der Merwe leads emerging trend of rugby’s wonder wings

Thrilling long-range efforts unquestionably enhance the sport’s appeal – there is no better sight in rugby union

The Guardian - UK

Mandela, Lomu and a Rugby World Cup final that went beyond sport

On 24 June 1995, New Zealand and South Africa walked out at Ellis Park for a historic Rugby World Cup final. On Saturday in Paris they meet again

The Guardian - UK

Will Jordan joins exclusive try-scoring club as New Zealand find the perfect ‘combination’

The silkily smooth wing scored a hat-trick against Argentina and moved level with Jonah Lomu, Bryan Habana and Julian Savea on a record eight tries at a single men’s tournament

The Independent UK

Will Jordan makes Rugby World Cup history with semi-final hat-trick

The New Zealand winger made it eight tries at a single Rugby World Cup to take a share of the all-time record

The Independent UK

Rugby World Cup 2023: All Blacks make statement to lay down marker for final

Ian Foster's side have turned things around after record defeat to South Africa in August

Evening Standard

Semi-skilled: England’s last-four World Cup record is cause for hope

Our correspondent, who has covered all of England’s semi-finals, recalls the highs and the one memorable low

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Garry Ringrose determined to break new ground with Ireland at Rugby World Cup

Three-time champions New Zealand stand in the way of rugby’s top-ranked nation.

France 24

'Greatest rivalry in World Cup history': New Zealand to meet France in opener

France and New Zealand will run out before a sold-out Stade de France in the much-anticipated opening match of the Rugby World Cup in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis on September 8. The match is the eighth instalment in one of World Cup rugby’s fiercest rivalries.

The Guardian - UK

Rugby World Cup needs crucial dose of beauty to contrast with big beasts

Serious strength and physicality will be fundamental for success but rolling mauls will not win over neutrals

The Independent UK

The trick that made Erling Haaland the ultimate finisher – in more ways than one

The Norwegian has provided the perfect solution to Man City’s ‘problem’ on and off the pitch

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Wales Online

The players who came from nowhere to feature for Wales in the World Cup

They are the outsiders whose call-ups few had seen coming

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LeBron James, Lionel Messi, Michael Jordan, Cristiano Ronaldo and the GOAT debate settled

In recent years, social media has given rise to the phrase GOAT being applied to stars across different sports with Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo all staking their claims.

Wales Online

The Wales XV Warren Gatland is likely to pick against Scotland as two veterans and one rookie ready to come in

Gatland is facing a hugely significant selection for Wales' next Six Nations game

Wales Online

Duhan van der Merwe likened to Jonah Lomu as 'absolute machine' scores video game try vs England

It was one of the finest solo scores ever seen at Twickenham

Wales Online

Rugby legend Keith Wood names greatest XV he's played against with just one Welshman making the cut

There are some world-beating players in Wood's selection, but not too many from Wales

The Independent UK

On this day in 2005: New Zealand wing Jonah Lomu signed for Cardiff Blues

Lomu had starred for the All Blacks in the 1995 and 1999 World Cups.

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Short story: Catching up, by Philip Temple

"She will always remain with us": a funeral in a seaside town

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