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Guess who’s back, back again? Nuku’s back…tell a friend
BY GREG DAVIS POWERHOUSE no.8 Nuku Swerling returned to his bullocking, bone-crunching andblockbusting best as the Stara Easts Tigers completed a clean sweep of home games in 2025with the 36-21 victory over Sunnybank in Round 17 of the StoreLocal Hospital Cup. Eight times this year, the Tigers crossed the white line onto David Wilson Field and eighttimes, they emerged triumphant. Defending the hallowed home turf at Bottomley Park has been a major focus for the Tigersplayers and coaching staff throughout the campaign and they successfully repelled theireighth visitor with Swerling terrorising the Dragons at regular intervals. After a blistering start...
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Injury-hit Tigers slip-and-slide
BY GREG DAVIS First came the rain. Then came the pain of the 28-10 loss to Brothers in the top of the table StoreLocal HospitalCup Round 16 clash at a water-logged Crosby Park. But the Stara Easts Tigers will get the opportunity to go again in their final home game ofthe year against Sunnybank this Saturday to claw back invaluable confidence andmomentum ahead of the finals. Injury was added to insult for the Tigers as hooker Max Craig and backrower Tau Tuisamoawere both forced to leave the field during the scrappy and sloppy encounter played inatrocious conditions. Craig gingerly hobbled...
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We’re back, baby
Match Report - Round 15 The Stara Easts Tigers rediscovered their rolling maul mojo and ravenous defensive hunger to revitalise their 2025 campaign with a rough and tumble 26-15 win over Souths in Round 15 of the StoreLocal Hospital Cup. After the 50-31 loss to University in Round 14, Easts needed to provide an emphatic – and immediate – response. And a southside derby between two teams in the top four in front of a healthy crowd at Bottomley Park was the perfect stage to prove the St Lucia shocker was an outlier. If you like big blokes legally bashing...
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