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From Big Ben to Lisbon: Knights mania goes global before NRL grand final (opens the original)
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It's been impossible this week in the Hunter to avoid Knights mania as fans paint houses, attend training sessions in their thousands and break into spontaneous chants of "New-ca-stle, New-ca-stle" any time of day. However, the mania has spread beyond the Hunter's borders. Indeed, it's even travelled to the other side of the globe. On Sunday, Newcastle-raised primary school teacher Murray Bruce was receiving some puzzled looks as he and his family roamed around some of London's most famous landm
'Better than Lego': 12,000 fans pack stadium for Knights training party (opens the original)
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If there was ever any conjecture about the Newcastle Knights having the most passionate fans in the NRL, surely that's passed. Case closed. Since the Knights shocked the rugby league world and beat the New Zealand Warriors at Eden Park 10 days ago, the city and the Hunter region have been consumed with red and blue fever. The symptoms have rapidly increased by the day. The centre of the outbreak was McDonald Jones Stadium on Wednesday, as an estimated 12,000 fans turned out to cheer the squad at
Paint the town blue and red: fans transform homes ahead of Knights' Grand Final (opens the original)
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Nobody does grand finals quite like Newcastle. If you're old enough to remember 1997 and 2001, you know the city collectively lost its mind. One of the defining images of the build-up to the 1997 decider against Manly was the house in Lambton painted with red and blue stripes. Plenty of NRL clubs boast passionate fans, but not many have supporters who are willing to pick up a paintbrush and proudly emblazon their fandom on their family home. On Monday, New Lambton couple Samuel and Teigan Jobbin
Lake Macquarie councillors vow to fight against state's $85m cut to grants (opens the original)
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Lake Macquarie City Council is forecasting eight budget deficits over the next decade if the NSW government's proposed changes to the 2027 Financial Assistance Grants scheme are implemented. The NSW Local Government Grants Commission's review of its funding allocation methodology was a hot topic among Lake Macquarie councillors at Monday night's council meeting. If the proposal is adopted, Lake Macquarie City Council would lose $7.2 million next year from its $21 million annual funding pool. Ove
Knights fans paint the town red and blue as grand final hysteria takes hold (opens the original)
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Nobody does grand finals quite like Newcastle. If you're old enough to remember 1997 and 2001, you know the city collectively lost its mind. One of the defining images of the build-up to the 1997 decider against Manly was the house in Lambton painted with red and blue stripes. Plenty of NRL clubs boast passionate fans, but not many have supporters who are willing to pick up a paintbrush and proudly emblazon their fandom on their family home. On Monday, New Lambton couple Samuel and Teigan Jobbin
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