Chicken Wings
The Age
Wednesday June 10, 2009
No hiding in masksSTORM has rejected the idea of players donning face masks to protect them from swine flu on their flight to Perth to play South Sydney. Melbourne has several players and officials in quarantine, although none show they have the virus. Football operations manager Frank Ponissi said masks were impractical. "You've got to eat and you can't have a face mask on for that . . . at some stage you've got to lift the mask off," he said.Bronco fined $50,000BRISBANE front-rower Joel Clinton was yesterday fined $50,000 by the Broncos for breaching the club's code of conduct and is out of Friday night's clash against the Bulldogs. Clinton has admitted to inviting a female to his hotel room the night Brisbane played the Wests Tigers.Junior StormTWO members of the Storm's inaugural SG Ball grand finalists' team, Slade Griffin and Sam Martin, have been named in the NSW under-18s side to play Queensland in the curtain-raiser to the second state-of-origin clash on June 24. Meanwhile, the under-20s cemented its second place with a 28-26 win over Brisbane.
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