Junior league player Jake Kedzlie was a boy 'everyone loved'
JAKE Kedzlie was an up-and-coming star who dreamt of following in the boots of his grandfather, league legend Tommy Raudonikis. The 15-year-old had already been offered a junior contract with the...
View ArticleThe agony of a sporting parent
EVERY parent sees destiny in the eyes of their children. There is nothing sweeter than a young life filled with promise and potential, love and hope. Fifteen-year-old Jake Kedzlie had all of those...
View ArticleTeenage football player Jake Kedzlie, 15, dies after life support is turned...
A TEENAGE NSW mid-north coast rugby league player who suffered a severe head injury during a weekend match has died. Jake Kedzlie, 15, a Sawtell Junior Rugby League Football Club player, was...
View ArticleRaudonikis family don't blame rugby league over the death of Jake Kedzlie, 15
RUGBY league legend Tommy Raudonikis and his family are 'absolutely shattered' at the death of his 15-year-old grandson in a freak rugby league accident, but he says they do not blame "the great...
View ArticleJake Kedzlie's death was just a terrible accident
IT was a routine move, one of 40-odd tackles that coach Alec Cullen said Jake Kedzlie had made during the game on Saturday afternoon. Jake, 15, a Sawtell Panthers under-16 star player, was following...
View ArticleTommy Raudonikis' plea to fallen great Arthur Beetso after loss of...
GRIEF-stricken rugby league legend Tommy Raudonikis looked to the heavens yesterday and said a little prayer to another great of the game. "Arthur, you make sure you look after Jakey; please promise...
View ArticleRugby league 'blameless' in teen's death
AAP Teenager Jake Kedzlie lost his young life playing a game he lived for and would not want rugby league blamed for his tragic death, according to a close family friend. The 15-year-old grandson of...
View ArticleRugby league blameless in teenager's death
AAP Teenager Jake Kedzlie lost his young life playing a game he lived for and would not want rugby league blamed for his tragic death, according to a close family friend. The 15-year-old grandson of...
View ArticleNRL great's grandson killed in freak league accident
Devastated rugby league great Tommy Raudonikis said his teenage grandson Jake Kedzlie had "the world ahead of him" before a freak accident during an under-16s game on Saturday claimed his life....
View Article'Come on buddy, keep fighting': teen on life support after rugby league injury
A junior rugby league player is on life support in hospital after he was critically injured during a weekend match on the NSW north coast. Jake Kedzile, 15, suffered head injuries during the match at...
View ArticleLeague legend's grandson dies in 'freak' accident
Devastated rugby league great Tommy Raudonikis said his teenage grandson Jake Kedzlie had "the world ahead of him" before a freak accident during an under-16s game on Saturday claimed his life....
View ArticleLegend's grandson dies in 'freak' accident
Devastated rugby league great Tommy Raudonikis said his teenage grandson Jake Kedzlie had "the world ahead of him" before a freak accident during an under-16s game on Saturday claimed his life....
View ArticleTommy Raudonikis' grandson and football player Jake Kedzlie, 15, dies after...
THE coach of Tommy Raudonikis' teenage grandson killed in a rugby league game over the weekend said his 15-year-old "star player'' died in a "freak accident''. Initial reports suggested Sawtell Junior...
View ArticleGrandson of league legend suffers 'freak' accident as family decides to...
On life support: Jake Kedzile. Photo: Facebook The teenage grandson of rugby league legend Tommy Raudonikis is on life support in hospital after he was critically injured during a weekend match on the...
View ArticleGrandson of league legend suffers 'freak' accident
The teenage grandson of rugby league legend Tommy Raudonikis is on life support in hospital after he was critically injured during a weekend match on the NSW north coast. The family of Jake Kedzlie,...
View ArticleLeague legend's grandson in 'freak' accident
The teenage grandson of rugby league legend Tommy Raudonikis is on life support in hospital after he was critically injured during a weekend match on the NSW north coast. The family of Jake Kedzlie,...
View ArticleLeague legend's grandson suffers 'freak' accident
The teenage grandson of rugby league legend Tommy Raudonikis is on life support in hospital after he was critically injured during a weekend match on the NSW north coast. The family of Jake Kedzlie,...
View ArticleDistraught little boy just wants his brother Jake Kedzlie home
THE little brother of teenage footballer Jake Kedzlie, who died after being injured in a tackle, just wants his idol and best mate to come home, his distraught family said yesterday. Jake died on...
View ArticleTommy Raudonikis' plea to fallen great Arthur Beetson after loss of...
GRIEF-stricken rugby league legend Tommy Raudonikis looked to the heavens yesterday and said a little prayer to another great of the game. "Arthur, you make sure you look after Jakey; please promise...
View ArticleFirst NBN fibre hauled, as NBN training services come to Coffs Harbour...
Senator the Hon Matt Thistlethwaite Senator for New South Wales Duty Senator for Cowper Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Deputy Leader of...
View ArticleTwo men charged following an alleged armed robbery - Sawtell (State...
(Source: State Government of New South Wales) Tuesday, 29 January 2013 03:15:34 PM Two men have been charged following an alleged armed robbery at a hotel in Sawtell overnight. Shortly before 10.30pm...
View ArticleThunder storm as Warner departs
MASTER blaster Dave Warner has quit Sydney Thunder to join cross-town rivals the Sixers after falling out with Thunder general manager John Dyson. Warner accepted 50 per cent pay cut for a one-off...
View ArticleCommon dignity a commodity in short supply
THE big issues this week: 1 It's difficult to understand the level of hatred shown to Margaret Thatcher. For people to be cracking champagne and toasting Thatcher's death is shocking. Dignity is...
View ArticleOff-duty officers arrest train-surfer - Toormina (State Government of New...
(Source: State Government of New South Wales) Monday, 21 January 2013 02:46:32 PM Two off-duty police officers have arrested a man who was allegedly train-surfing at Boambee near Coffs Harbour on the...
View ArticleLeague Confidential: Country Origin rally around friends and family of Tommy...
THE entire Country Origin team will embrace grieving teammates of late junior footballer Jake Kedzlie during next week's camp in Coffs Harbour. Country CEO Terry Quinn and coach Trent Barrett embarked...
View ArticleLittle Dave tackles Goliath
Little and large: An all schools knockout game at Captain Cook Oval. Photo: Craig Golding It's not just the children sizing up the opposition as they run out onto the field each weekend. Every week at...
View ArticleHird allegations shock, sadden
THE FITZ FILES THERE was always just something about James Hird. One of the most likeable, decent, charismatic players the AFL has produced, he was also one of the best players of his era, and on his...
View ArticleBeau Ryan and mates pay tribute to Jake Kedzlie
THERE were 18 of the NRL's best and a host of stars from yesteryear. But Adrian and Corryn Kedzlie only had eyes for one player when they arrived for a very special breakfast at Country's team hotel...
View ArticleFarewell for grandson of Raudonikis
Tearful: Emotional scenes as family and friends see off Jake Kedzlie. Photo: Frank Redward The grandson of rugby league great Tommy Raudonikis...
View ArticleMan charged over Port Macquarie murder (NSW Police Force)
(Source: NSW Police Force) Wednesday, 08 January 2014 02:28:12 AM A man has been charged over a fatal stabbing in Port Macquarie. About 6am on Wednesday 1 January 2014, emergency services were...
View ArticleBarrett quits as NSW assistant coach
Trent Barrett announced his decision to step down as NSW assistant coach on Tuesday, only hours after Blues legend Tommy Raudonikis bitterly questioned his value to the Blues. In a fiery interview with...
View ArticleBarrett quits as NSW assistant coach (NRL - National Rugby League Ltd)
(Source: NRL - National Rugby League Ltd) Trent Barrett announced his decision to step down as NSW assistant coach on Tuesday, only hours after Blues legend Tommy Raudonikis bitterly questioned his...
View ArticleWho will be game's next punching bag
WHO is going to walk out into the ocean of cameras and lights, the forest of microphones and tape recorders, and answer the bombshell questions? Who will defend the game in the face of a damaging...
View ArticleHughes Hat-Trick in Knights Win (Wigan Warriors)
(Source: Wigan Warriors) England Knights avoided an early scare to beat Samoa 52-16 largely thanks to a man-of-the-match performance from Zak Hardaker and a hat-trick by Jack Hughes. Despite conceding...
View ArticleDeadly $1.50 LSD tablets trap teens
SIX teenagers have been hospitalised as police reveal young people are using the internet to buy a deadly form of LSD for $1.50 a tablet. A 15-year-old girl was at a birthday party on Saturday night in...
View ArticlePenrith league brawl sees boy suspended for 25 years
Images of players and spectators involved in a brawl at Turnbull Oval, North Richmond. Photo: GEOFF JONES The Penrith District Junior Rugby League has handed out suspensions of up to 25 years to...
View ArticleIngredients all come together for Woods to really impress
Time is now: Tigers prop Aaron Woods has ambitions to play at rep level, saying: ''If they're not your goals then what are you doing?'' Photo: Steve Christo If Aaron Woods were to pick the perfect...
View ArticleCRL Regional Championships this weekend (NRL - National Rugby League Ltd)
(Source: NRL - National Rugby League Ltd) The AAMI Country Rugby League Regional Under-16s and Under-18s will kick off this Saturday in Figtree. Starting at 9am, the Championships will see the best of...
View Article100 Greatest Origin Moments: Best Nobodies
THEY are the ones we never saw coming. Be it from the bush, the bar rooms or simply a bolt from the Blue, or perhaps even Maroon. Origin nobodies who have become legends over time, etched into our...
View ArticleRaudonikis diagnosed with throat cancer (NRL - National Rugby League Ltd)
(Source: NRL - National Rugby League Ltd) Rugby league great Tommy Raudonikis has revealed he has throat cancer, but forever the fighter, NSW's inaugural captain has vowed he'll survive the latest...
View ArticleTommy Raudonikis reveals throat cancer battle
Rugby league great Tommy Raudonikis has revealed he has throat cancer, but forever the fighter, NSW's inaugural captain has vowed he'll survive the latest threat to his health. Raudonikis announced...
View ArticleTommy Raudonikis has throat cancer
Rugby league great Tommy Raudonikis has revealed he has throat cancer, but forever the fighter, NSW's inaugural captain has vowed he'll survive the latest threat to his health. Raudonikis announced...
View ArticleTommy Raudonikis refuses to hate rugby league, despite his personal pain
Tommy Raudonikis at the funeral of his grandson, Jake Kedzile. Photo: Frank Redward If anyone on the planet had their reasons to hate rugby league because of the pain it has dealt him and his family,...
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