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Mat Barnes

A self-confessed sports nerd who would spit the dummy as a kid on family beach days so he could stay home to watch the cricket – Mat has lived and breathed sport his entire life. Following a three year stint as a Sports Statistician with Fox Sports Australia, he has since enjoyed an extended period in the golf industry helping grow the game he has loved since he was a kid. While Mat loves golf amongst many other sports and codes, his passion for the NRL and the Newcastle Knights is borderline obsessive!

Newcastle's overdue arrival for a new shining armoured 7

27 August, 2022
Amidst the rubble of another failed campaign, a young Knight has emerged primed to break new ground and...

The NRLW season's arrived. Here's the brief on all 6 teams

18 August, 2022
The fifth instalment of NRLW is kicking off. Here's a glimpse into why each club can claim Premiership...

Opinion: LIV's glorified exhibition tour will ruin world golf

13 August, 2022
There's a narrative that LIV Golf will be 'good for the game'. Do not be fooled, it is merely lining...

Ben and the hunting pack: Dally M's last 6 contenders

10 August, 2022
With just a month of the regular season remaining, it’s time to home in on the only six true contenders...

Shades of '06: Can Bellamy replicate Wayne’s masterpiece?

06 August, 2022
Write-off Craig Bellamy and his simmering stable of champions at your own peril, because Mat Barnes senses...

The selfless act that's revived South Sydney's season

28 July, 2022
A single moment can have a game-changing snowball effect in sporting clubs. Four weeks ago, an underrated...

The case for & against every remaining NRL contender

22 July, 2022
The rep period is behind us and we're happy to declare it's now a 10-team race. So as we enter the competition's...

Cam's imagination made a mockery of the Old Course

19 July, 2022
Cameron Smith joins a fellowship of rarified air that features just five golfers, including Tiger Woods...

The Origin decider that had everything, and a bit more

14 July, 2022
It was fierce, hateful and a throwback to an era of old. The decider had it all, and ensured that despite...

Golf's huge prize back up for grabs: A giant Open guide

13 July, 2022
The world's best will swing for glory in the 150th running of golf's greatest prize. Here is a Major...

Sharing the rep footy wealth won't 'ruin' Rugby League

11 July, 2022
A lack of competitiveness at an international level has held the sport of rugby league back for decades....

Opinion: Let's chill on the callous criticism of KP

07 July, 2022
A prodigious talent who took the NRL by storm is now one of the more polarising figures in the game....

It was just a charge down, but so much more

27 June, 2022
New South Wales needed a performance for the ages to revive the Series. The Blues did that - and some...

Game on: Remembering NSW's only 3 Series 'revivals'

25 June, 2022
A lacklustre showing against 'Billy’s Kids' in the series opener has New South Wales staring down a series...

How Fitzpatrick set up a stunning Major breakthrough

20 June, 2022
Matt Fitzpatrick has become just the fourth English golfer in 52 years to claim a Major. He’s only now...

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