November 2019
November 21: Melbourne captain Cameron Smith confirms his decision to play on in 2020, declaring he is feeling really fresh now and looking forward to next year .
Wests Tigers re-sign talented rookie Tommy Talau until the end of the 2022 season.
November 22: The Sydney Roosters extend the contract of premiership-winning prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves through to the end of 2023.
Wests Tigers sneak under Parramatta’s guard to sign promising Eels’ front-rower Stefano Utoikamanu to a three-year deal, starting in 2021.
A meeting of NRL coaches hears a proposal for teams defeated in golden point to be rewarded under a revised allocation of competition points. Only half of the NRL’s 16 coaches attend the meeting where several other initiatives are discussed, including an NFL-style golden point right of reply , where both teams have an opportunity with the ball in the extra-time period.
Historic HB: Popular licensee died suddenly
10 Dec, 2020 02:19 AM
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The Masonic Hotel facing Hastings Street in the early 1890s. Credit: Collection of Hawke s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 10854
The Masonic Hotel facing Hastings Street in the early 1890s. Credit: Collection of Hawke s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 10854
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Michael Fowler
Frank Moeller, who became licensee of Napier s Masonic Hotel on January 1, 1892, would prove to be not only one of the most popular publicans in Napier, but also a well-respected citizen. He had previously managed the Occidental Hotel in Wellington for his mother, after the death of his father Philip in 1885.