Teen sensation Joseph Suaalii is reportedly set to receive an exemption allowing him to feature in the NRL before he turns 18, on the back of a sensational debut in a reserve-grade trial match on Saturday. Under NRL rules, players must receive an exemption from the ARL Commission in order to feature in first-grade while under 18 years old – with Suaalii’s 18th birthday not until August. But The Daily Telegraph writes that the Sydney Roosters talent, widely touted as a future superstar, is “highly likely” to receive approval. Per a Telegraph source, the Roosters’ submission to the ARLC around...
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Frydenberg considering aviation support once JobKeeper ends
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Technology
iPhone 12 Sales Take Apple Back To Top Of Market After 4 Years
Strong sales of iPhone 12 models lifted Apple to the top of the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter, a survey showed Monday. The report by market tracker Gartner showed Apple sold some 79.9 million iPhones in the final three months of the year — a 15 percent surge from a year earlier — to leapfrog Samsung in sales in a global smartphone market which shrank by some 5.4 percent. The California giant captured 20.8 percent of the market to take the top spot for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2016, according to Gartner. Samsung saw...