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  "id": 922961,
  "title": "The NRL would be mad not to plant a flag in Crusaders country",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/the-nrl-would-be-mad-not-to-plant-a-flag-in-crusaders-country",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T23:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/the-nrl-would-be-mad-not-to-plant-a-flag-in-crusaders-country-20260814-p60obo.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Unlike in Australia, New Zealand sport fans are happy to support both rugby codes, while the country’s production line of collision-sport athletes is a resource the NRL can ill afford to ignore.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "The NRL would be mad not to plant a flag in Crusaders country",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/the-nrl-would-be-mad-not-to-plant-a-flag-in-crusaders-country-923086",
        "published": "2026-08-14T23:30:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}