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The Australian international described the decision as the most disappointing of his long career but said he was making it for family reasons

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The Australian international described the decision as the most disappointing of his long career but said he was making it for family reasons. He has been offered a job with the fire service in New South Wales and has failed to get it deferred for a year. Bradford's loose forward, Brad Mackay, is to retire rather than taking up the second year of his contract with the Bulls. The Australian international described the decision as the most disappointing of his long career but said he was making it for family reasons. He has been offered a job with the fire service in New South Wales and has failed to get it deferred for a year. "I am obviously disappointed that Brad will not be coming back to fulfil the last year of his contract, after initially indicating that he would," said the Bradford coach, Brian Noble."But I can fully understand his reasons. Brad is coming to the end of his career and he now has a life outside of football."The Bulls have already signed Shane Rigon, Lee Gilmour, Daniel Gartner and Joe Vagana - all of whom could play in their pack - for next season, but the question of who plays at loose forward could prove a headache for Noble.Halifax have described as "ludicrous" St Helens' ploy of naming Mick Higham in their side to face Wigan on Boxing Day, despite a ruling by the Rugby League that he is a Halifax player. The Leigh hooker has signed for both Super League clubs, but the Halifax chief executive, Nigel Wood, said: "If he doesn't want to play for us he will have to put in a transfer request."Jason Harborow, the man who as operations director was responsible for the running of the recent Lincoln World Cup, has left rugby league to take up a job with the organising body for the Commonwealth Games in Manchester..

It is not so much the 12 days of Christmas as the 12 casualties of Christmas at Leicester. The price of leadership of the Zurich Premiership is coming a trifle high these days. It is not so much the 12 days of Christmas as the 12 casualties of Christmas at Leicester. The price of leadership of the Zurich Premiership is coming a trifle high these days. After their gruelling battle against Bath last weekend the Tigers have no fewer than a dozen players hobbling around (or not), and it is touch and go as to whether they will be able to name a squad for the trip to Rotherham tomorrow, let alone a team.Although the coaching staff were reluctant to go into details, Leicester's manager Dean Richards did admit yesterday: "We do have quite a few on the treatment table. Of those fullback Tim Stimpson's ankle injury makes him very doubtful."Among the wounded is one captain Martin Johnson, two centres Pat Howard and Leon Lloyd, three wingers, Geordan Murphy, Winston Stanley and Freddie Tuilagi, and five other forwards, props Graham Rowntree and Darren Garforth, hooker Dorian West, flanker Neil Back and No 8 Martin Corry.News of another crock, down South this time, is the Wasps hooker Phil Greening, who undergoes surgery on his troublesome right knee this morning."I am hoping that there is nothing seriously wrong with it," Greening said.

"[The specialist] thinks it is something to do with the bone and I think they are going to shave some off. I should be back in action in two or three weeks."However minor the problem, Greening is still resigned to missing the start of the Six Nations' Championship. "It is important for me to play for Wasps because I have not been able too much for one reason or another," he said. "And as far as England goes I need to catch the selectors' eye playing for my club before I can expect to get picked for England."London Irish yesterday announced the signing of the South African Geoff Appleford, a 23-year-old centre.

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