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Devil in the detail: debutant Maroon's rise after ACLs

Beau Fermor has risen from two ACL ruptures in his short career and the Queenslander has erased any doubts about whether he could return to his best.

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Carl Webb video clips fire Cotter to do Maroons proud

Queensland players wore an Indigenous jersey at training last week co-designed by late Maroons hero Carl Webb, and prop Reuben Cotter wants to do him proud.

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Broncos lock Carrigan fires without Haas to honour Webb

Brisbane lock Pat Carrigan says the forwards must keep lifting without Payne Haas and revealed why winning the Carl Webb Medal against the Cowboys was special.

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Ex-NRL star Carl Webb dies aged 42 after MND battle

Retired rugby league enforcer Carl Webb, who made 12 State of Origin appearances for Queensland, has died aged 42.

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Rugby league mourns Origin star Carl Webb felled by Motor Neurone Disease age 42

Australia and Queensland Origin star, who played 187 NRL games with Broncos, Cowboys and Eels and one Test for Australia, dies after four-year fight with MND

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Burgess bros among Australian-based ex-Super League players running Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon

They will be joined by a number of high profile former players coming from Down Under.

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What do we know about Carl Webb? Researchers find ads, photographs to paint picture of well-to-do man

Researchers uncover more details of Carl Webb, who they say is the Somerton Man, including images of his nephew and other members of the Webb family. They believe the Somerton Man may have been wearing his nephew's clothes when he was found in 1948.

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Is Carl Webb really the Somerton Man and if so, was he a spy?

The Somerton Man has all but been identified as Melbourne-born electrical engineer Carl "Charles" Webb — but not everyone is convinced.

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Somerton Man photo search focuses on Swinburne junior football snap from 1921

International Somerton Man sleuthing efforts have uncovered a photo of a junior football team from 1921 that could potentially contain an image of the mystery figure when he was just a boy, but the hypothesis remains far from certain.

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Somerton Man sleuth Nick Pelling steps up efforts to shed light on life of Carl Webb

The Somerton Man mystery has occupied the time of professional investigators as well as enthusiasts, with the recent breakthrough spurring them to dig further.

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Mystery of Somerton Man SOLVED after 73 years as DNA finally identifies body

Intrigue surrounded has surrounded the case of the Somerton Man for seven decades after nobody came forward to claim the body of a man found dead on a beach

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The DNA, the code and the conspiracies — your top questions about the Somerton Man mystery answered

Following a breakthrough in the Somerton Man case, we asked you to put your burning questions to the experts. Here's what they had to say.

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Carl 'Charles' Webb's prisoner-of-war brother bears resemblance to Somerton Man

Researchers have found a photograph of Carl Webb's brother, who died a prisoner of war, and he bears a "reasonable" resemblance to the Somerton Man.

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The Somerton Man has been named. What do we know about Carl 'Charles' Webb?

After more than 70 years, the mysterious Somerton Man has been identified as Melbourne electrical engineer Carl Webb. What do we know about his life so far?

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Mystery of Somerton man’s identity solved after 73 years, researchers in Australia say

Cryptic clues about man found on an Adelaide beach in 1948 spawned theories of jilted lovers and cold war spies – but the truth may open up even more questions

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Somerton man 'identified' as Carl Webb

A University of Adelaide professor says he's identified the so-called Somerton man as Victorian engineer Carl Webb, ending an enduring mystery.

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