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Premium Content Subscriber only Gold Coast Knights captain Roman Hofmann has cautioned his side not to be complacent as it prepares to face a Magpies Crusaders team that he says has the potential to finish in the NPL Queensland top four this season. The 2019 grand final winners will enter the match as favourites owing to their state league pedigree of seasons past, but Hofmann said Mackay’s start to the 2021 season meant Saturday’s clash would be a hotly contested affair. “Based on what I...

Premium Content Subscriber only Magpies Crusaders coach Tom Ballantyne feels his squad is “six months ahead” of where it was this time last year following Saturday night’s interclub hitout at Magpies. The state league club pit the senior squad against its best youth players in an in-house contest that left all involved feeling positive about the club’s 2021 prospects. “That was really impressive tonight,” Ballantyne said in the wash. “We wrote four things o...

Premium Content Subscriber only From afar, Ballantyne would critique the young fullback’s game with an eye to 2021 and Dunn’s eventual return home to Sologinkin Oval. This week that return became a reality. After a run of six goals in four games for Redlands United last season, Dunn’s star was on the rise and a host of clubs after his signature. Able to be deployed as a fullback, wing back or out-and-out attacker, the 23 year old quickly became an attractive prospect. But whe...

Premium Content Subscriber only After his stellar display for Redlands United at the back end of last season, Lathan Dunn was a man in demand by a number of NPL Queensland clubs. So it was telling that the 23 year old chose to return home to Mackay and link up with Magpies Crusaders for 2021. The club officially announced Dunn’s return via Facebook today. Goals came thick and fast for the fullback turned striker, who was forced into an unfamiliar attacking role when Redlands’ goalscoring...