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Storms and “minicyclone” batter central west By SHARON BONTHUYS BARELY a month after storms caused considerable havoc across the state, the Central West and other parts of NSW were again lashed by powerful storms on Sunday night, February 9, and Monday morning, February 10. Severe storm alerts issued on Sunday afternoon by NSW Incident Alerts forecast thunderstorms across the central eastern inland and south-east of the state, forewarning of damaging winds, hail and localised heavy rain expected across a large swathe of the state from the Victorian border up through the centre of NSW to well north of Dubbo.
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Trangie to Las Vegas: Jess Skinner named interim Jillaroos coach By SOPHIA MCCAUGHAN JESS Skinner continues to put Trangie on the map, the local rugby league legend selected as the interim Jillaroos coach ahead of the team’s history-making clash against England in Las Vegas.
Jess Skinner and her brother Pat at the Goan Waterhole late last year following the NRLW Indigenous All-Stars visit to Trangie. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.
History-making test match BORN and raised in Trangie and still residing in the small rural Central West town today, Jess Skinner will be a world away from her much-loved community when she enters Allegiant Stadium on March 1. Skinner was named as interim coach on Friday, February 7, after Brad Donald’s resignation as head coach of the Jillaroos. She will be heading the Jillaroos squad in an historic test match against England in the NRL’s second venture to the United States to start the NRL season.
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