| Hawks Rising Star Award (Weekly Times) |
| TALENTED utility back Brett Peacock is the 2008 Ryde-Eastwood Rising Star Award winner for 2008. A Carlingford Cougars junior product, 19 year old Peacock turned in strong performances for Balmain-Ryde Eastwood in his rookie season in the NSW State Cup. |
| 12/01/2008 |
| Sir Alex Ferguson celebrates 50th anniversary (Times Online) |
| November 1958. Then, as now, the world was in the midst of a sharp economic downturn. Direct-dial telephone calls in Britain were three weeks away and would be inaugurated with a call from the Queen to speak to the Lord Provost in Edinburgh. |
| 11/13/2008 |
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