‘People didn’t even know each other, but they were hugging each other’: Tears, pouring rain and the unbreakable Newcastle spirit

PerthNow - Oct 1, 2026

Newcastle’s improbable run has brought grown men to tears and will leave the town out of beer if they win it all. But this is all nothing new.

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