St George Illawarra firmed as NRL premiership favourites after a Brett Morris hat-trick propelled the red and whites to a 26-6 win over Canterbury at WIN Stadium on Friday night.
South Sydney’s miserable start to the NRL season has continued with a heart-breaking golden point extra time 19-18 defeat at the hands of Gold Coast at ANZ Stadium.
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Fittler chews the fat with Bennett at Dragons
Dragons clash just what we need
Another Dragons game on the box, so another date with my nemesis. If rugby league is all about rivalries, well, as they say, “it doesn’t get any bigger.”
League legend Brad Fittler has bobbed up as an interested spectator at St George Illawarra training.
Sydney Roosters coach Brian Smith has moved to hose down talk young guns Todd Carney and Mitchell Pearce could be the solution to NSW’s State of Origin woes, calling on selectors to give them another year to prove themselves.
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Brisbane’s first-up win over the Cowboys last weekend obviously failed to impress one big better who on Wednesday tossed $100,000 on the Broncos to miss the top eight.
Rejuvenated bad boy Todd Carney says he won’t let a successful NRL return overshadow the enormity he faces in getting his life and career back on track.
Having lost to a side expected to battle it out for this year’s wooden spoon, Canterbury coach Kevin Moore claimed a meeting with NRL premiership contenders St George Illawarra was just the tonic for his ailing side.
Selectors’ chairman Des Morris believes Lote Tuqiri’s eye-catching NRL comeback for the Wests Tigers would have left Queensland coach Mal Meninga feeling all “warm and fuzzy”.
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Fittler chews the fat with Bennett at Dragons
Dragons clash just what we need
Balmain great Benny Elias has implored the Wests Tigers to fight Beau Ryan’s dangerous contact charge after the NRL club bizarrely bore the brunt of the disciplinary action out of Monday’s fiery clash with Manly.
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Bulldogs prop Ben Hannant has approached the club and requested an early release from his contract on the grounds that he is homesick and wants to return to QLD.
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In 2008, as part of the Australian Rugby League centenary celebrations, the New South Wales Rugby League and the Queensland Rugby League selected their teams of the century.
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This time last year, the Sydney Roosters produced one of the most embarrassing performances in their rich history, falling meekly to rivals the South Sydney Rabbitohs 52-12 at the SFS at the start of the 2009 NRL season.
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Tas Baitieri, the international rugby league development manager, has been in Moscow to hold a meeting regarding the dire straits that Russian rugby league finds itself.
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If any young sportsman would like to see the benefits of giving up alcohol just have a look at a Roosters game. It occurred to me just after the Sydney Roosters had just defeated the South Sydney Rabbitohs 36 points to 10 that their three best players, Nat Myles, Mitchell Pearce and Todd Carney had all given up the drink.
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The Newcastle Knights 20-16 win over premiership fancies the Bulldogs will rank as one of the club’s greatest victories, given the tumultuous off season Rick Stone’s men had to endure in the lead up to season 2010.
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Wayne Bennett two, Daniel Anderson nil. St George Illawarra Dragons were primed for a first up win, while the Parramatta Eels were nowhere near prepared for the start of the season.
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One only has to look at the St George Illawarra Dragons opening set of the match against the Parramatta Eels to determine how the Red V will play against the majority of their NRL opponents in season 2010.
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The wait is almost over. Footy is back, and so is The Round Review: Your guide to the NRL. I know you’ve missed it…
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The Brisbane Broncos have been hit hard after losing many valuable players since 2009, and will have to be forced to begin the 2010 season with an unbalanced lineup.
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The first round of the NRL season will be big, with the blockbuster matches of Parramatta versus St George Illawarra and the Broncos versus Cowboys. But, sadly, the NRL and clubs have missed the opportunity to really kick-off the season with a bang by hosting a massive double header at Homebush.
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Well, the season is about to start and all us NRL nuts cannot wait. We also have the “pleasure” of looking forward to the “champion” of our great game, Channel 9, running their Footy Show.
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It’s been a pleasure Mr. Gallop, but your time is up. As we’ve all heard before the NRL is in for a challenging few years as it attempts to counter the AFL’s efforts to inhabit its base of Western Sydney, and many seem to believe that Gallop is the man to lead the charge.
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The lead up to the NRL season has seen Jarryd Hayne’s face on the front and back pages of newspapers. It got me thinking, is Hayne really the best fullback Australia has to offer? Is he really is as good as the media has hyped him up to be?
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After reading David Gyngell’s comments towards NRL CEO David Gallop over the weekend, I was shocked that a representative from Channel 9 would use the loyalty card while talking about Rugby League.
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One of the many intriguing questions surrounding the upcoming NRL season surrounds whether or not the Brisbane Broncos will miss their first final series in eighteen years.
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Out of the most volatile areas in the world, we find an interesting paradox, growth amongst destruction. Although there are still shots thrown over the border of the Jordan, Lebanon and Israel, we find Rugby League is actually expanding.
