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.
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.
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”.
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.
Canterbury’s hardline stance on player behaviour has claimed another victim with little-used backrower Lee Te Maari sacked by the NRL club for repeated breaches of the club’s code of conduct.
Round One over, tips stuffed, but what did we learn? Personally, I felt that round one showed that the early rounds are great for rookies but in the end it is experience that shows their worth.
Enforcer Greg Bird doesn’t need anyone fighting his battles but Titans coach John Cartwright felt the need to defend the club’s big name recruit on Monday following his error-filled debut.
Sydney Roosters enforcer Jason Ryles predicts it will take time for South Sydney’s all-star forward pack to hit top gear in the NRL this season.
Lote Tuqiri provided the dream start and his teammates the fairytale finish as the Wests Tigers came back from the dead to beat Manly 26-22 in a Monday night thriller at the Sydney Football Stadium.
Some Preston Campbell magic saved the Gold Coast from an upset NRL opening round loss to the Warriors at Skilled Park on Sunday.
Sydney Roosters coach Brian Smith likened Todd Carney’s freakish ability to that of Greg Inglis and Billy Slater after the former Canberra bad boy returned from a 16-month NRL hiatus to lead the Roosters to an emphatic 36-10 win over South Sydney on Sunday.
Wayne Bennett says fans and officials need more transparency in the setting-up of the National Rugby League commission that all hope will give the sport a clean slate from which to move forward.
Welcome to the NRL Mr Burgess. The competition he dreamed of playing in as a kid quickly turned into a nightmare for South Sydney’s English recruit Sam Burgess, as the Bunnies capitulated 36-10 at the hands of local rivals Sydney Roosters on Sunday.
Melbourne captain Cameron Smith concedes he hasn’t done enough on the training paddock to help compensate for the loss of halfback Cooper Cronk.
Salvage expert Johnathan Thurston launched the rescue mission then bagged himself for not finishing the job properly in his post mortem to the Cowboys’ gripping 30-24 loss to Brisbane on Friday night.
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.
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 [...] Read article
Newcastle put their off-field dramas behind them to hold-off Canterbury 20-16 in a major NRL upset at ANZ Stadium, but they were lucky Bulldogs goal-kicking great Hazem El Masri retired last year.
