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Kent: Why history shows Kostya is better kept at arm’s length
Too often in boxing the price of a famous surname is a destructive father-son relationship. Tim Tszyu and his dad Kostya are the exception.
Buzz: Panthers must pay for 18 months of off-field hell
The Brent Naden cocaine saga follows a horror 18 months of serious indiscretions at Penrith and it’s time the NRL took serious action against the club.
Kent: Days of players holding clubs to ransom are over
Enough is enough. The NRL has finally moved to end the player contract farce plaguing the game, PAUL KENT reveals.
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Origin Buzz: ‘Thanks Todd, you listened’
PHIL “Buzz” Rothfield gives his take as a new era dawns for New South Wales with Brad Fittler’s ‘Baby Blues’ defeating Queensland 22-12.
Moment Maroons dropped the Origin shield
IT was the night when Queensland’s stranglehold of State of Origin was extinguished and a new breed of Blues player asserted itself, writes Phil Rothfield.
Where to now for beaten Maroons?
WELL, that’s that then. One down but, hopefully, two to go. The Blues’ 22-12 win was probably not unexpected, but where does it leave Queensland and its Origin legacy?
Where were you when we needed you, Gus?
AMID all the monologues and mixed metaphors in Channel 9’s over-hyped Origin coverage, Phil Gould was uncharacteristically silent, and when Gus goes quiet, it seems to mean bad news for Queensland.
Andrew Fifita’s talent is not enough for Fittler
ANDREW Fifita has been the best prop in the game in 2018. New South Wales decided not to pick him. The reasons as to why is proof the Blues have entered a new era writes PAUL KENT.
How Buzz got one up on Maroons
QUEENSLAND will do anything to win a State of Origin match, even tell a porky. But they couldn’t get away with it this time, writes PHIL ROTHFIELD.
Losing Big Four adds Origin drama
AT the risk of being hung in effigy outside the Caxton Hotel, I’m kind of glad Cameron Smith, Johnathan Thurston, Cooper Cronk and Billy Slater won’t be playing tomorrow night.
Kent: Why fans are real victims in Slater lie-fest
NRL fans are increasingly taken for granted as the game panders to coaches with too much sway and players who don’t know where their money really comes from. We saw it all again as the Billy Slater injury lies played out yesterday, writes PAUL KENT.
Blues have Origin won, just ask them
NSW rookie Tom Trbojevic is big and fast and “really super highly intelligent”. Josh Addo-Carr is the fastest thing on two legs. If the hype machine is turned up any more in NSW, it might explode.
Shoulder charge disgrace, refs in disarray
MONDAY Buzz: Eels forward Tepai Moeroa should have been a sin bin minum while the NRL’s refeeing department is the biggest blight on the game — check out the big talking points.
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