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Phil Rothfield
Peter Beattie and NRL CEO Todd Greenberg during the 2018 Fox League Launch at Walsh Bay, Sydney. Picture: Brett Costello

Buzz: Time NRL put clubs first

AT 11am on Wednesday the NRL club chairs will vote for constitutional reform or allow the game to be dragged into a civil war. The time for change is now, writes PHIL ROTHFIELD.

Phil Rothfield
Cameron Smith drops his elbow onto Matt Parcell's head.

NRL acts on Smith elbowing incident

THE NRL has handed Cameron Smith a warning notice for his elbow to the head of a Leeds player in the World Club Challenge. Harsher sanctions could have seen Smith miss his own Testimonial match this week.

OpinionMaroons
14/02/18 - RUGBY - NRL State of Origin clash set for Adelaide Oval in 2020. Queensland Maroons coach Kevin Walters and NSW Blues coach Brad Fittler. Picture: SARAH REED

NRL must spread the game or die

DOES rugby league have a future in Adelaide? Maybe. But taking a big game there makes far more sense than having eight clubs in Sydney scrambling over each other while losing money, writes Robert Craddock.

Opinion
QLD's Josh McGuire. Queensland vs New South Wales for game 2 in the Origin Series at ANZ Stadium in Sydney. Pic Peter Wallis

They don’t deserve our prized game

STATE of Origin belongs to the people of Queensland and, to a lesser degree, NSW. Why have the faceless fools at the NRL started handing our games to people who don’t care for it, asks Mike Colman.

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