Phil ‘Buzz’ Rothfield’s weekend highlights and lowlights
Clive Palmer targets controversial former NRL star to join Israel Folau at Southport Tigers. Buzz’s weekend highlights and lowlights.
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Phil Rothfield runs the rule over another weekend of NRL action in Buzz’s highlights and lowlights.
HIGHLIGHT
Big wins for the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Wests Tigers. This competition needs both clubs firing to add some interest in the run home to the finals series.
LOWLIGHT
Missing 36 of the best players in the NRL while they are on State of Origin duty. Sometimes I wish Origin was played at the end of the season, like last year.
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SPOTTED
Former NRL player Tony ‘T-Rex’ Williams on Clive Palmer’s private jet on Friday. The pair were visiting one of Palmer’s island resorts. Palmer hopes to sign Williams - along with Israel Folau - to Southport in the Gold Coast.
SPOTTED
Ricky Stuart, Mal Meninga and Mick Cronin at the Centennial Hotel in Paddington on Friday evening sharing their best Bozo Fulton stories.
SHOOSH
Which high profile Channel 9 commentator (it’s not Gus or Fatty) is seriously worried about his future at the network.
SHOOSH
The old voice of local soccer, commentator Simon Hill, will be back on television next season as part of Channel 10’s new broadcast deal with the A League. No word yet if Ten will be chasing Mark Bosnich, Robbie Slater, Andy Harper or Tara Rushton from the Fox Sports stable.
SHOOSH
There’s been some interesting comments and confusion around Boyd Cordner’s comeback. This is odd. In an exclusive interview with your columnist weeks ago, Cordner himself revealed he was aiming for Round 14, but never locked in a date. It has since been pushed back a couple of weeks.
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