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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 01: Nathan Brown of the Eels suffers an injury during the round eight NRL match between the Canterbury Bulldogs and the Parramatta Eels at Stadium Australia, on May 01, 2021, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Evans/Getty Images)
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Grim milestone in NRL injury crisis

Major injuries have increased by a frightening 119 per cent in the past five years and now the blame game has begun. Phil Rothfield reveals the terrifying stats.

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North Queensland Cowboys against St George Illawarra Dragons at Dairy Farmers Stadium. Cowboys' Johnathan Thurston and Dragons' Jeremy Latimore.

Move that turned JT off Dragons

THE Dragons have emerged as the latest team that almost snared retiring champion Johnathan Thurston back in the day. But one critical move cruelled their chances.

Barba to ride with the Cowboys

Barba to ride with the Cowboys

FORMER Dally M winner Ben Barba will return to the NRL with the electrifying fullback set to make a comeback with North Queensland.

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Daily Telegraph NRL expert tips round 25

NRL round 25 tips: It’s JT v Buzz

IT all comes down to one game as The Daily Telegraph’s tipsters gear up for 2018’s final round. Somebody’s party is going to get spoiled — will it be Phil Rothfield’s or Johnathan Thurston’s?

NRL
The 2018 NRL report cards are out and the bottom eight teams have a bit of soul-searching to do.

NRL 2018 report cards: How your club fared

AFTER the most unpredictable season of the NRL era, Paul Crawley delivers his 2018 report card. Melbourne sets the benchmark again, while South Sydney are most improved. But it’s time to get fair dinkum about the bottom eight clubs.

‘Wait till you see the mongrel in my son’

‘Wait till you see the mongrel in my son’

FROM a skinny kid too small for the Broncos to a once-in-a-generation player, from the very beginning there was one person who believed Johnathan Thurston’s determination to succeed.

Opinion
(L-R) Tyrell Fuimoano of the Rabbitohs  and Ash Taylor of the Gold Coast Titans, at the launch of the 2018 NRL Indigenous Round in Brisbane, Monday, May 7, 2018. (AAP Image/Glenn Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

Meninga: Taylor need only look at JT

JOHNATHAN Thurston was 22 in his first season at the Cowboys. Ash Taylor is now 23 and on Saturday night the blueprint for his future will be standing right in front of him, writes MAL MENINGA.

Cowboys primed for JT send off

Cowboys primed for JT send off

IT all got a bit emotional for Johnathan Thurston’s last game in Townsville last week — but the Cowboys are adamant they still have fire the belly to send JT out a winner.

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