32 NRL ‘heroes’ saved game from salary cap disaster
Some of the NRL’s biggest stars have selflessly sacrificed a big pay cheque to help ease the pressure on less high-profile players and the game.
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Landmark deal: NRL, players agree on reduced salary cap
In a landmark decision, the players have put the game before their bank balance after agreeing to a major salary cap cut. Details here.
Proving grounds: What every club needs to succeed in 2021
Even the best teams in the NRL have a point to prove … but what does each team need to do or fix to succeed in 2021?
Will Dogs regret talented winger’s exit?
His move to Melbourne didn’t attract the same headlines as other NRL signings, but Reimis Smith could be the one that got away for Canterbury.
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Inside NRL club’s brutal rebuild
DESPITE claiming back-to-back wooden spoons, the Knights were on track to be $700,000 over the salary cap this year.
Who will win race to partner Pearce at Knights?
CONNOR Watson or Brock Lamb? The fight for the Newcastle Knights No. 6 jersey is on but apparently coach Nathan Brown has already decided who will get first crack alongside Mitchell Pearce.
Hodkinson weighs up Manly return
TRENT Hodkinson’s tumultuous Newcastle career has moved a step closer to ending after he had a positive meeting with Manly officials on Tuesday about a return to Brookvale.
Fearless Knights ready to entertain
MARQUEE recruit Mitchell Pearce says the Knights will be fearless in season 2018 and can be the NRL’s entertainers.
Why Pearce picked Knights over Sharks, Sea Eagles
AT his first training session with his new club, Mitchell Pearce was ready to show why Paul Gallen and Johnathan Thurston are wrong, and why the sky’s the limit for the Knights.
New era as Pearce sheds white at Knights
FOR the first time in his decade long club career Mitchell Pearce has shed the white from his jersey to adopt the straight red and blue of the Newcastle Knights.
Junior: Mitch’s best yet to come
WAYNE Pearce says Mitchell Pearce’s best footy could still be in front of him while Paul Gallen fears Pearce’s move to the Knights could end his Blues career.
NRL halves merry-go-round hits overdrive
THE off-season playmaker fire-sale has seen a host of high-profile halves switch clubs, while Manly are still to settle on a five-eighth,
Pearce convinced he can lift Knights
LAST week over beers, Mitchell Pearce promised his Roosters teammates he’ll return once Cooper Cronk was gone. On Thursday he signed a $4 million deal with the Knights.
Barrett won’t rush $800k halves decision
MANLY has a whopping $800,000 to spend on a playmaker — but don’t try rushing coach Trent Barrett into a rash decision.
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