Star cashes in on NRL loophole
Jordan Rapana had been look at a three-game suspension, but the Canberra Raiders star has had his ban cut by the NRL.
Jordan Rapana had been look at a three-game suspension, but the Canberra Raiders star has had his ban cut by the NRL.
Last year Joe Tapine started just 11 games and his wife slammed the Raiders on social media. Now Tapine’s manager is preparing to phone Raiders boss Don Furner, writes PHIL ROTHFIELD.
Playing in one of the most important fixtures on the rugby league calendar, Jordan Rapana attracted the ire of the match review committee.
A Manly junior representative coach could be rubbed out of rugby league until the end of 2023 as the fallout to the opening Harold Matthews Cup round continues.
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The reality of the game’s financial situation is starting to hit home, following the NRL’s meeting with the RLPA, and Canberra hooker Josh Hodgson says players’ money is about to come to an abrupt halt.
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When the coronavirus shutdown ends – and that day will come – rugby league players will face one thing they all universally despise before the action begins in earnest.
The nomadic Warriors struggled, Manly scored an upset win thanks to one man and two old rivals put it on again — get all the news and reactions from Saturday’s NRL triple header.
Two of the NRL’s biggest names have had their futures put on hold with redundancies on offer for key staff as clubs fear they will collapse if the competition is suspended.
With his short-term contract in Japanese rugby rubbed out because of the coronavirus, Jordan Rapana is on the verge of an NRL comeback – and one club is aiming to beat former club Canberra to the punch.
Exclusive: The Warriors could loan players from rival clubs in a bid to ensure eight NRL matches are played every weekend — check out the established first-graders that could be involved.
Star Roosters Boyd Cordner and Angus Crichton are aiming for comebacks this weekend as the coronavirus fallout, injuries and suspensions rock the NRL.
NRL injury lists are complicated enough without players getting tested for coronavirus, while Wests Tigers have taken a hit. Full Round 1 update here.
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