Rich list dropouts: The $1m flop on $1000 a week
They’re the 14 names who commanded some of the biggest salaries in the NRL last year – but will be forced to play for scraps in 2022 to keep their careers alive.
Raiders
Raiders poach rival team’s captain
The Canberra Raiders have snared a rival side’s co-captain, who will call the nation’s capital home for at least the next three seasons.
Buzz: Broncos’ worst Reynolds fears realised
Adam Reynolds was hoped to be Brisbane’s saviour next season – but it’s already hit a major hurdle. PHIL ROTHFIELD’S highlights and lowlights.
Saint, Sinner, shoosh: Ominous ICAC omen for Panthers
History, and recent events, suggest the Rabbitohs are sure to win the grand final. Check out all the latest NRL and grand final chatter in Saint, Sinner, Shoosh.
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Griffin: Chooks can do it again next year
Even with the tinge of controversy, it is hard to argue the Sydney Roosters didn’t deserve their second straight premiership. And the Tricolours have the talent to go back-to-back-to-back, writes ANTHONY GRIFFIN.
Kent: This was the NRL’s worst nightmare
The 2019 grand final will always have an asterisk attached, which isn’t fair to the Raiders, the Roosters or to rugby league, but it’s the way it has to be, writes PAUL KENT.
Video: See the incredible Clive Churchill Medal blunder
A technical error on the NRL’s voting app prompted confusion over the Clive Churchill medal with Jared Waerea-Hargreaves incorrectly told in private he had won the award.
Under-fire NRL grand final ref finds surprise ally
He may be public enemy No. 1 in Canberra but the referee at the centre of the grand final controversy, Ben Cummins, has found an unlikely supporter in the nation’s capital.
Beaten Bateman had to stare defeat in the face
As the Roosters started to celebrate their premiership victory, the defeated Raiders went to the other end of the ground – except for star backrower John Bateman.
Despised law ‘100 per cent a joke’
The Sydney Roosters trainer had an influential impact on the NRL grand final. Our Monday Bunker crew discuss why the much maligned NRL law should be changed following the decider.
Crash: Mammoth blunder had been coming for years
In the constant pursuit of refereeing perfection, the Ben Cummins decision on Jack Wighton that sent the grand final into meltdown was a disaster waiting to happen, writes Robert Craddock.
Fans fume over ‘farcical’ grand final call
NRL fans are fuming over a “farcical” incident in the NRL grand final that disadvantaged the Raiders.
Colman: Shock choice for Churchill Medal winner
Ben Cummins’ about-face was the major talking point of the NRL grand final but Ricky Stuart not blowing his top was even more remarkable, writes Mike Colman.
Buzz: The wrong way for the Roosters to win
The Roosters are the greatest club of the modern era but the grand final will be remembered for the refereeing blunder. All year we’ve feared a refereeing error would decide the premiership and on Sunday night it did.
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