Mulholland’s legacy reaping big rewards for Raiders
The influence of the late recruitment guru Peter Mulholland is still strong at the Raiders as they bid to continue their remarkable late-season surge for a premiership.
The influence of the late recruitment guru Peter Mulholland is still strong at the Raiders as they bid to continue their remarkable late-season surge for a premiership.
It’s been a decade since Ricky Stuart punt then caretaker Brad Arthur from Parramatta. The gulf in their finals records should ring alarm bells for the current Eels coach.
Teams are in for the second week of NRL finals and a number of key players have made the team sheets, while the NRL have made a big call on referee Ashley Klein.
There’s more pain to come for out-of-sorts Parramatta star Waqa Blake, with Canberra revealing their plan to unleash hell on the gunshy winger.
An absolutely gutted Ricky Stuart took one question in his press conference before the pain of reflecting on Canberra’s loss proved too much.
John Bateman apologised for breaking down while Raiders coach Ricky Stuart took just one question from the media after a crushing defeat.
The Melbourne Storm had one foot in the NRL Grand Final before a bunker call left the door open for Canberra despite an insane ambush.
Cameron Smith is yet to confirm his retirement, so what was he doing sitting aloft his teammates shoulders as he exited Suncorp on Friday night?.
Cameron Smith has remained tight-lipped all season on whether he will retire this year and even after the Storm surged into another grand final to set up a shot at a fairytale finale, the champion hooker kept his poker face on.
A red-hot Storm crushed the Raiders’ hopes of reaching a second successive grand final. Who starred and who failed to fire on the big stage? See our player ratings.
Penrith will be hyped up and full of adrenaline, but they have to be careful against Souths in the preliminary final on Saturday. They will need plenty in defence to win this, says Matty Johns.
Canberra Raiders fans can expect to be quizzed on their whereabouts over the past week when trying to enter the state to see Friday night’s game in Brisbane.
Just one player in the blockbuster prelim final between Melbourne and Canberra comes from a Victorian background – and he doesn’t play for the Storm. Read the inside story of how the Altona Roosters created an NRL star.
Canberra coach Ricky Stuart has blown up deluxe after the the Queensland government made his side’s Grand Final raid even tougher.
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