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Andrew Webster

Super Bowl’s over, baby. My final column

I’ve had a front-row seat to greatness and madness in my time as the Herald’s chief sports writer.

  • Andrew Webster

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Immortals heaven is filling up fast. When will the ‘Full House’ sign go up?

The game’s administrators are happy to kick these questions down the road until a future generation is forced to close the border.

  • Malcolm Knox
South Sydney and Roosters legend Ron Coote (left) and Melbourne Storm champion Cameron Smith.

The case for Ron Coote – and Cameron Smith – to be announced as Immortals

The NRL will anoint just the 14th Immortal on Wednesday night. But is there a case to add a 15th too, one from its past and another from the present?

  • Adam Pengilly
Queensland and Australia’s golden generation of (l-r) Cooper Cronk, Cameron Smith, Billy Slater and Greg Inglis have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Cameron Smith and Queensland’s golden generation added to NRL Hall of Fame

Rugby league’s 14th Immortal, the sport’s highest individual honour, will be announced next week. Smith and his Queensland teammates are now officially eligible.

  • Adam Pengilly
Former NRL player Ethan Lowe.

Players want NRL’s insurance policy reviewed after $1 million case exposes ‘clear deficiencies’

Ethan Lowe launched a landmark case against the NRL’s insurer following a career-ending injury. After his defeat in the Federal Court, the players’ union insists there are “gaps” in the policy.

  • Adam Pengilly
Johnathan Thurston

‘The game has failed in this instance’: Thurston says eight-week Leniu ban isn’t enough

Johnathan Thurston says rugby league has missed an opportunity to send an unequivocal message that racial abuse will not be tolerated in the game.

  • Billie Eder
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Nathan Cleary after winning his second Clive Churchill Medal.

Did NRL rule tweaks help Nathan Cleary put on grand final masterclass?

The six-again rule has changed rugby league for the better, but great players would have been great in any era.

  • Andrew Webster
Johnathan Thurston has welcomed a push to make Josh Addo-Carr the face of Indigenous rugby league.

Thurston backs Addo-Carr to become face of Indigenous rugby league

Indigenous great Johnathan Thurston has endorsed Phil Gould’s vision for the Canterbury winger, while voicing his disappointment at the failure of the Yes campaign in the Voice to Parliament referendum.

  • Christian Nicolussi
Broncos fullback Reece Walsh.

Shock winner or the usual suspects? The experts’ view on the NRL finals

A host of rugby league legends and luminaries have offered their insights into how this year’s finals series will play out.

  • Adrian Proszenko, Adam Pengilly, Nick Wright, Michael Chammas, Phil Gould, Andrew Webster, Dan Walsh, Billie Eder, Brad Fittler and Roy Ward
Indigenous sporting legends Johnathan Thurston and Evonne Goolagong Cawley have endorsed the Voice in the official Yes case, while the No case was led by Indigenous frontbencher Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.

Yes and No cases draw battle lines on Indigenous Voice

The Yes case will urge Australians to vote for “unity, hope and to make a positive difference” while the No case twice says, “if you don’t know, vote No”.

  • Lisa Visentin and James Massola

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