Monday Buzz: Weekend highlights, lowlights and talking points
PAUL Gallen and Nathan Brown put to bed rumours of a falling out and which Tigers star was thrown out of an inner-west pub for behaving like a dickhead?
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HIGHLIGHT
Only 41 sleeps until the NRL kick-off. We loved the 4-0 Ashes triumph, the Big Bash and Nick Kyrgios’s spirited Australian Open performances but nothing beats the rugby league season.
LOWLIGHT
The Hugh Bowman suspension and the pressure it places on a new jockey when Winx returns on February 17 at Royal Randwick.
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SPOTTED
They were supposed to have fallen out after a public slanging match over Mitchell Pearce but Knights coach Nathan Brown and Sharks skipper Paul Gallen caught up at an Australia Day party in Cronulla on Friday and chatted for hours.
SPOTTED II
Long-time NSW Blues official and highly regarded police officer Gav Wood celebrating his 50th birthday at Highfield in Caringbah on Sunday.
SPOTTED III
Channel 7’s Jimmy Wilson has come a long way since this interview with Freddie Fittler in 1989. Wilson has just agreed to a new two-year contract at the network after doing an outstanding job hosting the Rugby League World Cup and Australian Open tennis.
MOORE OR LESS?
NRL commentator Andrew Moore’s future at the ABC was uncertain after his contract expired on New Year’s Eve. The ABC was concerned about losing the NRL rights. He is expected to sign a new contract this week.
SHOOSH
Which NRL Immortal had his local doctor examine what he thought was an old foot injury?
It was gout in his big toe.
SHOOSH II
Which Wests Tigers star was thrown out of an inner-west pub for behaving like a dickhead? He even tried using the old “don’t you know who I am” line.
BACK ON THE BOX
The summer edition of NRL 360 resumes on Monday on Fox Sports at 7.30pm. Your columnist will join Ben Ikin and Paul Kent.
Originally published as Monday Buzz: Weekend highlights, lowlights and talking points
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