Monday Buzz: Five-year plan that is actually working
Parramatta still have a way to go to break a 34-year premiership drought but Brad Arthur is delivering on a pledge to restructure and repair a club that had become an embarrassing rabble.
Opinion
Monday Buzz: Struggling Broncos in firing line
Anthony Milford and Darius Boyd are giving absolutely nothing to a struggling team desperate for some real leadership — check out the talking points from another big weekend of rugby league.
AB’s-Roos clash could be best idea since Origin
Wayne Bennett has thrown his support behind the proposed hybrid match between the Kangaroos and All Blacks, claiming it could give rugby league the same boost as Origin.
Revealed: The secret behind the Roosters success
The Broncos and Anthony Seibold could learn a thing or two from the Roosters about how to treat their senior players if they want to be successful again, writes Paul Kent.
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Moment Maroons dropped the Origin shield
IT was the night when Queensland’s stranglehold of State of Origin was extinguished and a new breed of Blues player asserted itself, writes Phil Rothfield.
Where to now for beaten Maroons?
WELL, that’s that then. One down but, hopefully, two to go. The Blues’ 22-12 win was probably not unexpected, but where does it leave Queensland and its Origin legacy?
Where were you when we needed you, Gus?
AMID all the monologues and mixed metaphors in Channel 9’s over-hyped Origin coverage, Phil Gould was uncharacteristically silent, and when Gus goes quiet, it seems to mean bad news for Queensland.
Andrew Fifita’s talent is not enough for Fittler
ANDREW Fifita has been the best prop in the game in 2018. New South Wales decided not to pick him. The reasons as to why is proof the Blues have entered a new era writes PAUL KENT.
How Buzz got one up on Maroons
QUEENSLAND will do anything to win a State of Origin match, even tell a porky. But they couldn’t get away with it this time, writes PHIL ROTHFIELD.
Losing Big Four adds Origin drama
AT the risk of being hung in effigy outside the Caxton Hotel, I’m kind of glad Cameron Smith, Johnathan Thurston, Cooper Cronk and Billy Slater won’t be playing tomorrow night.
Kent: Why fans are real victims in Slater lie-fest
NRL fans are increasingly taken for granted as the game panders to coaches with too much sway and players who don’t know where their money really comes from. We saw it all again as the Billy Slater injury lies played out yesterday, writes PAUL KENT.
Blues have Origin won, just ask them
NSW rookie Tom Trbojevic is big and fast and “really super highly intelligent”. Josh Addo-Carr is the fastest thing on two legs. If the hype machine is turned up any more in NSW, it might explode.
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