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.
Opinion
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.
League legend’s big call on modern NRL forwards
As one of rugby league’s greats, former Balmain enforcer Steve Roach’s opinion carries plenty of weight — and he’s he delivered a stunning assessment of the NRL’s current forward crop.
‘Disastrous’: Why these teams have failed in new NRL era
The new rules have split the NRL in two — the sides who have successfully adapted to the changing pace, and those that have failed. Matty Johns reveals where your club sits.
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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.
Shoulder charge disgrace, refs in disarray
MONDAY Buzz: Eels forward Tepai Moeroa should have been a sin bin minum while the NRL’s refeeing department is the biggest blight on the game — check out the big talking points.
Monday Buzz: Dear Todd, don’t blow Origin I
THIS is an appeal to let the game flow. To instruct the State of Origin I referees to drop the nitpicking that has turned rugby league into a sometimes boring and stop-start snooze fest, writes PHIL ROTHFIELD.
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