Monday Buzz: Ditch the grub act, Sam
EVERY good NRL side needs an enforcer like Sam Burgess to win a premiership. A hard-nosed, uncompromising middle forward that other sides hate playing against.
Phil Rothfield
Monday Buzz: Weekend highlights and lowlights
PHIL Rothfield runs his eye over the highlights, lowlights and talking points of another bumper weekend of rugby league action.
What’s the Buzz: NRL’s new media tart
FORGET Johnathan Thurston, Greg Inglis or Cameron Smith, Peter Beattie is now the most photographed figure in rugby league.
What’s the Buzz: Saint, sinner, shoosh
A Broncos star on the way out, two big names at a leading club clashing and more — all the latest NRL chatter and more in Australia’s hottest sport gossip column.
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62 reasons World Cup is a joke
SOME sports are not meant for the international stage – and the rugby league World Cup is one of them, writes Phil Rothfield.
Whats the Buzz: Cahill to replace Neill
TIM Cahill is poised to become Australia’s Socceroo captain for the World Cup in Brazil, replacing 35-year-old warrior Lucas Neill.
Buzz: Soccer owns Sydney not NRL
BLOG WITH BUZZ ALL DAY: The sporting landscape in Sydney changed forever in a sea of red, black and light blue jerseys on Saturday night.
Buzz: Boozy refs in the sin bin
A group of senior NRL referees have been sin-binned by hotel security while staging their own ‘Mad Monday’ celebration over the weekend. LIVE BLOG
Buzz’s top 50 moments – part one
VIDEO: FROM ASADA scandals, to boardroom stoushes, to great on-field moments, Phil Rothfield reveals his top 50 moments of 2013.
Provan a great but not an Immortal
PHIL Rothfield: League great Arthur Summons says it’s a “disgrace” Norm Provan is not an Immortal. Sports Editor-at-large Phil Rothfield disagrees.
Loz was right about Reynolds
MONDAY BUZZ: Laurie Daley was right after all. Adam Reynolds is not ready for State of Origin football. Blog with Phil Rothfield
What’s the Buzz – We were warned
THE NRL and ASADA have known about a major drug problem in the sport for more than 15 years. Don’t miss Australia’s best sports gossip.
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