Is fresh talent wasted at basket-case clubs?
What is more important for an NRL club – the talent on the field or the system off of it? Paul Crawley looks at whether a star player can rescue a dysfunctional system or will he be its victim.
Sea Eagles
Sea Eagles lose another top official from nest
Manly chairman Scott Penn insists the club is in “great shape” despite confirming another senior official has quit the Sea Eagles.
Turbo’s promise: star breaks silence before surgery
Superstar Tom Trbojevic has sent a reassuring message to Manly fans and KFC SuperCoach ahead of knee surgery. See the exclusive pictures here.
Best player in the game sidelined
The Sea Eagles had just begun to shake off their slow start to the season but now they’ll have to do without their best player for a month.
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Fans slam NRL plan to shake up finals format
NRL teams that finish as low at 10th on the premiership table will get the opportunity to play finals football under a proposal to revamp qualifying rules for the playoffs. But the fans aren’t happy.
Kent: Flawed wildcard system rewards mediocrity
It is easy to feel uncomfortable with the NRL’s new wildcard concept. It is even easier not to like it at all. Basically, it’s rewarding losing teams, writes Paul Kent.
Cook’s new Rabbitohs role, Broncos headache
The 2019 pre-season is done and dusted and there was plenty to digest and discuss, with injuries, form, new rookie bolters and more — check out the talking points from every game.
Penn rejects rich bids to buy Sea Eagles
Manly have rejected three attempts from cashed-up investors to buy the Sea Eagles with bids as high as $18 million for the NRL club.
Crichton fires up but Chooks cooked by Manly
Manly have knocked off the defending premiers the Sydney Roosters in their final trial ahead of the NRL season, as Angus Crichton made his club debut for the tricolours.
Walker first test of Greenberg’s new powers
Dylan Walker has been stood down by the NRL until the completion of his domestic violence matter before the court.
NRL’s new world could be a legal minefield
After weeks of criticism from fans, commentators and game officials the NRL has come down hard on Jack de Belin and changed it’s policy on player behaviour but it could start a legal quagmire.
Player in Focus: Martin Taupau
Martin Taupau will head into the 2019 season as the second most expensive front row in SuperCoach NRL. But should you fork out the $605,100 price tag for him?
Crackdown: NRL star’s humiliating CCTV punishment
The biggest crackdown on player behaviour in rugby league history begins today with North Queensland Cowboys veteran Scott Bolton facing the game’s most bizarre punishment.
Junior Hopoate to rise at Manly
He’s the teenager already being talked about as a fullback replacement for Tom Trbojevic, but Will Hopoate believes Manly coach Des Hasler will go slow with his younger brother Albert.
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