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Brent ReadSenior Sports Writer

Brent Read is one of rugby league’s agenda setters but is also among the nation’s most well-known golf writers. He also covers Olympic sports, writing with authority, wit and enthusiasm. Brent began his career in sport as a soccer player, playing with the Brisbane Strikers in the NSL.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 21: Lachlan Galvin of the Wests Tigers makes a break during the 2025 NRL Pre-Season Challenge match between Wests Tigers and Parramatta Eels at Leichhardt Oval on February 21, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Bullying, unsafe: Team Galvin’s legal letter to Wests Tigers

The Lachlan Galvin saga at Wests Tigers has taken another dramatic turn after his management sent the club a legal letter in a move that could see both parties headed for the courts.

SuperCoach

Addin Fonua-Blake should line up against Newcastle. Picture: NRL Photos

Late Mail: Sharks prop on track to play, Titans injury carnage

Sharks star Addin Fonua-Blake is on track to take on the Knights as he battles an abductor injury, while the Titans have been decimated. See all the team changes for Round 7.

NRL

Strive for five: The bold plan for a new Qld NRL team

QRL boss Ben Ikin has called on ARL Commission boss Peter V’landys to give Queensland a fifth NRL club in 2027 amid fears the Perth Bears bid is on the brink of collapse.

VIDEONRL

WATCH: Souths star caught in altercation with Bulldogs fans

South Sydney star Jai Arrow has allegedly been involved in an altercation with Bulldogs fans, as Canterbury blew the Rabbitohs away in a record breaking Good Friday clash.

NRL

Shaun Lane has all but played his final game for the Eels. Credit: NRL Images.

Eels star set to take indefinite hiatus from rugby league

The future of Parramatta star Shaun Lane is up in the air, with the Eels forward set to take an immediate break from rugby league as he considers his place in the NRL.

NRL

Manly have struggled since Daly Cherry-Evans' decision to leave the club next year. Credit: NRL Images.

Could Manly force Cherry-Evans to retire?

Manly have lost three of four games since Daly Cherry-Evans declared he won’t be at the club next season. BRENT READ questions whether their slump could push him into retirement.

NRL

Lachlan Galvin at West Tigers training this morning at Concord Oval. Photo Jeremy Piper

First in, last out: Defiant Galvin unfazed in Tigers turmoil

Every eye in the NRL world was on Lachlan Galvin at Concord – but he wasn’t trying to hide. If anything, he ran towards the spotlight, still looking every inch the teenager living a childhood dream, writes BRENT READ.

NRL

Benji Marshall and Lachie Galvin. Pic: Supplied

‘I want to play’: Galvin rejects Tigers stand down offer

Besieged Wests Tigers star Lachlan Galvin has turned down an offer to stand himself down from NSW Cup, while coach Benji Marshall made an impassioned plea to leave the teenager alone. WATCH THE VIDEO

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 10: Josh Schuster of the Rabbitohs is seen during a South Sydney Rabbitohs NRL training session at USANA Rabbitohs Centre on March 10, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

WATCH: Footage that proves Schuster is back

He’s yet to play first grade for the Rabbitohs, but Josh Schuster showed he has lost none of his trademark flair, with an impressive display in his rugby league return. See the full SPORT CONFIDENTIAL.

UpdatedNRL

PNG boss backs NRL’s shock salary cap exemption plan

The NRL’s salary cap exemption plan to fast-track PNG player development has received the full support of their chief executive, while prompting questions as to whether a Perth expansion team will receive the same treatment.

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