Barrett out to spoil Burgess comeback
RABBITOHS star Sam Burgess will make a triumphant return on Friday night — not that Manly coach Trent Barrett will be celebrating.
RABBITOHS star Sam Burgess will make a triumphant return on Friday night — not that Manly coach Trent Barrett will be celebrating.
MANLY coach Trent Barrett took a late-night detour on the Sea Eagles’ bus trip home from Allianz Stadium last Saturday — and it’s worked a treat.
HE may be retiring from Origin after this year’s series but Blues skipper Paul Gallen has declared his feelings for Queensland are as strong as ever.
NSW SKIPPER Paul Gallen — one of the toughest players ever to represent NSW — has revealed he will quit State of Origin after this year’s series.
PAUL Gallen has played 21 Origin games, winning just eight, but the true story of his career isn’t found in these cold, hard facts.
FACING a third game in an arduous 11-day stretch but Manly star Brett Stewart has declared “there’s no point whingeing” about short turnarounds.
MANLY players have spoken out against the club taking games away from Brookvale Oval to appease the NRL in negotiations for major stadium funding.
MANLY want the NRL to immediately introduce unlimited interchanges for any side that confronts rugby league’s new scourge — the five-day turnaround.
SPORTS CONFIDENTIAL: The notoriously media-shy Semi Radradra has been working with Logie winner Rachel Friend to help him deal with attention from the media.
MANLY would be prepared to appease the NRL by shifting two home games a season to a revamped Allianz Stadium – but only for a cool $1 million.
Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/journalists/dean-ritchie/page/152