The legal stoush between Jackson Topine and the Bulldogs will bring to focus how clubs treat their players. But how does a courtroom tell an elite sporting organisation how it should train its elite athletes, writes Paul Kent.
On a day where concussion cast a shadow over rugby league, PAUL KENT writes it’s time the NRL looked more towards prevention than cure to save the game from grassroots to NRL.
The NRL returned to its favourite sport of shark jumping, this time charging Reed Mahoney for a smile and a wave. PAUL KENT says the plot has officially been lost.
The NRL is refereed more like an entertainment business than a sport nowadays, where nothing matters as long as the fans are excited. And the Storm-Roosters game exposed the game’s ‘close enough is good enough’ attitude, writes PAUL KENT.
Michael Maguire has kept one approach of Origin coaching the same as his predecessor, an approach Queensland discourages and one that already cost New South Wales a player Maguire would’ve craved, writes PAUL KENT.
Des Hasler’s dark arts entered the GIO Stadium post-game press conference when the Titans coach questioned the refereeing – a ploy he’s implemented before. Only this time, writes PAUL KENT, it backfired.
Josh Schuster is at risk of becoming nothing more than a memory of a brilliant young player. As he enters the most crucial decision-making period of his life, his next call needs to be spot on, writes PAUL KENT.
While Jason Demetriou was busy running training sessions, he was missing clandestine get-togethers deliberately held away from Rabbitohs players that may still be affecting the coach, PAUL KENT writes.
Keith Barnes, the legendary Balmain Tiger who passed away on Monday, owns one of the most heartbreaking statistics in rugby league. But, PAUL KENT writes, it never fazed one of the game’s true gentle men.
It’s a battle of power and ego. In a bid to restore their version of order to the breeding industry, Racing Victoria continues to turn a cold shoulder to Peter V’landys, Racing NSW and The Everest, writes PAUL KENT.
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