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Paul Kent is a Senior Writer for the Telegraph, CODE Sports and the co-host of NRL360 on Fox League. He specialises in covering NRL but has also covered multiple Olympic Games, soccer World Cups, Rugby World Cups, tennis Grand Slams and golf majors. For two years he was News Corps’ European correspondent in the London Bureau.

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Manly's Addin Fonua-Blake wears a face mask during a Manly NRL media opportunity at the Sydney Academy of Sport, Narrabeen. Picture: Brett Costello

How NRL players are masking the truth

As the future of the NRL is thrown into question like never before, PAUL KENT outlines why the players are not the true victims of coronavirus.

Opinion

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 16: NRL CEO Todd Greenberg speaks to the media during a NRL Press Conference at Rugby League Central on March 16, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. The NRL provided an update on their season schedule as it is impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

Kent: Virus fears reveal NRL’s fragility

Asked how the NRL had got itself in this position, billions of dollars in broadcast money but enough cash to survive only a few months, Todd Greenberg dodged the question. But the truth is unavoidable, writes PAUL KENT.

NRL

Bulldogs coach Dean Pay (left) during the Round 1 NRL match between the Parramatta Eels and the Canterbury Bulldogs at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney, Thursday, March 12, 2020. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Kent: Pay the man to guide Dogs through crisis

Dean Pay was a no nonsense players who was as tough as they come. Now the Canterbury Bulldogs coach must be tough on his players.

NRL

MAITLAND, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 22: Tyson Frizell of the Dragons in the warm up during the NRL Trial match between the Newcastle Knights and the St George Illawarra Dragons at Maitland No. 1 Sportsground on February 22, 2020 in Maitland, Australia. (Photo by Tony Feder/Getty Images)

Dragon’s $2.1m fight to keep rep superstar

St George Illawarra are readying a huge new contract in a bid to keep Kangaroos forward Tyson Frizell out of Newcastle’s hands. PLUS, coronavirus hits the Matty Johns show.

NRL

Suspended St George Illawarra Dragons forward Jack de Belin.

Kent: NRL’s hard-line stance has wrecked Dragons’ season

The NRL’s decision to stand down star St George Illawarra prop Jack de Belin while he faces rape charges has had far reaching, and unfair, consequences for his club.

NRL

Kenty's Big Call. Paul Kent's verdict on the 2020 NRL season.

Crystal ball: Brooks can catapult Tigers up the ladder

Will the Roosters go back-to-back-to-back? Which team will pick up the dreaded wooden spoon? Paul Kent offers his ladder predictions for the upcoming campaign.

Opinion

Kent: Moment Greenberg’s NRL leadership began to unravel

There are a number of issues pushing against Todd Greenberg’s contract extension, but if the NRL CEO loses his job when the ARLC meet to decide his fate the beginning of the end can be traced back to one moment, writes PAUL KENT.

Opinion

Clueless NRL blind to big picture yet again

The NRL tried to hide behind Ian Roberts at their season launch, but their relentless and foolish quest to appease the politically correct only alienates fans and hides wider issues within the game, writes PAUL KENT.

Opinion

NRL CEO Todd Greenberg talks to media at the Queensland 2020 NRL Season Launch. Photo Lachie Millard

Kent: NRL still can’t see how they got it wrong

The reaction to the reaction says it all. Rather than accept rugby league fans’ criticism of their new misguided ad campaign, the out-of-touch NRL would rather argue that it’s you who’ve got it all wrong, writes PAUL KENT.

Opinion

Kent: NRL ad a miserable box-ticking failure

Perhaps we should give them credit for aiming high – but this new NRL ad is a bland, politically correct gesture from an organisation losing touch with the majority of the game’s fans. WATCH THE AD HERE.

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