It’s the tackle that rocked a junior rugby league competition and left a 12-year-old boy with a smashed humerus. The NSWRL has hit back at critics to vigorously defended its grading process.
Rugby league’s dangerous and outdated junior grading system is eating away at the fabric of the game. Just ask Oliver Campbell, the broken 12-year-old who will walk away from the game he loves.
The Sydney Roosters’ highly-regarded recruitment man Clint Zammit has quit the club mid-season to return to North Queensland.
The Sharks have beefed up their pack ahead of Saturday’s clash against Manly while a luckless Dragons forward is set for more time on the sidelines. See the latest NRL early mail.
De La Salle is investigating a dangerous lifting tackle that made a 12-year-old club junior quit rugby league. The incident has prompted demands for an overhaul to the junior grading system. WATCH THE FOOTAGE
All in sundry will deny it but there’s no hiding the fact Manly is suffering from the Daly Cherry-Evans contract drama as evidenced in the club’s diabolical loss to Melbourne at Brookvale Oval. Plus Buzz’s highlight, lowlight and spotted.
It’s the ground everyone wants to abandon, but now Accor Stadium is set to host the biggest crowd in regular season history. BUZZ ROTHFIELD reveals why the venue still has a vital place in the game’s future.
Adam Reynolds has no interest in playing for any NRL club other than the Broncos, but with salary cap space tight and plenty of players pushing for upgrades, the champion half’s hand may be forced.
He once called the NRL’s independent doctor the ‘great abomination’ of rugby league. Two years on and a leading neuroscientist has kept receipts of Gould’s concussion rants.
Why Brad Arthur won’t re-sign with Leeds, the mind-blowing cost of a Wallabies ticket, better half Ashleigh Camenzuli dishes out on Panthers star Isaah Yeo and more in Saint, Sinner, Shoosh.
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