Coach’s Super record grabs Cowboys’ attention
A premiership-winning Super League coach has emerged as a frontline contender to replace to Paul Green at the Cowboys — and his stats are impressive.
A premiership-winning Super League coach has emerged as a frontline contender to replace to Paul Green at the Cowboys — and his stats are impressive.
Gareth Widdop is set to return to Australia but the likelihood of a Dragons reunion is diminishing by the day as St George Illawarra struggle to unload Corey Norman’s hefty contract.
Wayne Bennett was reminded of Allan Langer when he first saw Cody Walker. So it was perhaps no surprise the then Broncos coach chased him hard – hoping to lure him north. He nearly succeeded.
Former Souths CEO Shane Richardson claims the club had no inkling Anthony Seibold was in talks with the Broncos back in 2018 and that it was ‘absolute garbage that Wayne knifed him’.
Gareth Widdop is set to play for St George Illawarra again, and it could happen sooner than either party envisaged. But his arrival will come at the expense of a player the club is becoming increasingly desperate to unload.
Nathan Cleary and Luke Keary may be career-best form but that hasn’t stopped harsh criticism from a former English star over the standard of NRL halves. One player, in particular, was reserved for a special spray.
The race to replace Paul Green at the Cowboys has exploded with three contracted head coaches applying for the North Queensland job – a revelation that could have major long-term implications.
Penrith believe Nathan Cleary is being punished twice for his social media misadventure by being deducted vital Dally M points. But they won’t find many allies among NRL fans.
Paul McGregor may be once again struggling to hold his job but in players like Zac Lomax, he has instilled the confidence that is sure to benefit the Dragons well into the future.
These are the remarkable figures that prove Cameron Smith is the NRL’s resident ironman, after his busted shoulder ended a stunning run of good health.
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