Monday Buzz: Weekend highlights, lowlights

Blood in the water at Cronulla, match review committee overhaul and a great win for NRL good guy — check out the talking points from another big weekend in sport.

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Check out the highlights, lowlights and talking points from another memorable weekend in sport.

HIGHLIGHT

The Canterbury Bulldogs lifting for 200-game warhorse and NRL good guy Aiden Tolman with a stirring victory over the Penrith Panthers on Saturday night.

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Aiden Tolman celebrates with Bulldogs fans after his team’s win over Penrith.

LOWLIGHT

The sad passing of former Wests Tigers, NSWRL and ARL chairman John Chalk. He was an old plumber by trade but could mix as comfortably with politicians and the big end of town.

BLOOD IN WATER

There is drama at the Sharks with the non-appearance of chairman Dino Mezzatesta at Saturday night’s game against the Rabbitohs. Mezzatesta says he was at his mum’s birthday but others suggest there has been a fallout with directors over the future direction of the club and he is set to walk away.

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SHOOSH

At last the NRL is doing something about the match review committee. There is strong mail out of Moore Park headquarters that former referee Steve Clark will replace Michael Buettner as the boss.

SPOTTED

Former NRL media boss Peter Grimshaw at the Sharks Leagues Club. Grimshaw, who has spent his 40-year career dealing with political, NRL and business crises, has been engaged for one of his toughest gigs — explaining to members and fans why the Sharks will be closing their home ground for the next two years while the leagues club is redeveloped.

SPOTTED II

Don’t worry about slip, slop, slap. 2GB’s Erin Molan strapped a Big League program to her cap for the Continuous Call team’s outside broadcast in Gerringong on Saturday.

Erin Molan stays sun smart.

SPOTTED III

Boxing champ Jeff Fenech and league Immortal Joey Johns in Singleton on Friday as guest speakers at a sporting fundraiser. “It’s the first time I’ve heard Joey speak at a lunch and he was sensational,” Fenech said. “Seriously, his old stories and the way he delivers them are as good as I’ve heard.”

360 VIEW

Catch you tonight on NRL 360 with Ben Ikin, Paul Kent, Cooper Cronk and Broncos coach Anthony Seibold to discuss all the biggest issues in the game and later on Controversy Corner.