Buzz: Is World Club Challenge worth it?
THREE of our biggest and most high-profile clubs have been in the UK propping up the English Super League for the last week.
Phil Rothfield
Swap deal option in Merrin-go-round
WHAT’S THE BUZZ: Dragons management have discussed letting Trent Merrin go this season as part of a player swap which could also include financial compensation.
VIDEO: ‘Time to investigate NRL’s integrity’
BUZZ: The NRL should actually be investigating why there was no integrity unit investigation into the Rabbitohs Arizona scandal in the first place.
Buzz: Richardson must face the music
NEW NRL head of strategy Shane Richardson faces questions he covered up a violent off-season incident that led to the arrest of John Sutton and Luke Burgess.
Buzz: NFL heavies snub Sydney
WE’VE had Baseball, the Olympics twice, Manchester United, Liverpool, rugby and cricket World Cups but Australia will never get to host an NFL game.
Johnston viewed as Hayne replacement
SOUTHS flyer Alex Johnston shapes as a potential replacement for Jarryd Hayne — with Andrew Johns describing him as “a future world class fullback”.
Buzz: The team behind the super club
WELCOME to the modern-day professionalism of an NRL super club that has a coaching staff almost bigger than the player roster. Blog with Buzz!
Buzz: Rebel Rabbitohs launch own club
BUZZ: REBEL South Sydney Rabbitohs supporters have launched their own licensed club premises next to their home ground at ANZ Stadium.
Buzz: Bird’s behaviour warrants hefty fine
GREG BIRD‘S behaviour in Byron was totally unacceptable. Fancy allegedly urinating on a police car on honeymoon — you wouldn’t even do it at your buck’s party.
Buzz: Earthquake rocks Rabbitohs
ON the last night of their Arizona-based training camp, the hotel South Sydney were staying in suddenly began shaking and swaying.
Sport unites to support White Ribbon Day
Thousands of people, including NRL players, Laurie Daley, NSW’s top cop, and the NSW Governor have banded together to call for an end to violence against women.
NRL head honchos facing a rebellion
MANY of the most powerful figures in rugby league are losing faith in NRL chief executive Dave Smith, commission chairman John Grant and the direction the game is heading.
Buzz: Eels fans don’t need Hayne
WHO needs Jarryd Hayne? Apparently not the Parramatta Eels when it comes to selling club memberships for the 2015 season.
Buzz: Roos broken and burned
MONDAY BUZZ: PLAYER burnout is the reason the Kangaroos lost the Four Nations final against the Kiwis – not inexperience. Blog with Buzz from 9AM.
Buzz: Why one man flew 17,500km for one race
THE Melbourne Cup isn’t just about the billionaires and million-dollar horses. One Aussie flew all the way from London for one 70-second race.
Buzz: Paul Gallen’s secret pain
PAUL Gallen comes across as this big, indestructible unit. He’s not. He’s actually suffering from depression. But he doesn’t want to talk about it.
How Singo and Bolts landed on their feet
HAPPY, carefree bachelors John Singleton and Ray Hadley landed the ultimate lunchdate…..by gatecrashing.
Buzz: Brave Knight building new life
WHAT’S THE BUZZ: ALEX McKinnon has bought a block of land in Newcastle to build a wheelchair-access home where he will settle.
Buzz: Hayne is NRL’s biggest ever loss
WHEN a text message arrived today saying that Jarryd Hayne was quitting the NRL to play gridiron, the story had to be double and triple checked.
Buzz: Why JT sacked three Tigers legends
YOU should respect past champions but it shouldn’t stand in the way of progress, as new Tigers coach Jason Taylor has shown. BLOG WITH BUZZ FROM 9AM.
Buzz: Taylor sacks three Tigers legends
WHAT’S the Buzz: New Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor has sacked three club legends from his coaching staff in his first week in the job.
Buzz: NRL encouraging medical madness
SAM Burgess is too tough and too gutsy for his own good. His courage has been lauded after the grand final but what kind of message does that send?
Buzz’s top moments of the NRL season: 50-26
FROM heroic tries to shameful tackles and all the boardroom drama, Phil Rothfield counts down his top 50 moments of the 2014 NRL season.
Billions of reasons to love the Bunnies
THE South Sydney Rabbitohs are fast becoming an unstoppable force in rugby league. Just like Manchester United in soccer, the Dallas Cowboys in NFL or the New York Yankees in baseball.
Grand way to say ‘welcome back GP’
IT was a grand way to welcome back George Piggins, with the Rabbitohs breaking their premiership drought and chants of “Saint George Piggins” as Phil Rothfield found out.
Monday Buzz: Beau Ryan’s big decision
PHIL ROTHFIELD: Beau Ryan walked out of Remondis Stadium on Saturday night knowing he had possibly played his last game.
Monday Buzz: Beau Ryan’s big decision
PHIL ROTHFIELD: Beau Ryan walked out of Remondis Stadium on Saturday night knowing he had possibly played his last game.
Buzz: Eels legend in coward punch attack
WHAT’S THE BUZZ: PARRAMATTA Eels legend Peter Wynn has been bashed in a sickening coward-punch attack outside his Church Street sports store.
Hero Gasnier now part of a heavenly team
REG GASNIER’s passing means if there was ever a game of rugby league between Earth and Heaven, the heroes up above would be hard to beat.
Buzz: Stuart fighting to save career
RICKY Stuart is under the pump and fighting to save his NRL coaching career at the Canberra Raiders. Blog with Buzz from 9am.
Buzz: Joel loses commentating gig
BUZZ: The bitter rugby league ratings war between 2GB and Triple M has cost former NRL player Joel Caine his job as a commentator.
Buzz: NRL’s rowdy crackdown working
Buzz: AN NRL crackdown on unruly behaviour has resulted in 16 fans being banned from venues by its integrity unit over the past 12 months.
Buzz: Let’s call time on City-Country
BUZZ: Gorden Tallis is a typical Queenslander. He loves City v Country — as long as it’s the Blues risking injury, not his beloved Maroons.
Should the NRL scrap the scrum?
BLOG with Buzz: A question for rugby league fans: should the NRL break more than 100 years of history and scrap the scrum?
NRL needs management shake-up
GRAHAM Annesley should be appointed Dave Smith’s right-hand man as part of an NRL management shake-up, writes Phil Rothfield.
Buzz: Roos big guns call on Benny
WAYNE Bennett is helping the Socceroos with their World Cup campaign — spotted having lunch with Ange Postecoglou and David Gallop.
Buzz: How will NRL recover lost fans?
BLOG with Buzz: As NRL crowds slump by 15 per cent, with 135,000 fewer fans after six rounds, is it time to ditch fixed scheduling?
Buzz: NRL run by pack of amateurs
BUZZ: YOU’D think the NRL would have learnt a lesson from last year’s finals series when the Cowboys were robbed by a seven-tackle try.
Buzz names his Blues team for Origin 1
AFTER an opening six rounds the likes of which we didn’t expect, Buzz Rothfield dons the selector’s cap and picks his Blues squad. BLOG NOW.
Buzz: Hayne v Inglis is Origin heaven
JARRYD Hayne v Greg Inglis could be one of the greatest duels in State of Origin history: BLOG WITH BUZZ ALL DAY MONDAY.
Origin farce keeps Semi from NSW
WHAT a farce that Semi Radradra will never play Origin for NSW despite becoming eligible to play for Australia next year, writes Phil Rothfield.
Buzz: Soward is off limits
WHAT’S THE BUZZ: SHARKS winger Beau Ryan has been taken aback by Panthers five-eighth Jamie Soward and his dummy-spit last week.
Buzz: Battler who refused to give up
JOCKEY Allan Chau came back from a broken neck not once, but twice. His story gives hope to Alex McKinnon. BLOG WITH BUZZ ALL DAY MONDAY.
Buzz: Tinkler shops Jets for Knights
WHAT’S THE BUZZ: STRUGGLING businessman Nathan Tinkler wants to sell the Newcastle Jets soccer team to save his ownership of the Knights.
Buzz: Proof of NRL’s inconsistency
THESE are the sickening images that highlight the NRL’s inconsistency in dealing with the most dangerous tackle in the game.
Buzz: The fans have spoken
NRL fans have given their strong support to a revamped two-conference schedule to bring back more NRL blockbusters to Sydney.
Buzz: Graham saved angry Carney
WHAT’S THE BUZZ: CCTV footage of a fight has revealed how Sharks’ Wade Graham saved Todd Carney from another off-field drama.
Buzz: Top Dog invests in Sharks future
WHAT’S THE BUZZ: RISING star Michael Lichaa has invested in the Sharks’ future, despite his defection to the Canterbury Bulldogs.
Revealed: Buzz Rothfields top 50
IT’S here. Buzz Rothfield has named his 50 best players in the NRL. Do you agree? Have your say in our special interactive!
What’s the Buzz: Thorpe still in rehab
FIVE weeks after being admitted to rehab, swimming legend Ian Thorpe is still under specialist treatment as he battles depression.
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