Shoulder charge disgrace, refs in disarray
MONDAY Buzz: Eels forward Tepai Moeroa should have been a sin bin minum while the NRL’s refeeing department is the biggest blight on the game — check out the big talking points.
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Monday Buzz: Dear Todd, don’t blow Origin I
THIS is an appeal to let the game flow. To instruct the State of Origin I referees to drop the nitpicking that has turned rugby league into a sometimes boring and stop-start snooze fest, writes PHIL ROTHFIELD.
Can Maroons answer the questions that matter?
MANY questions will be asked of both teams in Wednesday’s State of Origin opener. Robert “Crash” Craddock breaks down the five key issues that could decide the result of one of the most fascinating match-ups of recent times.
Monday Buzz: Dear Todd, don’t blow Origin opener
THIS is an appeal to let the game flow. To instruct the State of Origin I referees to drop the nitpicking that has turned rugby league into a sometimes boring and stop-start snooze fest, writes PHIL ROTHFIELD in an open letter to TODD GREENBERG.
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Buzz: Highlights, lowlights, talking points
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Taupau’s attack warrants stern action
SURELY the match review committee will come down hard on Wests Tigers forward Martin Taupau for his cowardly swinging arm on James Maloney.
Buzz: Why Eels should re-sign Sandow
PARRAMATTA is set to snub electric halfback Chris Sandow – and that’s what is wrong with rugby league in the modern era, writes Phil Rothfield.
Jennings doesn’t deserve Origin ban
IT would be an overreaction to sack Michael Jennings from Origin III. Instead he should be fined $10,000 by the Roosters and stood down from Monday’s game.
Buzz: 77 ads in one game of footy
FANS had to sit through no less than 77 ads on Channel Nine’s delayed telecast of the Bulldogs-Tigers golden point thriller.
Swap deal option in Merrin-go-round
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Buzz: Richardson must face the music
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