Buzz: Knights players fume over Ponga’s special treatment
Knights players are asking serious questions after Greg Marzhew was axed for missing a team bus while Kalyn Ponga went unpunished last year, writes PHIL ROTHFIELD.
Opinion
New Dragons era begins under Flanagan
The Dragons have moved swiftly on Shane Flanagan after their board endorsed his appointment as coach. Find out when he will be joining the Red-V.
‘Archaic’ rule Flanno must negate to be next Dragons coach
Shane Flanagan has made a last pitch to help the Dragons, but he still has a significant hurdle to overcome – the club’s archaic boardroom rules on coach appointments.
Buzz: Radio boss steps in to end Johns feud
The rift between NRL brothers Matty and Andrew Johns is worse than many think and their boss will step in to solve it, writes PHIL ROTHFIELD.
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Saint, Sinner, Shoosh: $1m SBW book blunder
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Buzz Awards: 2021’s biggest blunders revealed
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Kent: Unlikely hero taking the fight to cruel disease
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Why bad boy May is cleared for French exit
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Rabbit trap: Star recruit left in No Man’s Land
South Sydney’s star recruit Anthony Milford has been let down by his new club after a contract technicality, writes PAUL KENT.
The stern warning for NRL over potential Smith sanction
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Kent: The two men who will define NRL’s next decade
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The mysterious $200k ‘inside job’ twist in Kikau leak
The Bulldogs employee who revealed Viliame Kikau’s signing with NRL club has resigned – but that’s not the end of the story, with a high-ranking official at the centre of the scandal.
Saint, Sinner, Shoosh: NRL disgrace over treatment of women
Why isn’t the NRL supporting the genuine pay claims of female players? The women need and deserve a strong and long-term financial investment.
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