Why women are flocking back to rugby league
Rugby league has never been tougher, it’s just a different kind of tough. And it’s a big reason why it’s more appealing to a female audience, MATTY JOHNS writes.
Rugby league has never been tougher, it’s just a different kind of tough. And it’s a big reason why it’s more appealing to a female audience, MATTY JOHNS writes.
Phil Gould’s criticism of the Knights and coach Adam O’Brien for allowing players to take a mid-season overseas holiday has been quickly shot down by sharper and more modern minds.
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Channel 9’s biggest names were nowhere to be seen on the opening two nights of the NRL’s Magic Round coverage.
The Melbourne Storm have asked the NRL for some clarity after the Victorian government mandated vaccinations for professional sportspeople, which will become a huge issue for the game.
Penrith’s grand final win was a terrific ending to a tough season and they deserved to celebrate, but there is an uneasiness about much of their behaviour since, writes PAUL KENT.
The NRL needs to realise that the strongest way to discipline players is by enforcing punishments that can directly impac results, writes PAUL KENT.
It was the new rule no NRL coach wanted – except for Wayne Bennett. And then, on the game’s biggest stage, it came back to haunt him.
An overwhelming majority of fans wants to see the end of night time Grand Finals, so will the NRL take note and change things?
History, and recent events, suggest the Rabbitohs are sure to win the grand final. Check out all the latest NRL and grand final chatter in Saint, Sinner, Shoosh.
Latrell Mitchell will be wearing a sapphire and diamond premiership ring if South Sydney wins the grand final despite missing the decider through suspension.
Penrith’s brash young team will relish playing the bad guy role as Wayne Bennett’s Rabbitohs chase a fairytale finish in the NRL grand final, writes PAUL KENT.
Bookies, form students, critics and experts all fell for Wayne Bennett’s bluff and the super coach is in the box seat to fool them all again, writes PHIL ROTHFIELD.
Torn apart by the Melbourne Storm in week one of the finals, now it’s the time for Daly Cherry-Evans to deliver, writes PAUL CRAWLEY.
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