Is fresh talent wasted at basket-case clubs?
What is more important for an NRL club – the talent on the field or the system off of it? Paul Crawley looks at whether a star player can rescue a dysfunctional system or will he be its victim.
Rabbitohs
NRL star launches into brutal self-critique
The South Sydney Rabbitohs haven’t had the start to the season they’d have liked and now Cody Walker is putting his hand up.
Buzz: Broncos shamed by recruitment howlers
A miserable round for the Broncos was compounded by just how poor some of their recruitment decisions have been of late. Buzz’s highlights and lowlights.
‘Catastrophe’: 8-point disaster kills the Bunnies
A young Rabbitohs star’s mistake handed the Panthers an eight-point try and allowed them to run away with the match.
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Souths’ setback in bid to land Arrow early
South Sydney are desperate to land prized signing Jai Arrow a year early to bolster their depleted forward stocks, but their efforts to prise him from the Titans has hit a snag.
NRL’s big issues: Key signing Bulldogs need
Who will fill South Sydney’s huge void, can the Eels produce back-to-back good seasons — the 2020 NRL season is rapidly approaching and plenty of questions must be answered.
Updated power rankings: Latrell’s Rabbitohs surge up ladder
In the first power rankings for every NRL club’s spine, the Roosters were way out in front. Since then Latrell Mitchell has left to join South Sydney — and has caused a rethink at the top.
Roosters v Souths: The best players poached
Their rivalry runs deep, and supporters of the Rabbitohs and Roosters love nothing more than when their club poaches a star from the other. These are the 15 best raids pulled off since 1970.
Robbo still ‘strong’ with Latrell
The headlines tell one story but for Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson the Latrell Mitchell transfer saga was simple: his time was up but that doesn’t change everything he did for the club.
Three clubs in hunt as Addo-Carr eyes Sydney return
Josh Addo-Carr hasn’t given up on leaving Melbourne before the upcoming NRL season, with three Sydney clubs on standby – but the Storm winger must wait for the dominoes to fall.
Foran verdict will have Dogs fans barking mad
South Sydney got Sam Burgess’ entire $1 million salary wiped off the salary cap, yet Canterbury can expect less than half of that for losing Kieran Foran to injury while on rep duty.
Proctor urges Arrow to stay
As South Sydney continue to push for Jai Arrow’s immediate release from the Gold Coast, Titans forward Kevin Proctor has called for the club to keep hold of their key forward as long as possible.
Rabbitohs warning: ‘We’re still trying to get Jai’
Latrell Mitchell’s arrival at Redfern as the club’s biggest contract coup in a decade — now Rabbitohs officials are working to ensure he’ll be joined at the club this season by another key signing.
Latrell’s biggest challenge in fullback switch
Latrell Mitchell has got the game – but as Anthony Minichiello knows, it will take a lot more than that for South Sydney’s new recruit to become the fullback he wants to be.
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