NRL Tips for Round 18
HAVING trouble with your NRL tips? Here’s what The Courier-Mail’s experts think about the Origin-shortened Round 18 matches.
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Round 18 NRL teams
WITH Origin players set to return to club footy, check out our live coverage of the round 18 NRL team announcements.
Ferguson in strife over grapple
CANBERRA centre Blake Ferguson has been charged by the NRL judiciary over a grapple tackle but can escape suspension with an early plea.
Six teams can win the premiership
NEXT week’s State of Origin decider is looming as an important date for a number of reasons.
Curse claims Saints – and their fans
THE dreaded Canberra curse started for the Dragons three hours before kick-off when a bus carrying the Dragons Army broke down.
Raiders injury toll at crisis point
THE “House Full” sign has been hanging outside the Canberra casualty ward for close on 18 months.
Shack finds love at Penrith
PARRAMATTA’S raid on Manly’s ranks has continued with Daniel Harrison becoming the second young Sea Eagles forward to head west in the past fortnight.
NRL Round 17 Late Mail
WHO’S in and who’s out for round 17 of the 2012 NRL season.
Confidential: Blues look the business
THE first two years of any business are make-or-break. So let’s look at the NSW State of Origin set-up two years since Ricky Stuart took the rein.
Canberra lead race for Stuart
THE NSWRL is under pressure to outlay up to $500,000 a year to retain Ricky Stuart as NSW coach – but it appears certain he will return to the NRL.
Earl continues transfer flurry
PANTHERS flyer Sandor Earl has continued this week’s flurry of mid-season transfers, agreeing to join Canberra for the remainder of 2012.
Ben Te’o is a QueeNZlander
HERE we go again. Another bloody Queensland foreigner is set to represent the Maroons at Origin.
Round 17 NRL teams
THE NRL teams for round 17 are in. Check them out here, plus read SuperCoach expert Tom Sangster’s full verdict.
Dugan out for 3-4 weeks
CANBERRA have finally received some positive news on the injury front, with Josh Dugan set to miss only 3-4 weeks action due to an ankle injury.
Dugan may face eight weeks
CANBERRA playmaker Josh Dugan is set to miss a minimum of four weeks after hurting his ankle in the dying minutes of the Raiders’ loss to the Cowboys.
Bowen stars in Origin audition
THE Canberra Raiders season took another nosedive Saturday. If a 22 point belting by the Cowboys wasn’t enough they also lost Josh Dugan to injury.
Cowboys struggle to cope with loss
THE North Queensland Cowboys club will have to combat one of the NRL’s biggest front row rotations without two of their best props.
Late Mail for Round 16
CHECK out who is in and who is out ahead of this weekend’s NRL round 16 matches:
Live coverage: Round 16 NRL teams
CHECK out our live coverage of the round 16 NRL team announcements, including the live blog hosted this week by 2009 Supercoach winner Matt Mullen.
League’s best ever revealed
RUGBY league’s most closely guarded secret can be revealed today – just who made the list of rugby league’s 10 greatest ever players.
Stop Origin selection charade
SAM Kasiano pledged his loyalty to New Zealand twice this year – and these are the twin documents that prove it.
Bennett has a night on the boos
WAYNE Bennett last night admitted he has no answers and doesn’t know where his team is headed after the Knights stooped to a new low against Canberra.
Both coaches under pressure to deliver
TWO embattled coaches at vastly different ends of their careers face off in a crucial game at Newcastle tonight.
The biggest stories so far this year
AT the halfway point of the year, we take a look back at the biggest stories of the 2012 season so far.
Best and worst buys of 2012
ONE of the best and most astute buys in the NRL this year was made by a coach who lost his job before the player could help save it.
Bennett’s future is in the balance
IN 1987, Don Furner gave Wayne Bennett a big coaching break. He brought Bennett down from Brisbane to be his co-coach with the Canberra Raiders.
Off the wire – round 14 NRL teams
CHECK out our live coverage of the round 14 NRL teams.
Young gun Wighton out for season
CANBERRA winger Jack Wighton is likely to miss the rest of the NRL season after suffering a toe injury on a backyard trampoline.
Dugan move a SuperCoach plus
JOSH Dugan’s shock move to five-eighth has created massive SuperCoach opportunities – but not for the man himself. Tom Sangster’s blog
Deliver please Dugan
RAIDERS coach David Furner says it is up to superstar Josh Dugan to prove he can be a strong long-term five-eighth for the club.
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