Test stars take fight to ALRC
THE game’s most powerful players want ALRC chairman John Grant to personally explain his $225 million future fund.
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Death of suburban league grounds
THE days of watching NRL matches at Sydney’s traditional old suburban grounds are numbered.
Mentors with a masochistic streak
A QUARTER of them were sacked last year and only two remain at the same club they were with in 2008 – who would want to be an NRL coach?
Love your club? It’s time to join
NOTHING beats being a member of a rugby league club.
Learning to sidestep temptation
YOUNG league stars are heeding the warnings, writes Josh Massoud at Bond University.
NRL boss playing catch-up football
IT was fitting there was a delay for the NRL press conference to reveal a posh Welshman was the new boss of working class rugby league.
Stars a mystery to new NRL boss
INCOMING NRL chief executive Dave Smith insists he “loves rugby league” – but doesn’t know Cameron Smith is the Kangaroos captain.
No Sunday arvos up on Tigers hill
ONE of rugby league’s favourite pastimes – watching Sunday afternoon football on a packed hill at Leichhardt Oval – will not be a feature of the 2013 season.
NRL to name CEO and release draw
JOIN our live coverage from 10.50am as John Grant announces the new NRL chief executive and the 2013 season draw.
Italians play for love of country
IN an era of greed and money, some of rugby league’s biggest stars will play next year’s World Cup in England for free.
Big clashes set down for Rd 6 in 2013
ROUND six of the 2013 NRL season will see SBW and the Roosters take on the Bulldogs and the Brisbane Broncos clash with the Cowboys.
Death knell for shoulder charge
RUGBY league’s leading coaches, including Wayne Bennett, Geoff Toovey and Ricky Stuart, have condemned the decision to outlaw the shoulder charge.
Shoulder charge ruling shocks Gal
VIDEO: NSW skipper Paul Gallen is shocked at the ARL Commission’s decision to outlaw the shoulder charge.
The Buzz: No tee party for Braith Anasta
WESTS Tigers have told new signing Braith Anasta to put his promising golf career on hold.
JT tops a great halves sell-off
THE best NRL coaches will tell you it’s impossible to win a premiership without a champion playmaker.
Carney achilles a ‘time bomb’
SHARKS star Todd Carney is on course to return for the start of the NRL season after surgeons discovered his ruptured achilles tendon was a time bomb.
Jeremy Smith named top Kiwi
TOUGH Knights-bound forward Jeremy Smith has been named player of the year at the New Zealand Rugby League awards in Auckland.
Gal no longer an 80-minute player
FINALLY, the battered and bruised body of ironman Paul Gallen will enjoy a well-deserved rest. His days of 80-minute games are over.
New recruits are guns for Shire
MEET the new reality show, The Shire. But unlike their TV counterparts, this cast boasts enormous credibility.
Flash Gordon set for strong return
STAR Cronulla Sharks signing Michael Gordon rebuilds confidence after a horror injury run that left his playing future in doubt.
ARL Commision draws line in the sand
AUSTRALIAN Rugby League Commissioner John Grant set NRL clubs a code of conduct that must be followed – or face the financial consequences.
Gal asked to fight for charity
INSPIRATIONAL Cronulla skipper Paul Gallen has been sounded out to test his boxing skills in a fight for charity.
Noyce looks at NRL options
AXED Roosters chief executive Steve Noyce says he isn’t bitter about being sacked and wants to stay in rugby league.
Charity begins at home for Jeremy Smith
JEREMY Smith said telling his Cronulla teammates he wanted out of the club was the toughest moment of his career.
Buzz’s top 50 moments of 2012
WE’VE been counting down the top 50 NRL moments of the year all week – and now we’ve hit the climax. Today we reveal the top 10.
Save our Mad Monday
THE NRL’s call to ban Mad Monday was met with immediate and forceful opposition when rugby league legends declared: “Mad Monday must stay.”
Josh, it’s been a great year
SATURDAY’S one-off clash with New Zealand will cap a stand-out year for Josh Morris when he makes his home Test debut for the Kangaroos.
Junior Roos packed with NRL talent
THE Junior Kangaroos have named a team brimming with NRL experience for their October 13 Test against New Zealand.
Sharks welcome new recruits
A PLATOON of high-profile recruits have been ushered into the Cronulla Sharks fold, with coach Shane Flanagan shouting them lunch.
Jeremy Smith signs with Knights
DUAL NRL grand final winner and New Zealand international Jeremy Smith has signed a three-year deal with the Newcastle Knights.
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