Nine fearless predictions for NRL 2016
THE knives are not far away for one NRL coach, NRL legend Wendell Sailor writes in his no-nonsense 2016 season preview.
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Fearless footy finals predictions
A LOT of the talk has been about the impact the established names will have on the finals series. But we’re more excited about the new guys.
‘Jarryd Hayne has huge cojones’
JARRYD Hayne wasn’t the first NRL star to be made an offer from the NFL. This legend knocked America back.
Players need to get with the times
SENIOR players and long-time fans forget that rugby league is a gladiatorial sport, not a bloodsport.
You’d have to be crazy to coach in the NRL
THEY all do it very differently, but you have to be a special kind of insane to want to coach in the most volatile and unpredictable football league we’ve got.
Wendell’s ultimate praise for Goodes
BIG Dell’s footy career was an undeniable success, littered with premierships and rep jerseys. But he still has one regret.
The one problem facing the Cowboys
EVERYONE who thinks an all-Queensland NRL grand final is a certainty is kidding themselves.
Cameron Smith’s private torture
CAMERON Smith told his Queensland teammates he was ready to go to war. It was a brave face masking a man completely ‘weighed down’.
What the Blues have been doing wrong
THERE’S one very good reason Queensland dominated the Blues for the best part of a decade. And it may come as a surprise.
‘As a Queenslander, I’m worried’
STATE of Origin is headed back to Queensland for the third and decisive game three. But that in no way equates to an automatic Maroons victory.
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