What’s the Buzz: Channel 9 benches legends for Magic Round
Channel 9’s biggest names were nowhere to be seen on the opening two nights of the NRL’s Magic Round coverage.
Opinion
Matty’s Magic Round: Night I stitched up Joey on Caxton Street
Parties, police warnings, a Caxton cage and stitching up his brother. Matty Johns reveals why Magic Round is a must-do event on the NRL calendar.
Kent: The Origin lesson NSW can never learn from Queensland
The Blues won’t admit it but they take a sneaky look at how Queensland operate from time to time. But can they trust what they find?
Sloan horror show exposes hypocrisy of Griffin hit squad
Lazy critics used Anthony Griffin’s decision to drop Tyrell Sloan last year as proof he had fallen out with their emerging talent. Now it’s been proven an act of kindness, PAUL KENT writes.
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Buzz: Controversial rule came back to bite Bennett
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.
Buzz: Daytime NRL grand final must happen
An overwhelming majority of fans wants to see the end of night time Grand Finals, so will the NRL take note and change things?
Saint, Sinner, shoosh: Ominous ICAC omen for Panthers
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.
Buzz: Banned Trell will get $5000 premiership ring
Latrell Mitchell will be wearing a sapphire and diamond premiership ring if South Sydney wins the grand final despite missing the decider through suspension.
Kent: Brash Panthers out to fracture Bunny fairytale
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.
Buzz: Bennett’s all-time bluff a bookie’s nightmare
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.
Pressure Gauge: Cherry-Evans owes the Sea Eagles
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.
Kent: RIP an old school Rabbitohs icon
Lionel Potter was a man who wrote his way out of Parramatta Jail and into South Sydney history – with a bit of NFL notoriety for good measure, writes Paul Kent.
Why Broncos better be ready for pre-season like no other
Melbourne Storm are renowned for their brutal pre-seasons. Players vomit in anticipation of it. A couple have been carted off in ambulances. You’ve been warned, Broncos players.
Monday Buzz: ‘Ignorance’ behind shameful referee debacle
We should be talking about the high quality, toughness and brutality of a good old-fashioned finals showdown. Instead an age-old problem continues to rear its ugly head, says Phil Rothfield.
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