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Super Bowl’s over, baby. My final column

Super Bowl’s over, baby. My final column

I’ve had a front-row seat to greatness and madness in my time as the Herald’s chief sports writer.

  • by Andrew Webster

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Ray Warren: The greatest league grand final I ever called … and the dullest

Ray Warren: The greatest league grand final I ever called … and the dullest

And on grand final day, the immortal sports commentator nominates the greatest ever NRL player – and the one who might yet seize that crown.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
Cleary set to become all-time great, but even he can’t save Panthers

Cleary set to become all-time great, but even he can’t save Panthers

Despite the Nelson Asofa-Solomona suspension, Melbourne look primed to end Penrith’s remarkable run.

  • by Andrew Johns
However you slice it, it’s inevitable which teams are going to make the grand final
Opinion
NRL 2024

However you slice it, it’s inevitable which teams are going to make the grand final

The Roosters and Sharks have to throw convention out the door if they’re to trouble the two premiership heavyweights.

  • by Andrew Johns
Nicho Hynes is under pressure to deliver on the big stage, but here’s my simple message to him
Opinion
NRL 2024

Nicho Hynes is under pressure to deliver on the big stage, but here’s my simple message to him

The only way for the Sharks and their star player to prove the detractors wrong is to win a big game. But it doesn’t need to be a big fix for Hynes.

  • by Andrew Johns
Can’t win the NRL title outside the top four? If it’s ever going to happen, Manly is the team
Opinion
NRL 2024

Can’t win the NRL title outside the top four? If it’s ever going to happen, Manly is the team

I’ve put the red pen through the Roosters after their horror injury run and the Panthers don’t seem quite right. This might be the year when NRL history gets turned on its head.

  • by Andrew Johns
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Sorry, Graham, but it was my job to kick field goals. This is why blockers are unavoidable
Opinion
NRL 2024

Sorry, Graham, but it was my job to kick field goals. This is why blockers are unavoidable

The NRL’s argument is good in theory, but it’s just not practical. We should never see a repeat of the fiasco at the end of the Sharks versus Knights game.

  • by Andrew Johns
‘It would have been nice to be involved’: Meninga, Johns, Lewis overlooked for Immortal voting

‘It would have been nice to be involved’: Meninga, Johns, Lewis overlooked for Immortal voting

The three living rugby league Immortals – Mal Meninga, Andrew Johns and Wally Lewis – have spoken out after the NRL did not seek their input to decide the next player to join the game’s most exclusive club.

  • by Christian Nicolussi
The Bulldogs and Dragons are the success stories of the season. There’s one reason why
Opinion
NRL 2024

The Bulldogs and Dragons are the success stories of the season. There’s one reason why

The two traditional clubs have injected new life into the NRL after finally getting the right people in key positions.

  • by Andrew Johns
Ricky Stuart and Andrew Johns’ Blues-print for winning Origin deciders in Brisbane

Ricky Stuart and Andrew Johns’ Blues-print for winning Origin deciders in Brisbane

Stuart did it as a player in 1994 and coach in 2005, in which Johns was at his very best.

  • by Andrew Webster
Why Sam Walker is the new Alfie Langer, and the next Maroons No.7
Opinion
NRL 2024

Why Sam Walker is the new Alfie Langer, and the next Maroons No.7

His dad played with Alfie Langer and, until now, there hasn’t been a player so similar to the little genius.

  • by Andrew Johns

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