Johnathan Thurston
Opinion
NRL 2024
Immortals heaven is filling up fast. When will the ‘Full House’ sign go up?
The game’s administrators are happy to kick these questions down the road until a future generation is forced to close the border.
- by Malcolm Knox
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Analysis
NRL 2024
The case for Ron Coote – and Cameron Smith – to be announced as Immortals
The NRL will anoint just the 14th Immortal on Wednesday night. But is there a case to add a 15th too, one from its past and another from the present?
- by Adam Pengilly
Cameron Smith and Queensland’s golden generation added to NRL Hall of Fame
Rugby league’s 14th Immortal, the sport’s highest individual honour, will be announced next week. Smith and his Queensland teammates are now officially eligible.
- by Adam Pengilly
Players want NRL’s insurance policy reviewed after $1 million case exposes ‘clear deficiencies’
Ethan Lowe launched a landmark case against the NRL’s insurer following a career-ending injury. After his defeat in the Federal Court, the players’ union insists there are “gaps” in the policy.
- by Adam Pengilly
‘The game has failed in this instance’: Thurston says eight-week Leniu ban isn’t enough
Johnathan Thurston says rugby league has missed an opportunity to send an unequivocal message that racial abuse will not be tolerated in the game.
- by Billie Eder
Opinion
NRL 2024
Did NRL rule tweaks help Nathan Cleary put on grand final masterclass?
The six-again rule has changed rugby league for the better, but great players would have been great in any era.
- by Andrew Webster
Thurston backs Addo-Carr to become face of Indigenous rugby league
Indigenous great Johnathan Thurston has endorsed Phil Gould’s vision for the Canterbury winger, while voicing his disappointment at the failure of the Yes campaign in the Voice to Parliament referendum.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Analysis
NRL 2023
Shock winner or the usual suspects? The experts’ view on the NRL finals
A host of rugby league legends and luminaries have offered their insights into how this year’s finals series will play out.
- by Adrian Proszenko, Adam Pengilly, Nick Wright, Michael Chammas, Phil Gould, Andrew Webster, Dan Walsh, Billie Eder, Brad Fittler and Roy Ward
Yes and No cases draw battle lines on Indigenous Voice
The Yes case will urge Australians to vote for “unity, hope and to make a positive difference” while the No case twice says, “if you don’t know, vote No”.
- by Lisa Visentin and James Massola
Analysis
State of Origin
The Maroons lost three men in five minutes. This is how they found a way to win
One player in the bin. No interchanges left. And still behind by two. This is the inside story of the chaos and carnage that defined a famous Queensland win.
- by Dan Walsh
‘Their premiership window is closing’: Thurston turns up heat on Eels
Cowboys legend insists all the pressure is on Parramatta going into Friday’s preliminary final in Townsville, where the mercury is set to reach a sweltering 30 degrees.
- by Christian Nicolussi
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