Nick Politis
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NRL 2024
Rugby considered unique loan deal for Suaalii to play NRL in season 2026
The Sydney Roosters and Rugby Australia held high-level talks about teenage superstar spending a gap year back in rugby league.
- by Michael Chammas
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NRL 2024
Return to NRL after rugby no done deal, says Suaalii
Rejoining the Roosters is no certainty for Joseph Suaalii when his contract with Rugby Australia runs out in 2027.
- by Danny Weidler
NRL ‘aligned’ with government push to launch team in PNG
The NRL met Pacific Minister Pat Conroy in Brisbane on Friday night to present its financial and logistical needs to launch a team in Papua New Guinea.
- by Michael Chammas and Andrew Webster
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NRL 2024
‘Be a whistleblower’: Plea from V’landys as 97 per cent of club bosses say teams are cheating
Only 3 per cent of NRL clubs believe rival teams aren’t facilitating illegal third-party deals for players. The club bosses have their say in part two of our annual poll.
- by Michael Chammas
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NRL 2024
The Roosters invited us into their inner sanctum. This was their week in America
Meetings, dinners, bus trips and video sessions. The Roosters opened their doors to the Herald in the week leading up to their opening game of the season in the US.
- by Michael Chammas
Sin Bin in Sin City
NRL 2024
Watch how the Sydney Roosters cracked Hollywood … but didn’t know it
A diehard Roosters fan, who is a filmmaker in Los Angeles, has been taking names from the team and using them in movies and TV shows for years.
- by Michael Chammas
Why Politis’ two-conference vision for the NRL includes Perth, not PNG
From inside the swanky Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, the Roosters supremo has outlined his controversial vision for the sport.
- by Michael Chammas
Sin Bin in Sin City
NRL 2024
‘The Rabbitohs are in my blood’: Bunnies’ Hollywood hangout with The Kid Laroi
Rabbitohs Cody Walker and Jai Arrow spent time with Waterloo-raised Souths fan Charlton Howard – aka rap sensation The Kid Laroi – at his Hollywood studios.
- by Michael Chammas
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‘I’m not doing this to have a crack at rugby’: Why Wallabies star couldn’t say no to Roosters
Speaking publicly for the first time since his shock move, Mark Nawaqanitawase says he is not part of a code war and that some of the things being said about him are laughable.
- by Danny Weidler
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NRL 2024
Rugby Australia’s woes have cost the code Angus Crichton
The NRL star has abandoned plans for a code switch, which will put the Sydney Roosters under salary cap pressure for next season.
- by Danny Weidler
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NRL 2023
Cooked Chooks? Victor ‘The Self-Inflictor’ just one reason Roosters aren’t firing
They have a stacked roster, the best home ground in Australia and a coach who is a proven winner. So what’s wrong with the Sydney Roosters?
- by Adrian Proszenko
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