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Gus and Isaac.

It took one call for Gus and Isaac to renew working relationship. But it wasn’t about Galvin

The suggestion Bulldogs boss Phil Gould only re-established his relationship with controversial agent Isaac Moses to sign Lachlan Galvin is wrong – on two counts.

  • Danny Weidler

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Brandon Smith mocking future teammate Latrell Mitchell after a game in 2022.

Brandon Smith once mocked Latrell. Now they are good friends

One of the first people Brandon Smith called when weighing up a move to South Sydney was Latrell Mitchell, the club favourite – and forgotten NSW centre.

  • Christian Nicolussi and Dan Walsh
NRL CEO Andrew Abdo and ARLC chairman Peter V’landys.

V’landys denies NRL pressuring TV networks for positive coverage

The ARL Commission chairman has hit back at speculation that the game is leaning on broadcasters to be more positive before the start of negotiations on the billion-dollar TV deal

  • Danny Weidler
Big-money Bunnies: Jack Wighton, Cody Walker, Latrell Mitchell and Cameroon Murray

Out of action: The $3.5m problem caused by South Sydney’s Big Four

South Sydney could be without nine first grade regulars when they take the field at Magic Round on Saturday.

  • Christian Nicolussi
South Sydney Rabbitohs five-eighth Cody Walker.

Bunnies pain continues with Walker to miss five weeks with calf injury

Rabbitohs playmaker and captain Cody Walker suffered a calf tear at training earlier this week.

  • Billie Eder
Latrell Mitchell at South Sydney training this week.

‘He’s grown up’: Bennett backs Mitchell to keep cool against Roosters

Latrell Mitchell returns in the centres for South Sydney on Friday night, and his coach has good reason to be confident he won’t lose his head against his former club.

  • Billie Eder
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Dolphins coach Kristian Woolf.

‘No other option’: Dolphins coach backs NRL’s cyclone call after players withdraw

Kristian Woolf and Rabbitohs counterpart Wayne Bennett agreed the NRL had made the right decision in relocating their round one match.

  • Billie Eder and Dan Walsh
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‘A goal isn’t a goal’: Video refereeing has sucked the joy from sport

If we’re smart enough to invent the technology, we’re also smart enough to decide whether it’s working for us.

  • David Free
Wayne Bennett eyes off the media during a tense press conference in 2014.

‘Wayne probably felt like he failed. What could he do?’ Inside Bennett’s tumultuous reign in Newcastle

More than a decade has passed since Wayne Bennett walked out on Newcastle. Was it his lowest ebb or his finest coaching performance?

  • Adrian Proszenko
NRL’s best players of 2024.

Glasshouses, goons and gladiators: The best and worst of NRL 2024

Some players put their names up in lights, others just put themselves under the spotlight. We rate all the defining moments of the season.

  • Michael Chammas

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