Benji Marshall spent his final playing years watching Wayne Bennett, filling his notebook with coaching strategies and philosophies. But unlike Bennett, he doesn’t have 50 years of coaching experience to fall back on, writes PAUL KENT.
Penrith’s tremendous success could also be the club’s greatest downfall, as the longer a club enjoys a sustained run of success, the more complex the challenges it faces, writes MATTY JOHNS.
DEAN RITCHIE outlines the ways rugby league’s most ambitious innovation in 116 years can somehow become better next season.
The NRL is making noise in the US and while rival codes dismiss it as one-off, Las Vegas shapes a history defining moment that will permanently alter the sporting landscape, BRENT READ writes.
The employee responsible for the Anzac jersey saga has been quietly let go by the Wests Tigers – but not for the kit blunder, PAUL KENT reveals.
The Raiders’ grip on the Canberra sporting public is not what is used to be, and the club can ill afford ot lose its biggest drawcard, writes Phil Rothfield.
The revelation that Jack Wighton could be the latest NRL star who takes less money to play for a glamour club exposes an integrity issue for the code, writes Paul Kent.
I’m certain Brad Fittler won’t make the same selection mistakes as last year – and the NSW Blues coach should lean on the Origin warrior he overlooked for Game I last year.
Attempts to find a way to reward the NRL’s losers takes us back to the schoolyard where every kid gets a ribbon. That mentality, not the rules, is what needs to change, writes PAUL KENT.
The Penrith Panthers did one of the bravest things in rugby league, they broke a winning system, but what they built has made them stronger, writes MATTY JOHNS.
The NRL will consider relaxing gambling rules that stopped Laurie Daley from working at Manly and threaten Willie Mason’s role at the Bulldogs.
Any argument against the merits of the hip drop charges issued over the weekend now lay dead and slightly stiff – and here’s the emphatic proof, writes PAUL KENT.
He’s helped build the NRL’s most dominant side, but Penrith’s Ivan Cleary is not immune to letting slip a silly comment. And he’s outdone himself this week, writes PAUL KENT.
Adam Reynolds is not just the player the Dolphins should fear in the ‘River City Rumble’, writes PAUL CRAWLEY, he’s also the man who could bring down the Maroons.
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