Saint, Sinner, Shoosh: Gus needs to think of Bulldogs not Blues
Gus Gould is earning $800,000-a-year at the Bulldogs yet he’s too busy with his other work to attend matches – no wonder Belmore powerbrokers were uneasy with his Origin ambitions.
Opinion
What’s the Buzz: Dragons’ ultimate spoon insult over Tigers
St George Illawarra – not Wests Tigers – have been installed as the favourites to finish with the wooden spoon next year. Plus Channel 9 bracing for TV ratings disaster.
Buzz: Freddy fought desperately, but Blues must move on
Brad Fittler resisted the calls to stand down 11 weeks ago but in the end he had no choice. And neither do the NSW Blues when choosing a replacement, PHIL ROTHFIELD writes.
Monday Buzz: NRL caned by AFL in TV ratings massacre
The blowout score lines have a huge effect on rugby league TV ratings, with both NRL preliminary finals heavily out-pointed by the two AFL fixtures. Buzz’s weekend highlights and lowlights.
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Kent: Solution to cancel NRL cheap shot merchants
Cheap shots, illegally attacking undefended players and head slams are not tough. PAUL KENT reveals how the NRL can end the madness.
Buzz’s Oscar award: dive-of-the-year robs Sharks
And the Oscar goes to … Cronulla was robbed of a try in its heartbreaking loss after the bunker was completely fooled by the Cowboy’s match-winner. Buzz Rothfield’s highlights and lowlights.
‘Scapegoat’ DCE defended in ugly Sea Eagles infighting
With a push for Daly Cherry-Evans to be replaced as Manly captain by Jake Trbojevic, Mal Meninga goes into bat for the under-fire Queensland skipper.
Dawson the ill-fitting Jet who stood on the fringes
Inside convicted wife killer Chris Dawson’s rugby league dealings in an era where footballers and gangsters existed side-by-side, and often overlapped.
Editor’s view: How to not let Greeny’s death be in vain
If Paul Green’s suicide has made you fear for a loved one or a mate, please do more than just ask if they are OK, writes the editor.
Kent: Clubs playing dangerous game with battling coaches
Several coaches are running out of time to save their jobs, but their clubs might be playing with fire by putting them on notice, writes Paul Kent.
Kent: NRL being conned by its own judicial stupidity
The NRL’s recent judicial changes have allowed players like Nelson Asofa-Solomona to con the same people who implemented the game’s new grading structure, PAUL KENT writes.
Tigers to cop spoon after dumbest play of the year
The Wests Tigers are on the brink of their first wooden spoon after throwing away victory with a sensational brain snap against the Dragons.
Munster’s ‘concerning act’ worries NRL but no charge
The NRL does not approve of Cameron Munster elbowing an opponent in the face, but somehow the Storm star was not charged for the grubby act.
Munster’s monster salary sacrifice to stay loyal
The financial reality of Cameron Munster’s pending decision on whether to stay loyal to Storm or take up a mega-rich deal at the Dolphins has been laid bare.
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