NSW need a miracle, his name is Latrell
It is not impossible for NSW to level the Origin ledger in Brisbane, but it is unlikely writes Brent Read, provided they pick Latrell Mitchell and stick by an out of form star.
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Saint, Sinner, Shoosh: Disgraced NRL stars share jail cell
Disgraced NRL stars Jarryd Hayne and Manase Fainu are sharing the same prison cell — read all the details and more NRL news in What’s the Buzz.
Dragons coach fires back at de Belin critics
St George Illawarra interim coach Ryan Carr has staunchly defended his decision to hand the Dragons’ captaincy to controversial forward Jack de Belin.
‘Ruining the game’: Gould fumes at NRL trend
Phil Gould has had an absolute gutful of an ugly trend that’s only getting worse in the NRL, labelling it an ‘absolute disaster’ that’s ‘ruining the game’.
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Monday Buzz: World Cup to lock NRL teams out
The new Sydney Football Stadium will be off limits to the NRL in July and August next year while Nick Kyrgios will speak to high-school students – it’s all in SAINT, SINNER, SHOOSH.
Kent: Cop the tip, we’re being taken for mugs
It has never been so tough to win on the punt but corporate bookmakers, with algorithms to fend off the smart players, continue to cry poor. It needs to change, writes PAUL KENT.
Kent: Raper led on the field and off it
With the marriage of stats and memory, it is no exaggeration to say Johnny Raper might have been the greatest ever. But that was only part of who he was, writes PAUL KENT.
What’s the Buzz: World out of reach for Panthers
The Roosters will remain world champions for another 12 months after the current Covid outbreak robbed the Panthers of the chance to succeed them.
Saint, Sinner, Shoosh: $1m SBW book blunder
His book is called ‘You Can’t Stop the Sun From Shining’ but the weather is very gloomy for the publisher who paid near-record money for Sonny Bill Williams’ biography.
Star who will deny Turbo back-to-back Dally Ms
Phil ‘Buzz’ Rothfield has taken out his crystal ball and compiled his list of storylines to follow in 2022, and he believes the NRL will have a new Dally M king.
Buzz Awards: 2021’s biggest blunders revealed
This year has been packed full of on-field scandals, off-field dramas and epic blunders. But there’s one that stands out at the top of the list.
Kent: Unlikely hero taking the fight to cruel disease
Paul Gallen has learnt how to take a punch in boxing but his friend Con Ange hit him hardest of all when he told the former NRL star of his private battle.
Why bad boy May is cleared for French exit
Questions have been raised about Tyrone May’s move to the Super League. PHIL ROTHFIELD has the answers and more in his wrap of the weekend’s highs and lows.
Rabbit trap: Star recruit left in No Man’s Land
South Sydney’s star recruit Anthony Milford has been let down by his new club after a contract technicality, writes PAUL KENT.
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