Souths fume at hip drop inconsistency after Latrell sin bin
Commentators were baffled and Latrell Mitchell was left fuming after an Eels player stayed on the field for a hip drop, while the Rabbitohs fullback was given marching orders for his own.
Commentators were baffled and Latrell Mitchell was left fuming after an Eels player stayed on the field for a hip drop, while the Rabbitohs fullback was given marching orders for his own.
NRL fans and commentators are fuming after yet another baffling set of decisions seemingly exposed the game’s frustrating inconsistency.
Speculation in the NRL coaching ranks is at fever pitch, with talks breaking down between Anthony Seibold and the Sea Eagles.
Billy Slater has rejected conjecture he is interested in the Eels’ coaching job, but he may eventually have to face the prospect of finding another trusted lieutenant on his Maroons staff.
Like his best mate Joseph Suaalii, Eels centre Will Penisini was a schoolboy rugby star and is on the radar of the Wallabies. But it’s family that could keep him in the NRL.
The mathematical chances, the locks, and the form of four teams which will determine the finishing order — these are the key numbers behind the race to the NRL finals.
COMMENT: The Eels’ season from hell can be traced back to one selfish decision after the 2022 grand final that should never have happened.
Mitchell Moses’ fractured cheekbone may not be the hammer blow to his NRL season that the Eels once feared, as the Eels try to keep themselves in the finals hunt.
The Roosters can end Parramatta’s season on Friday night and set up their own, after a comeback win over the Dolphins kept them right in the finals race.
The Gabba demolition for the 2032 Olympics got a helping hand from the Broncos as they crushed Parramatta in a message to premiership rivals Penrith.
Mitchell Moses’ season-ending injury has compounded Parramatta’s stunning fall from grace that has seen them go from 2022 grand finalists to 2023 also-rans.
The Parramatta Eels were the runners up in 2022 but the side had a night that almost couldn’t have got worse at the Gabba.
The bitter war civil was between the NRL and the players is over hours before a fresh player-driven protest was planned for Round 23. Read the joint statement here.
After a season of massive NRL upsets, the TAB has declared this to be the most one-sided round in rugby league betting history — and our expert tipsters agree.
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