Craig Bellamy
Updated
NRL 2024
The NRL will go up against the Swans in Sydney. But not the AFL grand final in Melbourne
The NRL is happy to go head-to-head with the Sydney Swans on Friday night. But when it comes to AFL grand final day, the league will adopt a different strategy for the Storm’s preliminary final.
- by Adam Pengilly
Latest
Everything you need to know about the NRL finals
Sydney’s east and west will collide, the 2016 grand final combatants will renew their rivalry and the Bulldogs will play finals for the first time in eight years.
- by Adam Pengilly
Opinion
NRL 2024
Can’t win the NRL title outside the top four? If it’s ever going to happen, Manly is the team
I’ve put the red pen through the Roosters after their horror injury run and the Panthers don’t seem quite right. This might be the year when NRL history gets turned on its head.
- by Andrew Johns
Opinion
NRL 2024
I’m backing the Eels to dash top-eight dreams of inconsistent Dragons
There are so many permutations over the last two weeks, but I suspect the race for the last spot in the top eight is a race in two - which doesn’t include the Dragons.
- by Andrew Johns
Opinion
NRL 2024
There’s no excuse for biting. Kyle Flanagan should have copped longer than four weeks
The game has gone down a treacherous path with wrestling and the Dragons star was in a bad position, but the video evidence was damning.
- by Andrew Johns
Bulldogs enter Utoikamanu race as Richardson says Bateman move creates ‘war chest’
Canterbury has quietly expressed an interest in the Tigers prop – who has a $4 million offer on the table from the Tigers – as details of John Bateman’s return to England emerge.
- by Adam Pengilly
Analysis
State of Origin
‘Focus on the physical’: Inside the Blues’ emotional bonding session
Roy Masters joined the NSW squad for their jersey presentation and team meeting on Monday evening.
- by Roy Masters
Updated
Around the clubs
Barrett makes first big call as Moses’ Origin hopes dashed
Parramatta’s interim coach could have had the club’s best player back straight away in the post-Brad Arthur era, but Moses will miss another week as his Origin chances evaporate.
- by Adam Pengilly and Adrian Proszenko
NRL admits Harry Grant sin-bin ‘may be considered harsh’
Graham Annesley has urged his match officials to use discretion when making contentious calls after finally giving his verdict on the most scrutinised refereeing decision of the year.
- by Adam Pengilly and Roy Ward
Contenders or pretenders? We’re about to find out about the Sharks
Craig Fitzgibbon puts his own body through what few NRL coaches would even dream of. But is his famous work ethic, where he manhandles his own players in wrestling sessions, finally turning the Sharks into heavyweights?
- by Adam Pengilly
Is David Furner the man to help save the South Sydney Rabbitohs?
One of the NRL’s most popular figures is back at Redfern. How quickly can he help Jason Demetriou save a season in freefall?
- by Adam Pengilly
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