Newcastle Knights
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NRL 2024
‘He’s been a victim’: Meninga defends Ponga after star’s shock Kangaroos backflip
Kalyn Ponga has been lauded for belatedly making himself available for Australia, but will he now get picked?
- by Adrian Proszenko
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IRL
NRL demand Ponga answers as New Zealand’s secret bid to poach star revealed
The Knights have been asked to formally clarify Ponga’s Kangaroos snub after the Kiwis made an audacious attempt to convince the Knights superstar to play for them.
- by Adam Pengilly and Michael Chammas
‘Disappointed’ Meninga weighs into Ponga, Kangaroos standoff
Australian coach Mal Meninga has taken Kalyn Ponga to task after the Knights star prioritised pre-season training over an Australian jersey.
- by Adrian Proszenko
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NRL 2024
Ponga facing potential NRL games ban over Kangaroos snub
Kalyn Ponga’s stated intention of prioritising club over country could backfire as the fallout from his Kangaroos call continues.
- by Adrian Proszenko and Christian Nicolussi
‘Enormous benefit’: V’landys backs calls for NRL to buy private jet
ARL Commission chairman Peter V’landys and NRL management have given the green light for a feasibility study into whether an aircraft could be added to its assets.
- by Adam Pengilly
Opinion
NRL 2024
Nicho Hynes is under pressure to deliver on the big stage, but here’s my simple message to him
The only way for the Sharks and their star player to prove the detractors wrong is to win a big game. But it doesn’t need to be a big fix for Hynes.
- by Andrew Johns
Cowboys 28 Knights 16
NRL 2024
Everybody loves Raymond: Bunker gets it right on the big night
Wyatt Raymond, with the rugby league world sweating on which button he pressed, kept his calm and awarded the try that proved the difference as the Cowboys ended the Knights’ season
- by Adrian Proszenko
Teeing off: The science and study behind Holmes’ lethal weapon
Cowboys star Valentine Holmes has been on an incredible goalkicking run. And it could decide North Queensland’s finals fate.
- by Nick Wright
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Around the clubs
Roosters keen to ensure JWH’s next game isn’t his last
The Penrith props totally blew the Roosters off the park in the opening finals game. The Tricolours believe Jared Waerea-Hargreaves’ return will ensure that won’t happen again.
- by Adam Pengilly, Billie Eder, Adrian Proszenko, Michael Chammas and Roy Ward
We are the egg men: Taumalolo on the last time he and KP were in Townsville for a final
Cowboys workhorse Jason Taumalolo was quick to point out four of the five players involved in a famous egging incident in 2016 are now involved in the NRL finals.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Sleepless nights and the bold gambles behind Cowboys’ revival
Make-or-break decisions salvaged the Cowboys’ season and turned them into one of the game’s most lethal attacking sides.
- by Nick Wright
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