Rugby League
Dugan acts to help save his career after tirade
Glenn Jackson Josh Dugan will hold separate meetings on Tuesday with the NRL's salary cap auditor and the administration's welfare staff as he attempts to save his career.
League
Refs blow time up for obstruction rule
Glenn Jackson Referees bosses have bowed to the wave of criticism over the obstruction rules and are set to abandon black-and-white interpretations.
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New interpretation of obstruction rule could lead to more players 'diving'
Glenn Jackson Penrith coach Ivan Cleary, a member of the NRL's competition committee, said he was not consulted about the shift towards black-and-white policing of obstruction, as he voiced his fear the new...
League
Gold Coast show steel where it matters
Glenn Jackson It wasn't simply the fact that the Gold Coast have now won three matches in a row. It was the nature of them, in producing three first- half shut-outs, which have made the biggest statement.
Potter: sidelining Farah didn't cause loss
Glenn Jackson Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter has dismissed the notion that Manly stole the game away from his side on Thursday night as a result of his decision to interchange his captain, Robbie Farah, late in...
Referees' boss stands ground over policing of obstruction
Glenn Jackson Referees' boss Daniel Anderson has no intention of backing down from the ''black and white'' policing of obstruction in the face of increasing hostility, but says the NRL competition committee will...
League
Fuming Farah can't get past controversial obstruction rulings
Glenn Jackson Another night, another attack of the obstruction rules. This time it was Wests Tigers captain Robbie Farah who expressed his frustration over the recent interpretations, maintaining defenders were...
League
Sea Eagles rise above first-half jitters
Glenn Jackson The best thing you can say about all that is it's over, and both sides can move on. Manly took advantage of opponents who were off their game, while the Tigers couldn't.
Return of banned player agents adds spice to Beale deal
Glenn Jackson The futures of some of the highest-profile players in the NRL - as well as the controversial rugby union star Kurtley Beale - may become clearer now that two player agents suspended over their...
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Panel downgrades Fa'aoso ban despite push for deterrent
Glenn Jackson A test case for the shoulder charge? Perhaps not. Really, this was closer to a test case for head clashes.
Young guns prepared to prop up Tigers
Glenn Jackson They are the youngest starting props in the premiership by some distance, with 42 years between them when most clubs at least notch a half century.
Rugby League
Broncos have extra incentive to sign Dugan
Glenn Jackson Brisbane fullback Corey Norman's departure to Parramatta is likely to quicken the Broncos' desire to offer sacked Canberra star Josh Dugan a lifeline.
Fa'aoso faces up to four-week ban
Glenn Jackson Manly forward Richie Fa'aoso is facing a four-match ban over his controversial shoulder charge on Gold Coast's Ashley Harrison on Saturday.
SET OF SIX
Panel in a bind as hit highlights grey areas
Glenn Jackson The match-review panel will be in a no-win situation when it meets to decide the fate of Manly forward Richie Fa'aoso.
League
Cronulla put Flanagan back in the winner's circle on return
Glenn Jackson Beau Ryan stood in the Cronulla dressing room with a sign which read ''Bring Back Sharpie''. As always, the Cronulla winger knew how to take the pressure out of a moment like he was simply popping a...
League
Eels left standing as Tigers' twin engines click into gear
Glenn Jackson WHEN Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall, unbreakable and unpredictable respectively, are in that sort of mood, Wests Tigers are always difficult to beat.
Carney the priority for reinstated Flanagan
Adrian Proszenko, Daniel Lane, Glenn Jackson Shane Flanagan has labelled the retention of free agent Todd Carney as ''priority No.1' after being reinstated as Cronulla coach.
Stuart looks for positives in Tigers defeat
Glenn Jackson Parramatta coach Ricky Stuart conceded the loss to Wests Tigers would be a "learning curve" for his co-captain Jarryd Hayne, as well as his young squad, whose ill-discipline cost them at Leichhardt...
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Gallen replaced as figurehead amid probe
Adrian Proszenko, Glenn Jackson A State of Origin advertising campaign featuring Paul Gallen has been abandoned amid fears this year's series will be tarnished by the drugs scandal at Cronulla.
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Farah's long-term relationship to continue with club of his life
Glenn Jackson On the occasions Wests Tigers captain Robbie Farah woke up disillusioned and thinking hard about leaving the club, he imagined himself in other colours.
