League
Paltry crowd forces CRL rethink on rep clash
Michael Chammas and Brad Walter The Country Rugby League has scrapped plans to take next year's City-Country clash to Broken Hill in fear of a repeat of the disappointing crowd that turned up at Coffs Harbour on Sunday.
League
Moimoi faces ban after shoulder charge
Brad Walter Parramatta prop Fuifui Moimoi is set to miss Monday night's clash with Penrith after becoming the first NRL player booked for a shoulder charge under the judiciary's new rules.
Winning Starts Monday
Representative weekend should be open season for transfers
Brad Walter After being starved of NRL action for a week, imagine how much interest Dragons fans would have in Thursday's game against Sydney Roosters if their side included Gareth Widdop, Joel Thompson, Rangi...
League
Dragons directors to consider replacement for Price
Brad Walter ST George Illawarra directors are set to discuss Brad Arthur as a possible replacement for Steve Price at a board meeting on Tuesday, but no decision on the coaching job is expected.
Pacific foes to continue Tests after 'fabulous success' offsets fans' invasion
Brad Walter Tonga and Samoa are set to play an annual mid-season Test for the next four years following the success of Saturday night's clash at Penrith.
League
Inglis 'all good' despite limping out of Kiwi clash
Glenn Jackson, Brad Walter Greg Inglis put a scare through South Sydney on Friday night when he aggravated an old hip problem during the Test in Canberra, but South Sydney officials believe he is unlikely to miss any football...
World Cup squad locked in: Sheens
Brad Walter AUSTRALIAN coach Tim Sheens has declared that the players who helped beat New Zealand 32-12 in Friday night's Anzac Test had all but booked their place in the World Cup squad.
Anzac Test to remain an Origin appetiser
Brad Walter THE mid-season Test between Australia and New Zealand is likely to continue to be played before State of Origin, despite the Kiwis not having won it for 15 years.
Sin Bin
There's only one JT - and selectors are nervous
Brad Walter The biggest concern for Australian selectors before they met to pick the side to play against New Zealand on Friday was the fitness of Johnathan Thurston and who would wear the No.
Trans-Tasman foes come together to host Four Nations
Brad Walter The 2014 Four Nations tournament will be played in Australia and New Zealand, and is likely to feature the winner of a play-off between Pacific nations on next year's stand-alone representative...
Dogs set to end rumours with raft of new contracts
Brad Walter Canterbury officials are negotiating to re-sign Frank Pritchard and extend Josh Morris' deal in a move that should dispel rumours the players want out of the club.
League
Judiciary to rule on Smith’s Test fate
Brad Walter Knights lock Jeremy Smith must beat a grade-three dangerous contact charge to play for New Zealand in Friday night’s Test against Australia after being charged for a head-slam incident.
League
Complex eligibility rules weaken homegrown clash
Brad Walter The plight of Cronulla prop Andrew Fifita has helped highlight why league’s representative eligibility rules will always be problematic and how the City-Country match is losing its relevance.
League
Sheens picks mobility around ruck
Brad Walter New Zealand hooker Issac Luke's speed out of dummy half has prompted the Kangaroos selectors to choose just two specialist props for next Friday night's Test at Canberra Stadium.
League
Williams and Grant thrown a lifeline to push for Blues
Brad Walter NSW officials hope forwards Tony Williams and Tim Grant will use the City-Country match to play themselves back into form before the coming State of Origin series.
Man of the moment plays down title talk
Brad Walter After helping the Roosters to a record 38-0 defeat of the team he walked out on five years ago, Sonny Bill Williams played down talk that his presence would lead the club to a premiership.
Sin Bin
Benji's injury saves Kiwi selectors from having to toe the line
Brad Walter Benji Marshall's toe injury may have saved the New Zealand selectors from another tough decision about the Wests Tigers star.
League
SBW has taken the punches, now footy can do the talking
Brad Walter Sonny Bill Williams has put the Bulldogs walk-out behind him.
League
SBW all smiles as Bulldogs fans line up to take a shot of former idol
Brad Walter As Sonny Bill Williams stopped to pose for a yet another photo with a well-wisher on the main street of Lakemba, a passer-by tried to intervene.
