League

Cronulla staff may be reinstated after Irvine's bloodied exit

Adrian Proszenko, Daniel Lane A candidate standing for the Cronulla board elections will consider reinstating the sacked coach and staff members if he is successful in ousting the current directors.

League

Cullen predicts Cronulla will survive long term

Daniel Lane Bruno Cullen, who was appointed by the NRL to steer Cronulla through their maze of dramas which have eventuated from the ASADA investigation into alleged drug use, was adamant the besieged Sharks had...

Sea Eagles have nothing to hide despite doping probe

Daniel Lane Manly players and coach Geoff Toovey presented a united front on Tuesday when they said there was no reason for them to fear the anti-doping investigation that threatens to destroy Cronulla.

Shark attack

Daniel Lane, Nick Ralston Cronulla Sharks players have allegedly received under-the-table payments from a security company sponsor, opening another battle front for the club at the centre of an investigation by the Australian...

Seething Sharks to present a united front, says Gallen

Daniel Lane Cronulla captain Paul Gallen said the Sharks would not only take the field against the Gold Coast on Sunday but each player would dedicate the match to the five staff members many believed were made...

Roosters v Rabbitohs

Five things we learnt

Daniel Lane NSW State of Origin coach Laurie Daley might need to reconsider his declaration that Roosters' Mitchell Pearce was the man most likely to play halfback for the Blues.

Dominant Inglis warns best is yet to come

Daniel Lane Souths star Greg Inglis was only joking when he said what he liked most about playing fullback was "bossing people around", but the 110kg colossus certainly dictated terms to the Sydney Roosters...

Rugby League

NRL 2013: the main men

Daniel Lane and Michael Chammas With the season kicking off on Thursday, we look at each team's key player.

Parramatta's hidden gem is raring to play a starring role

Daniel Lane Luke Kelly is in the second of his three-year deal with Parramatta but, after missing most of his first season with the club because of a cheekbone injury, members of the Eels' army of supporters...

League

Farah draws on sorrow as Tigers stick tight in grieving for teammate

Daniel Lane Wests Tigers skipper Robbie Farah admitted he was dredging through some painful memories from his grief-stricken 2012 as the club struggled to come to terms with the suicide of promising forward...

League

Cagey Hasler confident Dogs will easily look after No.1

Daniel Lane Tony Williams was certain to provide Canterbury's pack with an X-factor for their opening match against North Queensland.

Lawrence: too early to rule out Tigers

Daniel Lane CHRIS LAWRENCE reckons Wests Tigers fans shouldn't be too despondent about their team's last-start trial loss to Sydney Roosters, saying it will take three months to gauge the premiership's genuine...

Heighington hell-bent on living up to former arch-rival Gallen's rich praise

Daniel Lane CRONULLA recruit Chris Heighington described Sharks skipper Paul Gallen's very public endorsement of his worth as a player as a badge of honour.

Notorious Eel lifts lid on junior drug use

Daniel Lane BRAD WILLIAMS, the Parramatta winger who admitted in 1983 that he gained 20 kilograms of muscle via a course of steroids and intense weight training, believes the junior league ranks have a serious...

Beefed-up Roosters running on raw power

Daniel Lane IF OPPONENTS needed yet another reason to be wary of Sydney Roosters prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, with his intimidating tattoos covering an arm and physical approach to all things footy, he spent...

Inglis no one-man band, say Souths

Daniel Lane SOUTHS forward Jason Clark rubbished the suggestion they were in danger of being known as a one-man team after Greg Inglis dominated proceedings in the Charity Shield victory over St George Illawarra.

Match-fixing revelation shows it's not just a scourge of past

Daniel Lane ''Even though we are the administrators of the past, the problems of today are exactly the same … '' - John Quayle

Williams to face fitness hurdle before Rabbitohs stoush

Daniel Lane High-profile Sydney Roosters recruit Sonny Bill Williams will be put through a series of drills designed to measure his strength before he is cleared to make his debut in the season-opener against...

Maloney shines for patient Roosters

Daniel Lane JAMES MALONEY proved to the Sydney Roosters faithful in Saturday night's Foundation Cup trial against Wests Tigers that the long wait for him to wear the tri-colours was worth it.