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Legal bill of $500,000 drains Cronulla's coffers and spurs plea to NRL

Daniel Lane Cronulla chairman Damian Keogh has confirmed the club's direct costs from the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority's investigation is $500,000 and had forced it to seek financial help from the NRL.

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NRL boss happy Flanagan's back

Russell Jackson and Daniel Lane NRL chief executive says it's great Cronulla coach back at helm of embattled club.

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.

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Hasler backs Manly to weed out fans who crossed line

Daniel Lane Canterbury coach Des Hasler condemned the Manly spectators who racially abused Frank Pritchard's wife during last Friday's controversial Bulldogs victory at Brookvale Oval as ''disappointing''.

Blues ally confident prop can bounce back from drink-driving drama

Daniel Lane Sydney Roosters centre Michael Jennings admitted he felt sorry for NSW State of Origin teammate James Tamou who was stood down from the Blues after being booked for drink driving, and he backed the...

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Do your best: Reddy gives unwanted Eels hope for the future

Daniel Lane Wests Tigers winger Joel Reddy's advice to the 12 Parramatta players told by coach Ricky Stuart that they had no future at that club beyond this season was he and the likes of Roosters recruit Daniel...

Inglis wary of Titans' in-form halfback

Daniel Lane Gold Coast five-eighth Aidan Sezer was targeted by Souths superstar Greg Inglis before Sunday's so-called Rumble at the Reef in Cairns, as the man the premiership leaders needed to zero in on.

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Citizen Burgess powerless to alter his state of origin

Daniel Lane South Sydney's English-born enforcer Sam Burgess has missed by six months any chance of representing NSW in the State of Origin - but he could still play for the Kangaroos.

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Hayne: I'll do whatever it takes to play in Origin II

Adrian Proszenko, Daniel Lane Parramatta star Jarryd Hayne has vowed to work ''around the clock'' in an effort to overcome his hamstring strain in time for Origin II at Suncorp Stadium.

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Blair part of our 'fabric': Potter tears hole in Eels recruitment plan

Daniel Lane Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter has thrown a road block in Parramatta's plan to recruit prop Adam Blair for 2014 by insisting the Kiwi international remained in his plans for next season - and beyond...

Code needs personal, proactive approach in tackling suicide, says agent

Daniel Lane NRL player agent Tyran Smith has urged the code's hierarchy to make a concerted effort to address the issue of potential suicide among rookie players who struggle to cope with the pressures of...

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Jennings cock-a-hoop with club change and subsequent form revival

Daniel Lane City Origin centre Michael Jennings credited the treatment he has enjoyed at Sydney Roosters - especially after last year's winter of discontent at Penrith - as a compelling motivation for him to...

Barrett eager to thrill despite Stuart's criticism game is going backwards

Daniel Lane As Parramatta coach Ricky Stuart warned rugby league was regressing to a game of ''hit the defensive line and surrender'', Trent Barrett said his Country Origin team would aim to thrill against City...

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Rumours keep on snapping at heels of Bulldogs

Daniel Lane WHEN chief executive Todd Greenberg fronted the media and delivered an impassioned statement about the reasons why Bulldogs superstar Ben Barba was stood down before the season-opening match, the...

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Ex-Tigers boss to join Cronulla rescue team

Daniel Lane Former Wests Tigers chief executive Steve Noyce was expected to be announced as the new general manager of football operations at the Cronulla Sharks on Wednesday.

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I could learn a thing or two from Reynolds, admits Pearce

Daniel Lane Sydney Roosters halfback Mitchell Pearce conceded that not only was his reign as the NSW Blues' No.7 under threat from South Sydney's Adam Reynolds but he also envied aspects of his rival's game.

Desperate Eels pay top dollar in scramble to boost talent pool

Daniel Lane Canterbury prop Aiden Tolman is believed to have benefited from Parramatta's inability to recruit big-name players, after the Eels splashed out with a $2 million, three-year offer.

Anderson under fire as Simpkins hands in notice

Daniel Lane NRL referees' boss Daniel Anderson faces a crisis in the ranks after long-serving video ref Paul Simpkins tendered his immediate resignation after what appears to have been a bungled pay cut.

Wrigley: drugs doomsday draft not the answer to ASADA dragnet

Daniel Lane South Sydney assistant coach Kurt Wrigley, one of the players drafted into the Adelaide Rams to shore up the rebel Super League competition in 1997, believes a similar system will not work this year...