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NRL finals system revamp has top four teams right at home

Greg Prichard The realisation it had become grossly unfair to force losing top-four teams to play away against lower-ranked teams in the second week of the finals series drove the decision to dump the McIntyre...

No butts, NRL restates concussion guidelines

Greg Prichard THE NRL's chief medical officer, Ron Muratore, says Wests Tigers superstar Benji Marshall should have been taken off the field for assessment rather than being allowed to play on after being stunned...

Try-scoring Cooper the leader of the packs

Greg Prichard Take a look at the important bits and pieces from the NRL finals action so far.

Lords of the rings: Storm tap anger over stripped titles

Greg Prichard BRETT WHITE, the Canberra and former Melbourne prop who played in the Storm's grand final-winning teams of 2007 and 2009 that subsequently had their titles stripped because the club cheated the...

Tigers at loss to find useful role for non-coach Sheens

Greg Prichard TIM SHEENS will be back in action as a coach today - but not for Wests Tigers. He will be at Redfern Oval in his other capacity, as Australian coach, to put the Sydney and Newcastle-based members of...

Greenberg won't hold back lofty ambitions

Greg Prichard Canterbury are making plans to parlay their success on the field this season into something huge off it.

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Slow start comes back to bite the Dogs

Greg Prichard CANTERBURY were bitterly disappointed with the way they played in the first half of the grand final, saying they had contributed heavily to their own demise by making too many mistakes.

First among equals: Morris wants to take centre stage after stellar season

Greg Prichard JOSH MORRIS believes he now deserves to be rated on the same level as the two centres he regards as the best in the game - Justin Hodges and Jamie Lyon.

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Smith gone, outsider tagged to rule Roosters

Greg Prichard CATALANS DRAGONS coach Trent Robinson has emerged as a major contender to replace sacked Sydney Roosters coach Brian Smith.

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Roosters sign Robinson as coach

Greg Prichard Sydney Roosters today appointed Trent Robinson as their coach for the next three years.

Fittler says Thurston will be in fine fettle for years to come

Greg Prichard BRAD Fittler, as good a judge of a five-eighth as there is, says Johnathan Thurston is changing the way five-eighths play and is an even better player in that position than he was as a halfback.

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Bonus for players but no salary cap rise

Greg Prichard PLAYERS are likely to receive extra payments in a variety of forms for next season as a means of ensuring they properly benefit from the game's $1.025 billion television rights deal.

Luke not missed but coach extends olive branch

Greg Prichard Michael Maguire has pulled the right rein much more often than he has pulled the wrong one in his first season as South Sydney coach.

Storm playing with fire if they rest players for Tigers

Greg Prichard IF MELBOURNE are serious about playing with fire and resting players from their last game of the regular season against Wests Tigers, they are not letting on.

Time for Tigers, Sheens to go in different ways

Greg Prichard 1 One of the things proved by the sorry exit of Wests Tigers over the last two rounds - apart from the fact they weren't up to it this year and the team and coach Tim Sheens have been together too...

Broncos wary of fullback threat

Greg Prichard THE first thing Brisbane need to do against Melbourne tonight is avoid being carved up by a fullback - again.

Long time coming, but big-game debut a chance to carve up troubled history, and the opposition

Greg Prichard When would Todd Carney have made his State of Origin debut, had he not been his own worst enemy? Probably 2009.

Penrith look on as Jennings plays for his future

Greg Prichard THE future of Penrith's highly paid centre, Michael Jennings, is set to be discussed at a club board meeting today.

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Inu joins Bulldogs for rest of the season

Greg Prichard Canterbury have signed New Zealand international Krisnan Inu from the Warriors, effective immediately.