League
Video ref Morgan may be heading to Super League coaching job
Brad Walter NRL video referee Justin Morgan has been linked to the Castleford coaching job following the sacking of fellow Australian Ian Millward.
League
Sheens in frame for vacancy at struggling Super League club
Brad Walter Australian coach Tim Sheens has been linked with a move to Super League after Salford's Phil Veivers was sacked just five rounds into this season.
Rich deal will see Brown remain in Super League
Brad Walter Rule out Nathan Brown as the next Super League coach returning to the NRL, with the former St George Illawarra mentor set to take charge at St Helens.
SIN BIN
Johnson benching has rival clubs waiting for an opening
Brad Walter Rival NRL clubs are closely monitoring the relationship between Warriors halfback Shaun Johnson and coach Matthew Elliott in case the Kiwis international suddenly becomes available.
League
Daley's search for experience has Mason in line for Blues
Brad Walter, Tim Barrow Willie Mason is set to be recalled by NSW coach Laurie Daley for the opening State of Origin match five years after making his last appearance in a Blues jersey.
Winning Starts Monday
Dragons are genuine title contenders - for 2014
Brad Walter Just a few weeks ago, St George Illawarra were considered little more than a rabble. But they have now emerged as premiership contenders - next season.
League
How News lost the game
Brad Walter MANLY and South Sydney players had just finished a game so brutal that four judiciary charges would stem from it - but the hostilities were put aside when senior members of both teams met afterwards.
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.
League
I can make a massive difference with the right team: Smith
Brad Walter NRL chief executive Dave Smith has taken just 12 weeks to put his stamp on the game by overseeing the biggest shake-up of the game's administration since the end of the Super League war.
SIN BIN
Six of the best proposed for expanded club challenge
Brad Walter The World Club Challenge is set to be expanded to six teams under a proposal that would also result in three NRL sides playing a warm-up match each against a Super League club.
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
Players face immediate stand-downs
Brad Walter The NRL faces the prospect of players being stood down on a daily or weekly basis if the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority finds sufficient evidence to charge them with using...
WINNING STARTS MONDAY
Dragons at bottom of a Big Red V
Brad Walter Just two years ago St George Illawarra were basking in premiership glory and talking about becoming the first club in NRL history to win back-to-back grand finals.
Rugby League
NRL plan to share players
Brad Walter Proposal being considered to ensure the game fulfils its television commitments.
Marshall rails against plan to stage draft if crisis grows
Brad Walter Wests Tigers superstar Benji Marshall has spoken out against a proposed player pool to supply talent to clubs hit by drugs bans.
NRL plans player pool for doping crisis
Brad Walter The bottom 10 players in each NRL squad would be made available for rival clubs to approach as replacements for players suspended due to doping violations under a proposal being considered to ensure...
League
Price's popularity with players could show up bookmakers
Brad Walter St George Illawarra's Steve Price might be favourite to be the first NRL coach sacked this season but he has strong support within the club and there has even been talk of re-signing him.
Dank associate questioned as net widens in NRL doping probe
Brad Walter THE NRL doping scandal has moved beyond the period controversial sports scientist Stephen Dank was involved in the game, with several players who were at clubs not among the six named in the...
Besieged players co-operating with ASADA: Morris
Brad Walter Cronulla players hope interviews with Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority investigators will soon clear them of any wrongdoing in the drugs scandal that threatens to tear their season apart.
SIN BIN
Sharks Unity in disarray after eligibility rule comes into play
Brad Walter OLYMPIAN Damian Keogh's bid to become Cronulla chairman has hit an eligibility hurdle as neither he nor six other members of the nine-man Sharks Unity ticket are football club members.
