Daniel Lane on Issues
Mixed-faction Sharks board likely as eligibility issues continue
Adrian Proszenko, Daniel Lane Glenn Coleman will remain Cronulla chairman unopposed at the upcoming board election, although Sydney Kings star Damian Keogh still has a chance of joining him as a director.
Fittler talks up audition value of City-Country clash
Daniel Lane Rather than stiff-arm critics who have called upon rugby league's hierarchy to cease the annual City-Country Origin match, City coach Brad Fittler is encouraging more robust debate about the...
League
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...
Idris' jovial spirit revived with Country gig
Daniel Lane In a series of amusing revelations, Country Origin's Jamal Idris told the media Willie Mason broke his new bed at home while resting on it; a male reporter had ''sensational'' eyes and his teammate...
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...
League
More legal woes for Sharks
Daniel Lane Sacked strength-and-conditioning coach Mark Noakes is the third member of the so-called Cronulla Four – the support staffers dismissed as a result of the alleged 2011 supplement program – preparing...
League
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...
Jack draws on rich history
Daniel Lane Big Jack Buchanan turned 21 on Wednesday but he expects his coming of age as a Wests Tigers prop to occur at 3pm on Sunday when he locks horns with the St George Illawarra pack at the SCG.
Bulldogs bitten but Barba 'fine'
Daniel Lane Canterbury chief executive Todd Greenberg said while whiz-kid Ben Barba might sometimes appear frustrated out on the field, the fullback's rehabilitation remained on track.
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.
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...
Summons' sympathy for players using performance drugs
Daniel Lane Arthur Summons, the Western Suburbs five-eighth whose ''gladiator'' image is immortalised alongside Norm Provan on the NRL's trophy presented to the premiers, admitted he would think about using...
Haumono to give Ferguson the hard word
Daniel Lane Solomon Haumono will take time out from preparing for next month's bout with former world heavyweight boxing champion Oliver McCall to implore his nephew and Canberra winger Blake Ferguson to not...
League
Mellowed O'Donnell believes suspensions are in the past
Daniel Lane Sydney Roosters forward Luke O'Donnell said he was back in the NRL after two years in England's Super League to bolster the tri-colours with his go-forward and not add to his record as rugby league's...
Rugby League
Cronulla's legal costs defended
Daniel Lane and Adrian Proszenko Cronulla board member Craig Douglas has defended the money his club is spending on legal advice to navigate the Sharks through the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority investigation as a...
League
Not the time to skimp as board defends Sharks' legal expenses
Daniel Lane, Adrian Proszenko Cronulla board member Craig Douglas defended the money his club was spending on legal advice to navigate the Sharks through the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority investigation as a...
League
Vitamins, proteins all legitimate - supplier
Daniel Lane THE owner of the company that supplies 11 NRL teams and seven AFL clubs with their protein and vitamins expected supplement programs to come under the spotlight as the investigation into drugs in...
Rugby League
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.
NRL
Ex-Sharks chairman begs sacked staffers not to sue
Daniel Lane Embattled former Sharks chairman Damian Irvine has made an impassioned plea to the two staff members taking legal action against him, saying he had no assets, could not afford to defend himself in...
