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Grand final Sin Bin: Will ARLC keep faith with pre-match shows?
Brad Walter Bon Jovi's association with the NRL may have ended with the grand final as Sin Bin understands officials are considering heading in a new direction next year.
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Stewart-Hoffman Origin battle adds extra spice to Manly-Storm clash
Brad Walter Manly lock Glenn Stewart and Melbourne's Ryan Hoffman will go head to head for a place in the State of Origin opener when they meet at AAMI Park on Monday night.
SIN BIN
Ear's the scoop: Graham was whispering sweet nothings
Brad Walter Des Hasler isn't the only one who believes James Graham may not have deliberately bitten Billy Slater in last season's grand final.
Crowd support set to swell with Souths in perfect position to hit home run
Brad Walter South Sydney officials expect a crowd of more than 20,000 for Friday night's clash with North Queensland as the Rabbitohs begin a run of home matches, hosting seven of their next nine games.
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.
World Cup squad locked in: Sheens
Brad Walter AUSTRALIAN coach Tim Sheens has declared that the players who helped beat New Zealand 32-12 in Friday night's Anzac Test had all but booked their place in the World Cup squad.
Winning Starts Monday
Representative weekend should be open season for transfers
Brad Walter After being starved of NRL action for a week, imagine how much interest Dragons fans would have in Thursday's game against Sydney Roosters if their side included Gareth Widdop, Joel Thompson, Rangi...
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.
Man of the moment plays down title talk
Brad Walter After helping the Roosters to a record 38-0 defeat of the team he walked out on five years ago, Sonny Bill Williams played down talk that his presence would lead the club to a premiership.
Future stars forged in the furnace of the game's suburban grounds
Brad Walter JOSH Reynolds is being touted as a possible NSW Origin representative this season, but the Canterbury five-eighth admits only two years ago he was wondering if he would ever play NRL.
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.
Winning Starts Monday
Desperate Dragons pay price for success
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.
Winning Starts Monday
Bulldogs jostle for position among elite
Brad Walter After just three rounds, the NRL has already split into the haves and have nots, and the best chance some teams appear to have of making the finals is if players from Cronulla and Manly are suspended...
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Kite flying off to Penrith on two-year deal
Brad Walter Penrith have continued their recruitment for next season after signing Manly prop Brent Kite on a two-year deal.
Souths in great shape, but Sutton is cautious
Brad Walter South Sydney veteran John Sutton believes the Rabbitohs have never been better prepared to begin an NRL season, but he rubbished suggestions the club deserved premiership favouritism.
Players pledge to stand by troubled teammate
Brad Walter CANTERBURY players have rallied around Ben Barba after his off-field problems came to a head last weekend when the NRL's 2012 player of the year agreed to stand down from playing indefinitely.
Hasler the man for a crisis as Dogs bunker down
Brad Walter CANTERBURY coach Des Hasler is set to keep the identity of Ben Barba's replacement secret before the opening-round clash with North Queensland as he builds a siege mentality at the Bulldogs this...
Tahs may net Folau on the cheap
Brad Walter ISRAEL FOLAU is set to sign a one-year deal with the Waratahs worth a third of the $1.5 million-a-season AFL contract he recently turned his back on and less than Parramatta's initial offer for him...
I'm not selling, Holmes a Court tells Rabbitohs faithful
Brad Walter South Sydney co-owner Peter Holmes a Court has indicated he will not be selling his 37.5 per cent stake in the Rabbitohs.
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NRL clubs may face drugs probe
Brad Walter AN INVESTIGATION into the use of supplements by Essendon players is set to be expanded beyond AFL, with Fairfax Media told NRL clubs are also likely to face scrutiny.
