Moa, Mortimer find a happy place at Roosters

Daniel Lane SYDNEY Roosters prop Sam Moa and utility Daniel Mortimer credited a dose of old-fashioned faith for allowing them to return from the brink and make their marks in a star-studded team.

Sheens on the radar for Warriors and Dragons

Daniel Lane Four-time premiership-winning coach Tim Sheens could be back behind a clipboard soon with the Warriors and St George Illawarra interested in signing the former Wests Tigers mentor.

Dominant Inglis warns best is yet to come

Daniel Lane Souths star Greg Inglis was only joking when he said what he liked most about playing fullback was "bossing people around", but the 110kg colossus certainly dictated terms to the Sydney Roosters...

Rabbitohs clear Te'o after rap singer rant

Daniel Lane SOUTH SYDNEY have cleared Queensland State of Origin forward Ben Te'o of any wrongdoing after a rap singer made an allegation on Twitter that he was attacked by the Rabbitohs off-season recruit.

Comeback king Gordon aims to show Sharks fans he is still flash

Daniel Lane CRONULLA recruit Michael Gordon, restricted to 25 matches in the past two seasons through knee and ankle injuries, insists the nature of the problems that sidelined him did not mess with his head.

Inglis no one-man band, say Souths

Daniel Lane SOUTHS forward Jason Clark rubbished the suggestion they were in danger of being known as a one-man team after Greg Inglis dominated proceedings in the Charity Shield victory over St George Illawarra.

Williams to face fitness hurdle before Rabbitohs stoush

Daniel Lane High-profile Sydney Roosters recruit Sonny Bill Williams will be put through a series of drills designed to measure his strength before he is cleared to make his debut in the season-opener against...

Daley to give key Blues an early nod

Daniel Lane NSW coach Laurie Daley will phone a select few Blues in the next couple of weeks - a good four months before game one of the State of Origin series - to tell them that, barring injury or an...

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Cancer gives Lewis a new perspective

Daniel Lane IT MIGHTN'T have felt like it at the time but Cronulla recruit Luke Lewis enjoyed a significant victory on Friday even though his legs begged for mercy, his lungs screamed for oxygen, the blood...

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Now Hopoate looks to Japan

Daniel Lane WILL HOPOATE is the latest big name NRL player eyeing off a stint in Japanese rugby.

Stuart tells Eels board to plug destabilising media leaks

Daniel Lane New Parramatta coach Ricky Stuart has directed two blunt messages to his club, telling board members their habit of leaking sensitive information to the media hurt the players and needed to cease...

Storm boy Ryles ready to unleash a purple reign

Daniel Lane FORMER international Jason Ryles says he has not been recruited by Melbourne to be their new Adam Blair.

Simmons in talks to return as Sheens's sidekick

Daniel Lane ROYCE SIMMONS could soon resume his role as Tim Sheens's right-hand man at the Wests Tigers following his shock dismissal as coach of English Super League side St Helens.

Kearney refuses to give life to race slur

Daniel Lane PARRAMATTA coach Stephen Kearney has refused to respond to an ugly whispering campaign - suggesting he had implemented a brown-skinned recruitment policy at the club - because he did not want to...

Brawl of shame: Lowrie wants no repeat of Donnybrookvale bash

Daniel Lane MELBOURNE lock Todd Lowrie, a veteran of last year's infamous Donnybrookvale encounter, expects the only fireworks for tomorrow night's return bout would come from the Manly marketing team's...

Storm's super sub Cronk sinks Penrith

Daniel Lane COOPER CRONK emphasised the meaning of impact player in the stifling Penrith heat yesterday when the Melbourne Storm's star halfback was injected into what, until that point, had been an arm wrestle...