Rugby league
Mattiske not ruling out increase in salary cap
Glenn Jackson OFFICIALS are set to put an offer to a heavy-hitting group of players including Jarryd Hayne, Cameron Smith and Johnathan Thurston at a critical and potentially explosive collective bargaining...
Salary cap pressures set to force Manu from Storm
Glenn Jackson AS ONE quality forward dropped out of the player market, another's search for a contract intensified.
Incomparable Inglis leaving indelible mark on and off field
Glenn Jackson He can own a vast football field. Few players have the imposing aura of Greg Inglis, the ability to put fear into an opponent and equally place confidence in a teammate.
Legends rave as low-budget Panthers down NRL's elite
Glenn Jackson It was the upset of the season and, according to some, Penrith's best win in a decade. And it was all done with a squad worth less than half this year's salary cap.
League
Marshall set to sign $4m deal to stay with Tigers
Glenn Jackson, Adrian Proszenko Wests Tigers five-eighth Benji Marshall is poised to sign one of the biggest deals in the NRL.
Rugby League
Dugan acts to help save his career after tirade
Glenn Jackson Josh Dugan will hold separate meetings on Tuesday with the NRL's salary cap auditor and the administration's welfare staff as he attempts to save his career.
Glenn Jackson
Clubs restack from backs to their packs
Glenn Jackson PREMIERSHIP teams are bred not bought, or so the saying went the last time Sydney Roosters went on such a spree.
League
ARLC, players share festive spirit
Glenn Jackson FAR from being poles apart on the collective bargaining agreement, ARL Commission officials and the players are now closing in on a new deal - and may even have it signed off by the new year.
Tamou chooses Cowboys over Eels
Glenn Jackson LESS than a fortnight after Israel Folau turned his back on Parramatta, the Eels have been dealt another blow after North Queensland's Test and Origin prop James Tamou chose loyalty over salary to...
Rugby league
Christmas comes early as agreement nears on CBA
Glenn Jackson JUST before 7pm on Thursday, four NRL players stepped out of the headquarters of the NRL to state that they believed they had a deal. A salary cap of about $5.
New NRL chief must work hard to prove he's not out of his league
Glenn Jackson WHILE he hasn't played rugby league, and perhaps only knows rugby league with the intimacy of one party in an arranged marriage, Dave Smith proved he can still find a strong fend.
Outsider faces tough initiation, he can bank on that
Glenn Jackson WHILE he hasn't played rugby league, Dave Smith proved he still has a strong fend, even though, as someone who is not a rugby league man, that might not be enough to stop criticism.
Grant flags compromise for future
Glenn Jackson ARL COMMISSION chairman John Grant has hinted he may be prepared to compromise over his desire for a $225 million future fund, but maintained it was always his hope that the administration would have...
League
Clubs back ARLC on shoulder ban
Glenn Jackson NRL clubs have thrown their support behind the ARL Commission's decision to ban the shoulder charge, despite the players' outrage over the crackdown.
League
Eels' bid to bend rules for Folau falls flat
Glenn Jackson REACTION to Parramatta's bold plan to circumvent the $5 million salary cap next season to accommodate Israel Folau was predictable but emphatic: the Eels' rivals would only welcome such a move if...
League
Stuart frustrated as race to sign Folau slows to a crawl
Glenn Jackson RICKY STUART'S jitters about the prospect of the Israel Folau deal being scuppered by the NRL have been somewhat allayed by Parramatta officials, who were meeting with NRL boss Shane Mattiske about...
Tigers close door on Marshall move to Japanese rugby
Glenn Jackson Wests Tigers chief executive Stephen Humphreys has slammed the door on any attempt by star playmaker Benji Marshall to seek a release to play in Japan, saying: "Let me put your minds at rest.
Marshall forced to put plans to moonlight in Japan on hold
Glenn Jackson AS WITH Danny Buderus's ill-fated attempts to flit to rugby union, Benji Marshall's brief flirtation with the rival code was just that - brief.
League
Mattiske pushes to lock cap for five years
Glenn Jackson NRL interim chief executive Shane Mattiske maintained yesterday that plans to lock in salary caps for the life of the new broadcast deal remained a possibility despite the uncertainty surrounding...
Sea Eagles in hunt for new prop as merry-go-round fires up
Brad Walter, Glenn Jackson THE expected departures of Beau Ryan and Chris Heighington to Cronulla could pave the way for Manly prop Brent Kite to join Wests Tigers next season.
