Origin
Few clues for Blues as Daley has all but decided on side
Brad Walter NSW coach Laurie Daley has begun informing players that they will be named in the Blues side for the opening State of Origin match on June 5.
Dogs set to end rumours with raft of new contracts
Brad Walter Canterbury officials are negotiating to re-sign Frank Pritchard and extend Josh Morris' deal in a move that should dispel rumours the players want out of the club.
League
Dogs admit courting Folau but deny deal has been done
Brad Walter Israel Folau has been in the sights of some Canterbury officials since attending last year's Back to Belmore clash against Sydney Roosters, but Bulldogs chief executive Todd Greenberg denies any deal...
League
SBW has taken the punches, now footy can do the talking
Brad Walter Sonny Bill Williams has put the Bulldogs walk-out behind him.
Rugby League
Match reviewers clear Slater over kicking Dog
Brad Walter and Stathi Paxinos The NRL match review committee has ruled that Melbourne fullback Billy Slater's kick to the head of Canterbury forward David Klemmer was accidental contact.
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...
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.
League
Shattered: suspensions loom for host of Cronulla stars
Michael Carayannis, Glenn Jackson and Brad Walter Up to 14 Cronulla players left a meeting at Sharkies Leagues Club on Tuesday night fearing their careers may be in tatters after being told that they should accept a six-month suspension – or risk...
SIN BIN
Just what led Dogs to stand Barba down indefinitely?
Brad Walter Ben Barba may be back in four to six weeks but anyone still questioning the extent of the Canterbury star's problems should carefully consider the following question: Just exactly what would it take...
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.
Sad face: NRL accolade may have tipped Barba
Brad Walter IT SHOULD have been one of the biggest honours of his career, but those close to Ben Barba believe the responsibility of launching the NRL season on Wednesday night may have been the catalyst for his...
Rugby League
A little swift editing and NRL ready to launch
Brad Walter Some footage of Ben Barba has been cut from the new NRL advertisement.
Barba survives NRL ad's final cut
Brad Walter SOME footage of Ben Barba has been cut from the new NRL advertisement but senior officials decided not to remove him completely after receiving assurances from Canterbury that he had not done...
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...
Game will back Barba as long as it takes: CEO
Brad Walter NRL chief executive Dave Smith is prepared to accept that Ben Barba may never play again but he has vowed that the game will always support the Canterbury star.
League
Barba the star with hat-trick heroics
Brad Walter BEN BARBA picked up where he left off last season with a three-try, man-of-the-match performance for the Indigenous All Stars, despite playing just 60 minutes before succumbing to a hamstring injury.
Pritchard realises he is on collision course with Hasler if timing is out
Brad Walter CANTERBURY forward Frank Pritchard believes rival players have begun deliberately colliding with him when he runs as a decoy in attack to try and get a penalty for obstruction.
Sheens’s name thrown into mix at Warriors
Brad Walter Sin Bin: Sydney Roosters assistant Matthew Elliott, former Parramatta coach Stephen Kearney and Canberra deputy Justin Morgan are understood to be on a shortlist for the Warriors job, but a decision...
No easing off when despot Des wants to sharpen Bulldogs' defence
Brad Walter CANTERBURY players have given an insight into how Des Hasler has taken them from missing the finals in the past two seasons to being just one win from the premiership decider.
Brad Walter
Des treads own road to legend
Brad Walter Des Hasler is just 80 minutes from becoming the first coach in premiership history to win back-to-back grand finals with different clubs after Canterbury's 32-8 defeat of South Sydney last night.
