Dogs hear his master's voice before rolling over
Greg Prichard Melbourne never let Canterbury into the grand final. They strangled them in the first half and stood firm in the face of a second-half comeback to rightfully claim the title.
Barba's shop expected to remain open, but trade could be limited
Greg Prichard 1. Will Ben Barba replicate his Dally M player of the year form in the finals?
Barba sought help to stop success going to his head
Greg Prichard BEN BARBA has revealed he needed help from Canterbury's senior players and coach Des Hasler to cope with the pressure that comes with being crowned the competition's No.1 player.
Weekend talking points
Time to blow whistle on referees' bosses
Greg Prichard The ARL Commission has got to blow up the refereeing department at the end of the season and start again.
Time for Tigers, Sheens to go in different ways
Greg Prichard 1 One of the things proved by the sorry exit of Wests Tigers over the last two rounds - apart from the fact they weren't up to it this year and the team and coach Tim Sheens have been together too...
Broncos wary of fullback threat
Greg Prichard THE first thing Brisbane need to do against Melbourne tonight is avoid being carved up by a fullback - again.
League
Bowen is favoured as No.1 pick for fullback
Adrian Proszenko, Greg Prichard Matt Bowen is poised to receive a shock recall to the Origin arena for the deciding game at Suncorp Stadium.
Rugby League
Bowen firming as favourite to replace Slater
Adrian Proszenko and Greg Prichard MATT BOWEN is poised to receive a shock recall to the Origin arena for the deciding game at Suncorp Stadium.
Bowen in box seat as Mal shies away from shifting Inglis to fullback
Greg Prichard QUEENSLAND coach Mal Meninga has admitted his concern that moving Greg Inglis from centre to fullback would weaken one of his team's strongest areas - and at the same time declared his delight with...
Slater almost certain to miss decider
Greg Prichard and Steve Mascord WHATEVER faint hope there was of Billy Slater recovering in time to play for Queensland in the State of Origin decider appears to be gone, judging by Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy's comments after...
What they do admit is that they never stop learning
Greg Prichard WHATEVER they have, whatever it is that has made Des Hasler the NRL's most successful coach of the past five years and Ivan Cleary its fastest-rising young coach, neither of them is going to map it...
Signature moment: Foran close to agreeing on a new Manly deal
Greg Prichard KIERAN FORAN is believed to be close to announcing he will re-sign with Manly until the end of 2015.
Queensland mull options as Slater is all but ruled out
Greg Prichard GREG INGLIS, Ben Barba, Matt Bowen and Darius Boyd are all in contention to replace Billy Slater as Queensland fullback for State of Origin III after Slater received bad news on the medical front...
