Winning Starts Monday
Player stats give Daley a running start for Origin
Brad Walter NSW coach Laurie Daley is set to enter the State of Origin series with his players in better form than their Queensland counterparts.
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.
WINNING STARTS MONDAY
Experience counts in obstruction rule debate
Brad Walter NRL coaches and players complaining about the obstruction rule have only themselves to blame if they are taking advantage of the inexperience in the refereeing ranks this season.
League
Sheens picks mobility around ruck
Brad Walter New Zealand hooker Issac Luke's speed out of dummy half has prompted the Kangaroos selectors to choose just two specialist props for next Friday night's Test at Canberra Stadium.
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...
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.
League
Warning for Slater, who can't put a foot wrong
Brad Walter and Adrian Proszenko Billy Slater is expected to receive an official warning for kicking Canterbury prop David Klemmer in the face, but former referees boss Bill Harrigan believes the NRL should have gone further and...
League
Dogs' $2m to tie down Reynolds
Brad Walter AFTER missing out on Test five-eighth Johnathan Thurston, the Bulldogs have moved quickly to retain the services of Josh Reynolds and are tipped to announce his retention on a $1.
Winning Starts Monday
Big men key to Hasler's winning strategy
Brad Walter The measure of a great coach isn't the way they use a team's strengths but how they overcome the weaknesses.
Sweetest of victories opens door for everyone to move on
Brad Walter Winning the grand final means Storm captain Cameron Smith and his teammates will no longer have to answer questions about whether a premiership would make up for the ones taken away for salary cap...
Storm clears past with untainted premiership
Brad Walter Winning the grand final means Storm captain Cameron Smith and his team-mates will no longer have to answer questions about whether a premiership would make up for the ones taken away for salary cap...
Halfway there
Brad Walter ASK Craig Coleman about Adam Reynolds and he says: ''He is just like me.''
Morris triple keeps the Storm firmly in an unfamiliar place
Brad Walter St George Illawarra shocked Melbourne 26-18 on Friday night, with winger Brett Morris maintaining his incredible record at WIN Stadium with a hattrick.
Coote's quick pick-up adds to Sharks' anger
Brad Walter Set if six: It wasn't just the kick-off that had Cronulla officials riled on Saturday night.
Winning Starts Monday
Emotional temperature set to rise for Origin decider
Brad Walter Queensland may not go as far as exhuming the body of the late great Arthur Beetson and sitting him on the sideline next Wednesday night but the Blues need to prepare for them to use every other stunt...
League
Stuart takes an Origin tip from the book of Gus
Brad Walter "80 minutes to the prize, boys!" Those words from Phil Gould to the NSW players as they took the field for the match that ended Queensland's last period of State of Origin dominance are suddenly...
State of Origin
'Unfinished business' set to keep Ricky with Blues
Brad Walter AFTER coming within one point of stopping Queensland from a seventh consecutive series win, NSW coach Ricky Stuart was last night asked if he had ''unfinished business'' in the job.
League
10 things you need to know
Brad Walter As the 2012 season marches towards the finals, some curly questions are worth considering, writes Brad Walter.
Winning Starts Monday
Heat won with big three - can the Storm?
Brad Walter "I know Craig [Bellamy] still believes you can build a team around three players but I think we are starting to see the problems if you do".
Is three really the magic number for Melbourne?
Brad Walter 'I know Craig [Bellamy] still believes you can build a team around three players, but I think we are starting to see the problems if you do.''
