Plenty of Sea Eagles have not flown the nest

Greg Prichard Some facts and figures heading into the third week of the NRL finals.

Lords of the rings: Storm tap anger over stripped titles

Greg Prichard BRETT WHITE, the Canberra and former Melbourne prop who played in the Storm's grand final-winning teams of 2007 and 2009 that subsequently had their titles stripped because the club cheated the...

Anderson tips Dogs to weather the Storm

Greg Prichard Chris Anderson coached Melbourne to their only legitimate premiership, in 1999, and also prepared Canterbury to win the title in 1995, but he's not sitting on the fence when it comes to the grand...

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Slow start comes back to bite the Dogs

Greg Prichard CANTERBURY were bitterly disappointed with the way they played in the first half of the grand final, saying they had contributed heavily to their own demise by making too many mistakes.

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.

In his new position, Inglis remains Storm's No.1 priority

Greg Prichard 1. Can Greg Inglis do a job on his old club?

Daley turns to Stuart in first step on Origin quest

Greg Prichard NEWLY-appointed NSW coach Laurie Daley will meet with his predecessor, Ricky Stuart, tomorrow to kick-start his planning for next year's State of Origin campaign.

Storm playing with fire if they rest players for Tigers

Greg Prichard IF MELBOURNE are serious about playing with fire and resting players from their last game of the regular season against Wests Tigers, they are not letting on.

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...

Dugan hits out at critics after breaking booze ban

Greg Prichard CANBERRA star Josh Dugan was upset with himself and his critics on Twitter last night, after he was dropped for Friday's game against South Sydney at ANZ Stadium for breaching the club's alcohol...

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So little between the sides, but so much room to improve for game two

Greg Prichard The Blues are going to get better in this series, but so are Queensland. It's a matter of whether the Blues can fine-tune things enough to win in Sydney and create momentum going into a decider on...

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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...

Decision pending for Origin III referees but panel wants stability

Greg Prichard REFEREES Tony Archer and Ben Cummins and video referee Steve Clark appear likely to remain in charge for what is arguably the biggest game in State of Origin history.

Five things we learnt from last night's match

Greg Prichard This game can be an absolute heartbreaker.

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Raiders prove Storm can be silenced when stars are absent

Greg Prichard Melbourne have been exposed again.

Golden opportunity for critics to grumble was just a rare game

Greg Prichard WHY has one rare game in which golden point extra-time didn't produce a result prompted a push to either get rid of the concept or change the rules altogether?

Coach pushing for Carney-Gardner to combine as next dynamic duo

Greg Prichard CRONULLA coach Shane Flanagan has the lofty ambition of trying to turn Todd Carney and Nathan Gardner into his team's version of Cooper Cronk and Billy Slater at Melbourne and Johnathan Thurston and...

Storm in no rush to re-sign Cronk

Greg Prichard MELBOURNE believe they would only damage their chances of re-signing star halfback Cooper Cronk if they tried to speed up negotiations in a bid to ensure they got his name on a contract before the...

Meninga locks in Cronk at No.7 but leaves bench open for Cherry-Evans

Greg Prichard QUEENSLAND coach Mal Meninga last night declared Cooper Cronk would definitely be the Queensland halfback for this year's State of Origin series, ending speculation that Daly Cherry-Evans could knock...