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
Inglis 'all good' despite limping out of Kiwi clash
Glenn Jackson, Brad Walter Greg Inglis put a scare through South Sydney on Friday night when he aggravated an old hip problem during the Test in Canberra, but South Sydney officials believe he is unlikely to miss any football...
Winning Starts Monday
Representative weekend should be open season for transfers
Brad Walter After being starved of NRL action for a week, imagine how much interest Dragons fans would have in Thursday's game against Sydney Roosters if their side included Gareth Widdop, Joel Thompson, Rangi...
League
Complex eligibility rules weaken homegrown clash
Brad Walter The plight of Cronulla prop Andrew Fifita has helped highlight why league’s representative eligibility rules will always be problematic and how the City-Country match is losing its relevance.
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...
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...
Dogs in market for Thurston but re-signing Reynolds is priority
Brad Walter, Michael Chammas CANTERBURY coach Des Hasler and Josh Reynolds's manager Daryl Mather have agreed to meet the day after the collective bargaining agreement is formalised to discuss a new contract for the boom...
League
Cowboys play the percentages with salary cap
Brad Walter Kangaroos stars Johnathan Thurston, Matt Scott and James Tamou are to be offered a percentage of North Queensland's salary cap in their next contracts due to the uncertainty about how high it will be.
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.
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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.
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.
League
Des' plan all there in blue and white
Brad Walter WHEN Bulldogs halfback Kris Keating gets the ball, he has three options.
Dodgy decoys aren't the only trick in Doggies' bag
Brad Walter IF IT looked like boys against men for much of the match at ANZ Stadium last night, that's because it effectively was.
T-Rex to scale new heights at Canterbury
Brad Walter INJURED NSW Origin forward Tony Williams has become the first Manly star to join former coach Des Hasler at Canterbury after deciding to accept a four-year deal from the Bulldogs.
We’re still learning: Hasler keeps tight leash on hype
Brad Walter BULLDOGS coach Des Hasler has become the master of spin but there are some things he just can't make us believe.
Chooks' Mitchell wants to go home to roost
Brad Walter Sydney Roosters hooker Anthony Mitchell is sweating on a release from the club next week, without which his planned return home to North Queensland is likely to fall over.
NRL All Stars 36 Indigenous All Stars 28
Intensity aplenty with All Star scuffles and Merritt magic
Brad Walter The NRL All Stars have claimed the Arthur Beetson Trophy with a 36-28 win over the Indigenous All Stars in a scintillating clash at Skilled Park on Saturday.
Graham's hard yards could put the bite back in the Bulldogs
Brad Walter ENGLISH forwards Adrian Morley, Gareth Ellis and Sam Burgess have made a huge impact on the NRL in recent years but statistics from Super League suggest that new Bulldogs prop James Graham might be...
