League
Smells like team spirit: Blues rally to the cause
Brad Walter AN impromptu team dinner two weeks ago underlined the camaraderie and commitment NSW players will bring into camp when the team for Origin I is named on Sunday.
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.
League
Rabbit-dozed: Inglis runs up four as Souths trounce listless Tigers
Brad Walter South Sydney players ran 1,572 metres with the ball in Friday night's 54-10 defeat of Wests Tigers, but they covered almost as much ground celebrating their 10 tries.
SIN BIN
Doust wants Morris back in the Red V
Brad Walter St George Illawarra chief executive Peter Doust has confirmed the club still hopes to reunite the Morris twins and revealed the reason Josh left was because Wayne Bennett didn’t think he would become...
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.
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...
League
Uni venture shows that Inglis means business off the field
Brad Walter When Greg Inglis finishes his career in the NRL, he wants to have something to show for it – both on and off the field.
League
Lui's cousin sent out bet tweet: Cowboys
Brad Walter and Glenn Jackson Robert Lui’s cousin has been revealed as the man responsible for tweeting about betting on the North Queensland match from the halfback’s Twitter account on Saturday night.
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.
Inu accepts five-week ban for spear tackle on Inglis
Brad Walter Canterbury centre Krisnan Inu has pleaded guilty to a grade-four dangerous throw charge and accepted a five-match ban for his ugly spear tackle on Greg Inglis.
With Inglis combination locked in, Merritt believes there's more to come
Brad Walter South Sydney winger Nathan Merritt has warned on the eve of Monday night's match against Cronulla that his combination with Greg Inglis will only get better after he spent an off-season training with...
Inu faces lengthy ban after moment of madness in Inglis tackle
Brad Walter As Greg Inglis received treatment on his injured neck in the South Sydney dressing room, teammate Roy Asotasi admitted he had genuine fears for the star fullback's safety after a ''pretty bad'' spear...
League
Earl nearly defected to AFL after Dank's secret try-out
Adrian Proszenko, Daniel Lane and Brad Walter Sandor Earl was on the cusp of switching to the AFL after participating in a secret try-out for Essendon arranged by sports scientist Stephen Dank.
Clubs left frustrated by archaic salary rules
Brad Walter NRL clubs have written to the ARL Commission calling for a review of the antiquated way the salary cap is administered.
Souths in great shape, but Sutton is cautious
Brad Walter South Sydney veteran John Sutton believes the Rabbitohs have never been better prepared to begin an NRL season, but he rubbished suggestions the club deserved premiership favouritism.
Sport in Crisis
Needles are 'red flags': Souths
Brad Walter South Sydney stars say injections are not commonplace in rugby league.
League
Any injections should raise red flags, say Inglis, Crocker
Brad Walter South Sydney stars say injections are not commonplace in rugby league and alarm bells should have been ringing for any player asked to take any substance via a needle.
Support from an All Star cast gives Tahu a chance to move on
Brad Walter IT TOOK more than two years, but Timana Tahu finally received closure on one of the most unsavoury incidents in Origin history when members of the Indigenous All Stars thanked him for walking out on...
Inglis shows he's a leader off the field as well as on
Brad Walter NRL culture and diversity manager Mark deWeerd was planning last weekend's inaugural Indigenous players camp when he received a call from Greg Inglis.
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.
