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
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...
League
Farah set to fill leadership role if Gallen has to miss Origin
Brad Walter Robbie Farah is set to take over as NSW captain if Paul Gallen is forced out of the State of Origin series opener after suffering a knee injury during Cronulla's gritty 21-20 defeat of Newcastle.
League
Williams and Grant thrown a lifeline to push for Blues
Brad Walter NSW officials hope forwards Tony Williams and Tim Grant will use the City-Country match to play themselves back into form before the coming State of Origin series.
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.
Fa'aoso gets off one hook but may still be snared
Brad Walter Richie Fa'aoso is set to avoid becoming the first NRL player charged with the new offence of making a shoulder charge - but the Manly forward could be booked for dangerous contact over the incident...
Equine intervention: Sharks leave the stable door open
Brad Walter Rumours that Cronulla players were using so-called ''horse drugs'' began after one member of the squad allegedly asked what ''equine'' meant.
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.
Stars call for release of $200m future fund to end cap dispute
Brad Walter PLAYERS and clubs are set to pressure the ARL Commission to release cash from a proposed $200 million future fund to help meet salary cap increases after a three-hour meeting, involving some of the...
Rugby League
$3 million Eels deal comes too late to retain Folau
Brad Walter NRL salary cap auditor Ian Schubert's approval of a deal for Israel Folau to join Parramatta next season has come too late, with the former AFL convert turning his back on a return to the code to...
League
Eels deal comes too late to sign Folau
Brad Walter NRL salary cap auditor Ian Schubert's approval of a deal for Israel Folau to join Parramatta next season came too late for the Eels after the former AFL convert turned his back on the club - although...
Grant: We tried our best to land Folau
Brad Walter ARL COMMISSION chairman John Grant has defended the NRL's role in the Israel Folau saga as the former Test and Origin star prepares to reveal why he turned his back on a return to league to play...
League
Players up in arms as ARLC outlaws the shoulder charge
Brad Walter ANGRY NRL stars have hit out at a proposed worldwide ban on shoulder charges, with Wests Tigers captain Robbie Farah calling for a review of the decision.
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.
AFL
American holiday got it moving
Brad Walter, Adrian Proszenko A US holiday with good friends Jarryd Hayne, Tim Mannah and Joseph Paulo sowed the seeds for Israel Folau's return to the NRL next season with Parramatta.
Stuart thanks AFL stint for making Izzy an even bigger star
Brad Walter ISRAEL FOLAU'S stint in AFL could make him the most marketable player in the NRL, with private sponsors set to stick with the former Greater Western Sydney star when he joins Parramatta next season.
League
What now for Folau? The big issues ...
Brad Walter We take a look at some of the potential issues facing Israel Folau after his move back to the NRL.
It's almost a deal - Folau set to sign with Eels
Brad Walter, Adrian Proszenko A US holiday with good friends Jarryd Hayne, Tim Mannah and Joseph Paulo may have sowed the seeds for Israel Folau's return to the NRL next season.
Brad Walter
On-field stars shine brighter than the desk jockeys
Brad Walter A CEO doesn't put bums on seats, so why the distorted pay scale?
Johnson eyes sevens ticket to Rio
Brad Walter Warriors halfback Shaun Johnson has put his hand up for the 2016 Olympics - and New Zealand rugby sevens coach Gordon Tietjens believes he would be a great asset to the Kiwis' gold medal hopes.
