Backroom staff offer voices of experience
Chris Barrett OVERWHELMED by a lack of comparative grand final experience, one of Canterbury's greatest assets this week could be what resides inside the heads of the wise men in and around Belmore.
The niggle will continue as Reynolds won't change
Chris Barrett JOSH REYNOLDS would have read the results of a players' poll a couple of months ago, rating him the NRL's second biggest ''grub'' behind only his Canterbury captain Michael Ennis.
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Ennis hopes Sunday won't become replay of video ref blunders
Chris Barrett CANTERBURY captain Michael Ennis agrees it would be a great shame if Sunday's grand final was to be marred by a controversial refereeing decision.
Country chief slams Bennett over Buderus
Chris Barrett COUNTRY Rugby League officials are furious at what they see as Wayne Bennett's influence in the withdrawal of Danny Buderus from the State of Origin trial, saying "the game should be bigger than any...
We're mates: Toovey ignores Hasler hassles
Chris Barrett THEIR clubs are being painted as the most bitter of enemies before Friday's showdown at ANZ Stadium, but Geoff Toovey says he and Des Hasler are still on such good terms that they are swapping...
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Buderus out of Origin I with heel injury
Chris Barrett Danny Buderus can be all but scratched from the first game of the State of Origin series after being ruled out for three to four weeks by Newcastle today.
Farah, Ennis back in the frame
Chris Barrett Normal service is set to be resumed in the battle for the contentious NSW hooking job, with perennial contenders Michael Ennis and Robbie Farah to fight it out once again following dim injury news...
Buderus blues push Ennis and Farah into NSW frame
Chris Barrett NORMAL service is set to be resumed in the battle for the contentious NSW hooking job, with perennial contenders Michael Ennis and Robbie Farah to fight it out once again following dim injury news...
Tap and a nod: Reynolds enters Origin frame
Chris Barrett THE ankle tap is not quite extinct in the frantic-paced modern game but it is certainly a dying art.
