Rugby League
Elation greets $1bn television rights contract
Josh Rakic and Greg Prichard, Sydney Leading NRL players and officials warmly welcome news of a $1.025 billion television deal.
Rugby League
Players and officials laud 'great result for the game'
Greg Prichard, Josh Rakic THE game's leading players and officials have warmly welcomed the news of a $1.025 billion television deal, describing it as a massive boost that will considerably strengthen rugby league's position...
Talking points
Sharks star has to show he's back to brilliant best
Greg Prichard Tonight's game between Parramatta and Cronulla will give NSW a good idea of their chances against Queensland in State of Origin II.
League
Old gripe about refs, same old result for Smith's plucky Roosters
Greg Prichard To their credit, Sydney Roosters coach Brian Smith and captain Braith Anasta said controversial decisions by the match officials - the majority of which went against their side - didn't cost them the...
Set of six
Raiders prove Storm can be silenced when stars are absent
Greg Prichard Melbourne have been exposed again.
Numero uno: Mortimer at fullback for Dogs clash
Greg Prichard DANIEL MORTIMER has been named at fullback for Sydney Roosters in their opening trial game against Canterbury at Belmore Sports Ground on Sunday but that is just the first of a number of positions he...
McIntyre system gone, and that's final
Greg Prichard THE realisation that it had become grossly unfair to force losing top-four teams to play away against lower-ranked teams in the second week of the finals series drove the decision to dump the...
Clock ticking for Blues wannabes as squad takes shape
Greg Prichard INJURED stars Glenn Stewart, Josh Dugan and Brett Stewart need to get back on the field quickly if they are to have any chance of making the NSW side for State of Origin I against Queensland at...
Power play: Blues prepared to pair Sims with Williams for extra impact
Greg Prichard Don't be surprised if NSW go with a double whammy of second-row powerhouses off the bench in Tariq Sims and Tony Williams for Origin I against Queensland.
Carney has the tricks to take Origin by storm
Greg Prichard 1 Todd Carney must play sensationally for NSW to have a chance of winning game one and getting the jump on Queensland in the State of Origin series.
Mortimer out to grab his chance
Greg Prichard DANIEL MORTIMER says this is the chance he has been anticipating ever since he joined Sydney Roosters at the end of last season.
Reunion of dynamic duo thrills Toovey
Greg Prichard TOMORROW'S game against Sydney Roosters will mark the first time Manly's dynamic duo, Kieran Foran and Daly Cherry-Evans, have played together since both sorted out their futures - a proposition that...
Long time coming, but big-game debut a chance to carve up troubled history, and the opposition
Greg Prichard When would Todd Carney have made his State of Origin debut, had he not been his own worst enemy? Probably 2009.
