Daniel Lane on Paul Gallen
League
More legal woes for Sharks
Daniel Lane Sacked strength-and-conditioning coach Mark Noakes is the third member of the so-called Cronulla Four – the support staffers dismissed as a result of the alleged 2011 supplement program – preparing...
Desperate Eels pay top dollar in scramble to boost talent pool
Daniel Lane Canterbury prop Aiden Tolman is believed to have benefited from Parramatta's inability to recruit big-name players, after the Eels splashed out with a $2 million, three-year offer.
Rugby League
NRL 2013: the main men
Daniel Lane and Michael Chammas With the season kicking off on Thursday, we look at each team's key player.
Shark attack
Daniel Lane, Nick Ralston Cronulla Sharks players have allegedly received under-the-table payments from a security company sponsor, opening another battle front for the club at the centre of an investigation by the Australian...
Seething Sharks to present a united front, says Gallen
Daniel Lane Cronulla captain Paul Gallen said the Sharks would not only take the field against the Gold Coast on Sunday but each player would dedicate the match to the five staff members many believed were made...
League
Sharks set to reinstate Flanagan amid groundswell of support
Daniel Lane The besieged Cronulla Sharks are expected to reinstate Shane Flanagan as their coach on Tuesday after the club's supporters - and playing roster - made it clear they wanted him back at the helm.
Heighington hell-bent on living up to former arch-rival Gallen's rich praise
Daniel Lane CRONULLA recruit Chris Heighington described Sharks skipper Paul Gallen's very public endorsement of his worth as a player as a badge of honour.
Daley avoids Mundine bait
Daniel Lane LAURIE DALEY was deep in preparing the Indigenous All Stars' battle plan for this year's annual game against the rest of the NRL's best when he learned Anthony Mundine dismissed him and the late...
Comeback king Gordon aims to show Sharks fans he is still flash
Daniel Lane CRONULLA recruit Michael Gordon, restricted to 25 matches in the past two seasons through knee and ankle injuries, insists the nature of the problems that sidelined him did not mess with his head.
League
'He never stopped surprising me how tough he was': Tim Mannah pays tribute to his brother Jon
Daniel Lane and Michael Chammas Rugby league lost one of its true fighters overnight after Jon Mannah lost his brave battle against cancer.
League
Gallen cools expectations
Daniel Lane CRONULLA skipper Paul Gallen said he had advised some Cronulla fans to look at how Wests Tigers and Newcastle fared last season before saddling the Sharks with unrealistic expectations.
League
Cancer gives Lewis a new perspective
Daniel Lane IT MIGHTN'T have felt like it at the time but Cronulla recruit Luke Lewis enjoyed a significant victory on Friday even though his legs begged for mercy, his lungs screamed for oxygen, the blood...
Mandatory sentencing best way to prevent dirty acts, says Tamou
Daniel Lane NORTH QUEENSLAND prop James Tamou believes the ARL Commission should introduce mandatory sentences for grub acts, such as biting and eye-gouging an opponent, to scare players out of daring to even...
Horror draw doesn't give Cronulla nightmares
Daniel Lane CRONULLA skipper Paul Gallen dismissed the suggestion his team's run to the finals was a nightmare and said the Sharks must treat today's match against the Warriors as a warm-up for the pressure of...
Stuart tells Eels board to plug destabilising media leaks
Daniel Lane New Parramatta coach Ricky Stuart has directed two blunt messages to his club, telling board members their habit of leaking sensitive information to the media hurt the players and needed to cease...
Bring mongrel, be ruthless: Tamou in running to become top of the props
Daniel Lane NSW prop James Tamou is eager to live up to his promise to add ''mongrel'' to Wednesday night's decider in Brisbane and to take the mantle as the game's top prop from Queensland's Petero Civoniceva...
Carney continues his winning form
Daniel Lane CRONULLA five-eighth Todd Carney arrived at Shark Park for last night's match against the New Zealand Warriors determined to "turn up" for his teammates and to also build upon Wednesday's winning...
Bird tips 'freak' Hayne to ignite and help Blues turn the tables
Daniel Lane NSW forward Greg Bird says the ''compacted'' nature of a State of Origin series makes it easier for players such as besieged Parramatta star Jarryd Hayne to go out and ''explode''.
Bunnies in the swing
Daniel Lane Dealing with momentum swings is a big part of life in the NRL, and South Sydney co-captain Michael Crocker says the Rabbitohs are learning to cope properly when matches turn against them.
Soward blames himself as efforts amount to nil
Daniel Lane ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA five-eighth Jamie Soward expected to be smashed by the media after the Sharks kept his team scoreless, because the execution when they had the ball was poor and they failed to...
