Glenn Jackson

Glenn Jackson

Glenn Jackson is a Rugby League Writer for The Sydney Morning Herald

Benji admits ego was bruised by bench role

Glenn Jackson Wests Tigers five-eighth Benji Marshall has opened up about his demotion, saying he was ''embarrassed'' to have been benched against South Sydney while promising to do everything he can to ensure it...

Potter tips gutted Marshall to return to his best form

Benji Marshall

Glenn Jackson Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter said dumped five-eighth Benji Marshall would still play a ''significant part'' in Friday night's clash with South Sydney, while denying he had singled out the star...

Marshall set to be rushed back for Tigers clash with Dogs

Benji Marshall

Michael Chammas and Glenn Jackson Wests Tigers five-eighth Benji Marshall is expected to be rushed into the side for Friday night's clash with the Bulldogs after recovering from turf toe.

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Reynolds stars as Dogs destroy Tigers

Josh Reynolds

Glenn Jackson Three significant returns have occurred for the Bulldogs. Props James Graham and Sam Kasiano made comebacks, and they were important enough for the previously stuttering Bulldogs.

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Unburdened Carney unleashes full arsenal on opponents

Carney

Glenn Jackson As he was weighing up whether to sign with Penrith, the Warriors or remain at Cronulla, Todd Carney conceded he was being weighed down.

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Carney on high as Tigers bomb out

Carney

Glenn Jackson A day after Todd Carney signed for life, he handed Marika Koroibete not quite a lifetime of misery, but certainly quite a few nightmares as the Sharks beat Wests Tigers 30-6 at Allianz Stadium on...

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Gidley giddy after getting call up for Kangaroos

Kurt Gidley

Glenn Jackson The Australian rugby league team is staying in the casino complex in Canberra, yet the squad had witnessed a gamble well before they walked through the front doors.

League

Marshall set to sign $4m deal to stay with Tigers

Benji Marshall

Glenn Jackson, Adrian Proszenko Wests Tigers five-eighth Benji Marshall is poised to sign one of the biggest deals in the NRL.

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Farah happy to leave SCG in the past

Robbie Farah

Glenn Jackson Having lost their past three matches - but also their past three at the SCG - Wests Tigers captain Robbie Farah wasn't in much of a mood to reminisce.

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Sorry Soward on back foot after heated exchange with wrong man

Soward

Glenn Jackson St George Illawarra five-eighth Jamie Soward offered an apology to Wests Tigers captain Robbie Farah over an on-field sledge that is believed to have included a reference to the hooker's late mother.

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Bennett stands up for fixture, despite spate of withdrawals

Jamal Idris

Adrian Proszenko, Glenn Jackson Wayne Bennett has defended the players against suggestions they don't take the City-Country fixture seriously, claiming the spate of withdrawals is due to the rigours of an increasingly onerous NRL...

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Farah close to signing a new deal with Tigers

Farah

Glenn Jackson Wests Tigers officials are close to re-signing their captain and hooker Robbie Farah, and may do so as early as next week.

League

Farah's long-term relationship to continue with club of his life

Robbie Farah.

Glenn Jackson On the occasions Wests Tigers captain Robbie Farah woke up disillusioned and thinking hard about leaving the club, he imagined himself in other colours.

League

Gallen replaced as figurehead amid probe

Gallen

Adrian Proszenko, Glenn Jackson A State of Origin advertising campaign featuring Paul Gallen has been abandoned amid fears this year's series will be tarnished by the drugs scandal at Cronulla.

Stuart looks for positives in Tigers defeat

Hayne

Glenn Jackson Parramatta coach Ricky Stuart conceded the loss to Wests Tigers would be a "learning curve" for his co-captain Jarryd Hayne, as well as his young squad, whose ill-discipline cost them at Leichhardt...

League

Eels left standing as Tigers' twin engines click into gear

Tigers

Glenn Jackson WHEN Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall, unbreakable and unpredictable respectively, are in that sort of mood, Wests Tigers are always difficult to beat.

Carney the priority for reinstated Flanagan

Todd Carney

Adrian Proszenko, Daniel Lane, Glenn Jackson Shane Flanagan has labelled the retention of free agent Todd Carney as ''priority No.1' after being reinstated as Cronulla coach.

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Panel in a bind as hit highlights grey areas

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Glenn Jackson The match-review panel will be in a no-win situation when it meets to decide the fate of Manly forward Richie Fa'aoso.

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Young guns prepared to prop up Tigers

Jack Buchanan

Glenn Jackson They are the youngest starting props in the premiership by some distance, with 42 years between them when most clubs at least notch a half century.

Potter: sidelining Farah didn't cause loss

Potter

Glenn Jackson Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter has dismissed the notion that Manly stole the game away from his side on Thursday night as a result of his decision to interchange his captain, Robbie Farah, late in...