Brad Walter

Brad Walter

Brad Walter is Chief Rugby League Writer for The Sydney Morning Herald

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Six of the best proposed for expanded club challenge

Brad Walter The World Club Challenge is set to be expanded to six teams under a proposal that would also result in three NRL sides playing a warm-up match each against a Super League club.

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Parra, Raiders need to be good sports

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Brad Walter South Sydney needed a prop to overcome their front-row injury crisis midway through the 2011 season, so the Rabbitohs convinced Leeds to release Luke Burgess by paying the Super League club a...

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Eels talk with British forward

Gareth Hock

BRAD WALTER Wigan hardman Gareth Hock may be the next English forward to join the NRL after being linked with a move to Parramatta next season.

League

Miller to pair with Marshall

Benji Marshall

Brad Walter AFTER rejecting approaches from rival NRL and Super League clubs, boom Wests Tigers halfback Jacob Miller is set to get the chance to partner Benji Marshall in the halves.

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Rabbitohs welcome another Burgess bro

Tom Burgess is the latest of four brothers to join the NRL South Sydney Rabbitohs.8th November 2012Photo: Wolter PeetersThe Sydney Morning Herald

Brad Walter TOM BURGESS, the last of the four English brothers to join South Sydney, makes no secret about his ambition with the Rabbitohs next season.

League

Polished, professional Potter to take reins from Sheens

Mick Potter

Brad Walter WESTS TIGERS officials are set to end their month-long hunt for a new coach by appointing Mick Potter to replace Tim Sheens today.

Mick Potter is new coach of Wests Tigers

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Brad Walter Wests Tigers have confirmed the appointment of Mick Potter as the club's new coach for the next two seasons.

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Happy Tigers get their man as Potter embraced by stars

Mick Potter

Brad Walter, Emma Partridge SENIOR Wests Tigers players have endorsed the appointment of Mick Potter as the club's new coach, with Benji Marshall, Robbie Farah and Braith Anasta among the first to pass on their congratulations...

League

Sheens to take pay cut if he stays on

Tim Sheens.

Brad Walter Tim Sheens is expected to take a pay cut if he accepts a new undefined role at Wests Tigers after the club yesterday confirmed it would appoint a new coach for next season.

Sheens tipped for new role

tim sheens

Brad Walter TIM SHEENS is expected to take a pay cut if he accepts a new undefined role at Wests Tigers after the club yesterday confirmed it would appoint a new coach for next season.

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Potter reckons he could weave magic as Tigers coach

:     BRADFORD, ENGLAND - JULY 08: Bradford coach Mick Potter       during the Stobart Superleague match between Bradford Bulls and London       Broncos at Odsal Stadium on July 8, 2012 in Bradford, England. (Photo by       Gareth Copley/Getty Images) potter.jpg

Brad Walter SUPER LEAGUE coach of the year Michael Potter has expressed an interest in the vacant Wests Tigers job after returning home to Australia.

Unlocking the codes would benefit Australia's Olympic cause

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Brad Walter Ben Barba, Digby Ioane, Jarryd Hayne, Greg Inglis, James O'Connor, Kurtley Beale, Quade Cooper, Karmichael Hunt, Cameron Smith, David Pocock, Tony Williams, James Tamou, Tariq Sims.

Winning Starts Monday

Want to win gold in Rio? Take a few league stars along ... and maybe an AFL player

Brad Walter Ben Barba, Digby Ioane, Jarryd Hayne, Greg Inglis, James O'Connor, Kurtley Beale, Quade Cooper, Karmichael Hunt, Cameron Smith, David Pocock, Tony Williams, James Tamou, Tariq Sims.

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Stuart quitting NSW post news to Gallen

Brad Walter Ricky Stuart's decision to rule himself out as NSW coach next season came as such a shock that Blues captain Paul Gallen claimed to be unaware of the news.

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Burgess keen to call Australia home

Sam Burgess

Brad Walter SAM BURGESS enjoys playing in the NRL with South Sydney so much that he is planning to become an Australian citizen so he can live here after he retires.

Junior Stuart sticks with dad to run Blues

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Brad Walter It's not just NSW players and officials who want Ricky Stuart to stay on as coach - his son Jackson is also keen for the 45-year-old former premiership winning player and coach to do the job again.

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League

Royce Simmons expected to be sacked by St Helens

Royce Simmons.

Brad Walter Penrith great Royce Simmons has reportedly been sacked as coach of St Helens after the Super League club's fourth consecutive loss on the weekend against Bradford.

Rich deal will see Brown remain in Super League

Brad Walter Rule out Nathan Brown as the next Super League coach returning to the NRL, with the former St George Illawarra mentor set to take charge at St Helens.

Dragons make Tigers and Cashmere sweat on move

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Brad Walter Did ill-feeling from the Dragons over the Tim Moltzen affair this week cost Wests Tigers the services of Ray Cashmere to bolster their front-row stocks? SinBin has been told Cashmere was so close to...

Western Sydney Panthers? Gould's taking no chances

Brad Walter Penrith supremo Phil Gould said the club had lodged a trademark application for ''Western Sydney Panthers'' as a ''safeguard'' for the future and has no plans to change its name.