Roy Masters on Storm - League HQ - canberratimes.com.au

Roy Masters

Roy Masters is a Rugby League Columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald

Roy Masters

Short-term goals win out for Bellamy, Storm

Roy Masters Craig Bellamy has opted for immediate short-term team success in Melbourne over guaranteed long-term personal security and stability with St George Illawarra.

Storm must pick big pack to counter Manly brawn

Roy Masters Two months ago, none of the other semi-final-bound teams wanted to meet the Bulldogs in the grand final.

Comments 4

League

Why halves hold the key to ending Blues' pain

Roy Masters Selecting the Roosters' halves to meet Queensland in Wednesday's first State of Origin match is a mission akin to going into the water to fight a shark.

Comments 47

League

NSW soar towards a blue-moon treat

Roy Masters Origin I was akin to co-pilots of a jumbo jet operating the controls antagonistically, one seeking to put the plane on the tarmac, the other striving to soar to the skies.

Comments 6

League

SBW's luck too good to be believed

Roy Masters Is Sonny Bill Williams a protected species?

League

Too many players cashing cheques their abilities can't match

Roy Masters There are too many footballers playing NRL each week not up to standard and too many receiving money their experience or talents don't justify.

Comments 28

LEAGUE

Stars and young hopefuls growing apart

Roy Masters The recent deaths of two young players raise questions about the disconnect between an NRL team and its feeder teams, compared with the days when there was strong mentoring by senior players across...

Comments 9

League

Daylight separates quick and dead slow

Roy Masters With the top four NRL teams threatening to break away, the challenge is to bring them back to the pack.

Comments 12

League

Lack of Plan B compounds copycat conundrum

Roy Masters Basically, there are two ways for a rugby league team to use the ball: go through the opposition, or around them.

Comments 3

League

Obstruction rule needs a serious rethink

Roy Masters DANIEL Anderson's black-and-white rules on obstruction are designed to cut out any grey but will leave the NRL red-faced.

Comments 9

Rugby League

NRL plans for worst on drugs

Roy Masters Defaulted grand final and internal draft to reinforce ranks of any club stripped of players.

League

Parramatta deal a boost to students of the game

Roy Masters THE saddest, possibly the blackest, day in rugby league history occurred in 1937, according to a past chairman of the ARL, Bill Buckley.

Comments 4

Cronulla coach 'knew of doping'

Roy Masters Club directors believe five knew about alleged doping procedures and kept them hidden.

League

Sharks allege cover-up

Roy Masters The Cronulla Sharks board stood down coach Shane Flanagan and sacked four other key staff members because the directors believe they knew about alleged doping procedures at the club and kept it...

League

Hot topic: should the season kick off at night?

Roy Masters Islands in the oceans may drown and the Antarctic ice shelf melt but climate change takes on an immediate meaning for coaches when it affects the scheduling of games.

Comments 9

NRL considers nightmare scenario

Roy Masters A defaulted grand final and an internal draft to reinforce the ranks of any club stripped of players because of doping sanctions are among the contingency plans the NRL has drawn up in response to...