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NRL cracking down on foul play
NRL players are more likely to be sent from the field for a shoulder charge after the NRL Competition Committee moved to launch a crackdown on foul play, and time wasting.
NRL players are more likely to be sent from the field for a shoulder charge after the NRL Competition Committee moved to launch a crackdown on foul play, and time wasting.
The side playing against the Titans on Sunday looks like one that can start winning games, writes Richie Barnett. It's a pretty solid team and one that can turn tight defeats into results.
The injury-hit Wests Tigers have been boosted by the return of Benji Marshall for tonight's NRL clash with Canterbury at ANZ Stadium.
Gold Coast sustained some serious damage on the scoreboard and in the injury department as Newcastle logged their first away win of the NRL season at Skilled Park yesterday.
Another rollicking weekend of NRL football already has clubs reaching for their calculators - and not even the struggling Warriors are out of top eight possibilities.
Despite neutral referees being non-negotiable in almost every other international sport, they are unlikely to be fixtures at this year's Rugby League World Cup.
It was far from their vintage best but the Cowboys got their campaign back on track with a workmanlike win over a flat Canberra side.
Penrith's halves crisis deepened yesterday with young five-eighth Blake Austin ruled out for six weeks with a foot injury.
The Kiwis experienced the familiar taste of defeat in the Anzac test, but they would do well to remember the unfamiliar taste of fear Australia might have experienced for 40 minutes.
Watch a replay of our live coverage of the Kiwis taking on Australia in the Anzac Test in Canberra.
The Kiwis must get their kicking game right against Australia in Canberra tonight, says Richie Barnett.
The Anzac test has been played most years since the first one in 1997 but rarely has it truly embraced the Anzac message like it has this time around in Canberra.
Kieran Foran forged a reputation in the early years of his NRL career for his aggressive intent but now he's ready to embrace his softer side.
Try telling James Maloney that Sunday's City-Country league clash doesn't mean anything.
Sonny Bill Williams' highly-anticipated return to international rugby league has been delayed because of injury.
Warriors coach Matt Elliott described it as the difference in the agonising loss to the Rabbitohs last week while Shaun Johnson says it is a priority "work-on" for the team's playmakers.
It's common in rugby league to talk about a home ground being a fortess. Hunter Stadium has been more of a castle for the Knights.
Theoretically, Konrad Hurrell could play for both Tonga and the Kiwis in 2014 but league's governing body are confident that the game's eligibility rules are clear and much tighter in World Cup year.
We are at the stage of the season where injuries, suspensions, form and form slumps come into calculation for the selection of the Kiwi team, says Hugh McGahan.
They are still the nearly men, the Warriors, but at least they are beginning to look more like themselves.
Assistant coach Tony Iro will replace the suspended Tony Kemp as Kiwis team manager for next Friday night's Anzac test against the Kangaroos in Canberra.
All eyes will be on the long-awaited return of Canberra captain Terry Campese in tonight's clash against the Warriors.