Kyle Flanagan

Pre-season challenge team lists, trials teams, ins and outs, AJ Brimson named at centre, Titans, Stephen Crichton, Bulldogs, Mitchell Moses returns, Eels

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[ad_1] The Eels, Storm and Dolphins are bringing out the big guns for week two of the Pre-season Challenge with their respective coaches naming close to full-strength sides. It’s a very different story for the Rabbitohs, Broncos, Roosters and Sea Eagles though. The four clubs are heading to Vegas this week ahead of the Round … Read more

Isaiah Papali’i, Wests Tigers, wooden spoon, roster, Benji Marshall, Parramatta Eels exit

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[ad_1] Isaiah Papali’i has declared he wants to be the “best back-rower in the comp” this year after what he conceded was a “tough” start to life as a Tiger. Papali’i was one of the Tigers’ big-fish signings for 2023, along with Api Koroisau and John Bateman. He went from the high of playing in … Read more

Sydney Roosters season preview, Trent Robinson, James Tedesco, Cooper Cronk, predicted finish, Spencer Leniu, Dom Young

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[ad_1] NRL great Cooper Cronk believes the Roosters have all the “ingredients to be lifting that premiership” in 2024, but says they will have to change their approach in the first half of this season after a slow getaway last year. Beginning the season as premiership favourites in 2023, the Roosters’ campaign was off to … Read more

20-team expansion call from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Papua New Guinea, Newtown Jets, North Sydney Bears, news, highlights, videos

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[ad_1] Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has doubled down on his support for ARLC chairman Peter V’landys’ NRL expansion bid, calling for a 20-team competition. V’landys is reportedly keen to have 20 teams in the NRL in the next decade, with Papua New Guinea the favourite to secure the 18th franchise license. PNG’s push has been … Read more

Matt Lodge, New York arrest, charges, home invasion, opens up, Bye Round podcast, USA, Broncos, Sea Eagles, news, videos

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[ad_1] Manly enforcer Matt Lodge has opened up on the drunken New York rampage that saw him arrested at gunpoint by police after a terrifying home invasion in 2015. Lodge, 28, was spared jail time after being initially charged with felony burglary causing injury, an offence which carried a minimum of five years in jail. … Read more

Pre-season, NRL trials, players to watch, rookies, emerging stars, Broncos, Blake Mozer, Ricky Stuarts, Raiders, news, videos, highlights

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[ad_1] NRL pre-season games have arrived and every year a new crop of emerging stars stamp their mark and push for higher honours with trail blazing performances. The 2023 pre-season challenge unearthed a number of regular first graders including J’maine Hopgood, Alofiana Khan-Pereira and Isaiya Katoa. Hopgood went on to become an integral figure in … Read more

Bulldogs roster overhaul, Phil Gould, Raymond Faitala-Mariner, reaction, rugby league news, 2021 to 2024

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[ad_1] With Monday’s release of disgruntled forward Raymond Faitala-Mariner, the Bulldogs remarkably do not have one player from their original top 30 squad from 2021 left at the club. Led by general manager of football Phil Gould, the Bulldogs have remarkably flipped their entire roster in the space of three years. Gould was hired by … Read more

Corey Allan ruptures ACL, Ronald Volkman cut from St George Illawarra Dragons, medical exam, season-ending shoulder injury

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[ad_1] The Dragons’ pre-season preparations took a major turn for the worse with two new recruits suffering devastating injuries. Corey Allan and Ronald Volkman will in all likelihood watch the campaign unfold from the sidelines, with the latter requiring shoulder surgery while Allan suffered a ruptured ACL, the Dragons confirmed on Friday. It is a … Read more