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[ad_1] Benji Marshall hasn’t even been the head coach for a single NRL game, yet there have been doubts raised whether he is putting in the work required to be successful in the caper. Marshall’s Tigers will kick off their season against the Raiders in Canberra on Saturday. The Daily Telegraph’s Dean Ritchie penned a … Read more
[ad_1] Questions have been raised over whether Spencer Leniu’s eight-game suspension for a racist slur towards Broncos pivot Ezra Mam was the right amount, with two journalists believing it was too harsh a sentence. After a hearing at NRL headquarters on Monday night, the Roosters prop was given an eight-week suspension despite apologising to Mam … Read more
[ad_1] Anthony Mundine has taken to social media to claim Spencer Leniu’s “monkey” remark to Broncos star Ezra Mam is “not racism”. Leniu apologised to Mam when admitting Thursday that he directed the term at the Broncos playmaker during the Roosters win in Las Vegas. In a video posted to Instagram on Thursday night, Mundine … Read more
[ad_1] Souths star Latrell Mitchell has written an emotional social media post in the wake of Spencer Leniu pleading guilty to racially abusing Broncos pivot Ezra Mam. Mitchell, a proud Indigenous man, has been outspoken on the issue all week, fiercely jumping to Mam’s defence and calling for Leniu to be harshly punished. After Mam … Read more
[ad_1] The president of one of the most successful and popular NFL franchises of all time has expressed an interest in potentially purchasing an NRL team. Ahead of the NRL’s historic double header in Las Vegas, Al Guido, who is also the chief executive of a sports consulting firm called Elevate, was the main speaker … Read more
[ad_1] Roosters fullback James Tedesco relished the bright lights of Las Vegas, handing in a stellar performance in his side’s 20-10 upset win over the Brisbane Broncos. Tedesco was best afield in the win, recording nine tackle busts, running for 182 metres and setting up the game sealing try. For the veteran, it would have … Read more
[ad_1] South Sydney star Latrell Mitchell is fighting fit and in a jovial mood ahead of his team’s historic season opener against the Sea Eagles in Las Vegas on Sunday (AEDT). Mitchell was joined up on the NRL 360 stage by Souths coach Jason Demetriou and teammate Damien Cook, with the three Rabbitohs giving an … Read more
[ad_1] Brisbane Broncos player Ethan O’Neill copped a very nasty injury in the team’s trial win over Manly on the weekend after being on the receiving end of an accidental eye gouge. O’Neill fractured his eye socket after Sea Eagles fullback Bailey Hodgson’s finger went deep into back rower’s eye. The son of former NRL … Read more
[ad_1] A couple of Queensland teams have copped brutal injury blows during the second week of the Pre-Season Challenge. Luckless Dolphin Tom Gilbert has likely suffered an ACL tear while the Cowboys believe Coen Hess has also sustained a serious knee injury. Hess walked off unassisted in the first minute of the second half, but … Read more
[ad_1] Two players have so far received suspensions for incidents during Week 1 of the Pre-Season Challenge, headlined by the three-game ban handed down to Manly prop Toafofoa Sipley. Sipley entered an early guilty plea to a Grade 2 Crusher Tackle on Roosters flyer Dom Young, who was sent to hospital in a neck brace … Read more