On AFL grounds,rugby league’s best kickers can get ‘lost’ in Origin

On AFL grounds,rugby league’s best kickers can get ‘lost’ in Origin

Since the NRL started taking a match to non-traditional states each year,the game’s best kickers have grappled with playing on AFL grounds. Does an oval field make a difference?

  • byAdam Pengilly

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Attack,X-factor and experience:Why NSW will win Origin II
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NRL 2024

Attack,X-factor and experience:Why NSW will win Origin II

This Blues side is a more dangerous team than the one in Sydney. Throw in Latrell Mitchell and NSW are primed to square the ledger in Melbourne.

  • byAndrew Johns
How Andrew Johns convinced Lachlan Galvin to commit to Tigers
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NRL 2024

How Andrew Johns convinced Lachlan Galvin to commit to Tigers

A week after requesting a release,the rising star has told Tigers officials he wants to play a key role in turning the side around. Comments from league’s eighth Immortal proved to be a catalyst.

  • byAdrian Proszenko
One way to make sure Origin is not ruined again – stop hitting people in the head
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NRL 2024

One way to make sure Origin is not ruined again – stop hitting people in the head

The Origin contest might have been ruined,but the NRL can’t go soft on acts of foul play.

  • byAndrew Johns
The Maroons are faster and flashier. But they have a weakness and Blues can exploit it

The Maroons are faster and flashier. But they have a weakness and Blues can exploit it

Game-day conditions at Accor Stadium promise to be perfect for NSW in the Origin opener. This is the gameplan that can lead them to victory.

  • byAndrew Johns
Origin in reverse:Queensland are raging favourites – and they can’t hide from it

Origin in reverse:Queensland are raging favourites – and they can’t hide from it

Always the team which picks the no-nonsense workers and rises above their underdog status,the Maroons are in new territory this year.

  • byAndrew Johns
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Why this is the most important three weeks of Nicho Hynes’ career
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NRL 2024

Why this is the most important three weeks of Nicho Hynes’ career

Over the next month,the Sharks have a golden chance to shake their tag as flat-track bullies – and their star man can prove he belongs at Origin level.

  • byAndrew Johns
Why the Roosters are the NRL’s most perplexing team
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NRL 2024

Why the Roosters are the NRL’s most perplexing team

At the start of the year,I thought they were top-four material. Right now,I wouldn’t be surprised if they stumble into the eight or miss the finals altogether.

  • byAndrew Johns
The Warriors are a serious team – and they’ve got one star who can help NSW
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NRL 2024

The Warriors are a serious team – and they’ve got one star who can help NSW

It might still be a while until Michael Maguire sits down to pick his Origin team,but he needs to make sure one Warriors sensation is on his radar.

  • byAndrew Johns
Fresh twist in tale of cancelled UK Australia Day event

Fresh twist in tale of cancelled UK Australia Day event

The Australian High Commission in London scrapped an Australia Day event following consultation with its First Nations working group,new documents reveal.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
17 minutes of magic:How Cleary sparked a great grand final comeback

17 minutes of magic:How Cleary sparked a great grand final comeback

From the break that started the comeback,the 40-20 kick,the miracle flick pass to finally running Brisbane off their legs – this is how rugby league’s best player engineered a comeback for the ages.

  • byAdam Pengilly