After almost three years and 21 games without being beaten at home,Penrith finally lost a game at BlueBet Stadium. And their coach was so hobbled he couldn’t even make it to the stadium.
One of the hardest hitters in the NRL says he supports moves to make the game safer,but argued slow motion and still frames make tackles seem worse than they may be.
Michael Maguire’s career was supposed to be on life support. But thanks to a player whose own NRL career was dead six months ago,the Tigers caused the upset of the season.
Parramatta launched a second-half assault to thump the Dragons after Griffin opted to leave two of his best prospects out of the starting side after only three weeks of the season.
The practice has been described as having the potential to end a season,but not a single NRL player is yet to be suspended for it this year despite a slew of charges.
Sean Russell faces an extended period on the sidelines as the fallout from Parramatta’s wild round one win stretched to comments from the Titans coach and blatant time-wasting.
The Eels are sweating on the result of scans on a knee injury to winger Haze Dunster after he was felled in a nasty tackle fromTyrell Fuimaono,who was a lightning rod for controversy last year.
No club has been in the NRL silly season spotlight more than the Eels,but coach Brad Arthur says he’s “not panicking about it”.
The coach was in no mood to talk about his war of words before and after Penrith’s first finals loss,and was just as coy about his team make-up as the Panthers fight to stay alive.
In a code which thrives on paranoia and agendas,Ivan Cleary ensured the Panthers read like an open book in a pre-finals warning shot.
The Parramatta coach said the time for talking after last week’s “humiliation” is over,taking the blame for the side’s alarming dip in form.