Ethan Lowe had alleged he had suffered permanent paralysis to one side of his body after a tackle ended his career in 2020 in what was a test case for NRL players challenging the current policy.
He is the strong,silent engine driving Penrith towards a fourth straight NRL title – and a joke by his coach on grand final eve last year summed up the co-captain’s importance to the side.
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Willy Wonka gave out Golden Tickets,but we’ve handed out Magic Tickets to give our journalists the Christmas gift of a free pass to any sporting event ever held in Sydney.
Since the Broncos’ second-half collapse,their captain has already lost five kilograms in a bid to extend his career. But he doesn’t want to put himself through the torture again.
Straight after Penrith’s 2022 grand final victory,I predicted they would three-peat this year. Will they make it four in a row? I’m tipping a team that hasn’t won the premiership for over a decade.
We live in a time of presentism,where every sporting spectacle we gobble up has to be the greatest ever,but there is evidence to back our apparent arrogance.
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Nathan Cleary put the Panthers on his back and carried them to their third straight victory,all while suffering from a suspected ligament tear.
Too many fans have big mouths around our athletes and administrators must acknowledge it.
The 1989 crossbar alleged to be “two inches too high”. The Eel whose career ended on the spot and a Dragon’s despair in the company of the prime minister. This is the other side of an NRL comeback for the ages.