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Bradman Best to miss sudden-death Cowboys clash in blow to Knights
Newcastle have lost one of their biggest strike weapons ahead of their must-win clash in Townsville.
- by Adam Pengilly, Christian Nicolussi, Michael Chammas and Adrian Proszenko
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Why your team’s on Mad Monday ... and do they have hope for 2025?
From off-field dramas to being plagued by injury, each of the nine teams have reasons for not playing finals this year.
- by Billie Eder
Dragons star Jack Bird agrees to two-year deal with Wests Tigers
Bird informed Tigers representatives on Friday he will take up a deal worth around $400,000 a year with the joint venture club from next season.
- by Michael Chammas, Dan Walsh, Billie Eder, Christian Nicolussi, Roy Ward and Adam Pengilly
Radley to delay surgery as Smith, Walker take Roosters to 12 ACL ruptures in five years
Two of the Tricolours’ most important players have become the 11th and 12th Roosters to have suffered rugby league’s most feared injury since 2020.
- by Dan Walsh
Opinion
NRL 2024
Four games, eight ACLs. What have the Roosters done to upset rugby league gods?
Unbelievably, this was the fourth time since 2020 that two Roosters players have suffered torn ACLs in the same match.
- by Andrew Webster
‘You’ve done it too many times’: Robinson, Whitehead clash after injuries rock Roosters
Coach Trent Robinson confronted the Canberra skipper after a fiery encounter left two key Roosters stars with potentially season-ending injuries.
- by Billie Eder
Raiders 22 Panthers 18
NRL 2024
Penrith’s shock loss tips title race on its head as Storm clinch minor premiership
The premiers will drop to fourth on the ladder if the Roosters and Cronulla win their matches on Sunday, while the Giltinan Shield is headed back to Melbourne.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Dragons 10 Bulldogs 28
NRL 2024
‘Kyle said he didn’t do it’: Dragons deny claims Dog bitten
TV footage showed Crichton react when laying on top of former Bulldogs player Flanagan. He later appeared with blood on his nose.
- by Christian Nicolussi
The night Luke Brooks realised what Manly really wanted from him
When they signed him from Wests Tigers, Manly weren’t merely looking for a sidekick for Daly Cherry-Evans. But it took a while for that to sink in.
- by Christian Nicolussi
‘I would have left in an ambulance’: Raiders fan feared injury at hands of Belmore mob
Video footage on social media shows a well-known Canberra fan being accosted by an unruly mob of Bulldogs fans on Sunday night following Canterbury’s win over the Raiders.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Untold story of how milestone man Papalii almost became a Rabbitoh
Josh Papalii will play his 300th game for the Canberra Raiders on Sunday, but six years ago was tempted to join Souths in 2018 as a back-row replacement for Roosters-bound Angus Crichton.
- by Christian Nicolussi