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1 week ago | 
watoday.com.au | Billie Eder |Dan Walsh |Kayla Olaya |Michael Chammas
State of Origin Game II LIVE updates: NSW look to take out series against Queensland at Optus Stadium in PerthSaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeKey postsHide key postsGo to latestHave your say: who will win? Have your say: who will be man of the match?
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1 week ago | 
theage.com.au | Billie Eder |Dan Walsh |Kayla Olaya |Michael Chammas
From Eighth Immortal Andrew Johns today - the pinpoint attacking play that beat Queensland all ends up when he was in charge of the Blues 22 years ago, and then again in Origin I. The double pump is a movement teams will use when they’re attacking the tryline from around 10 metres out. It worked 22 years ago for NSW on the very same patch of grass at Suncorp Stadium, and it worked superbly in Origin I.
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1 week ago | 
smh.com.au | Billie Eder |Dan Walsh |Kayla Olaya |Christian Nicolussi
Pinned post from By Christian NicolussiBilly Slater has been forced to apologise to the family of Paul Green after referencing the late Queensland coach during an emotional State of Origin press conference yesterday. Slater has come under fire after referencing Green on Tuesday during a press conference in Perth, when answering a question about being called a “grub” by former NSW forward Aaron Woods in the lead-up to tonight’s game. Read the full story here.
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1 week ago | 
watoday.com.au | Dan Walsh |Billie Eder
Personalities such as Latrell Mitchell, Jarome Luai and Spencer Leniu are duly celebrated for offering something, anything interesting when they speak, and then criticised to the point that two of the trio now aren’t talking at all. NSW No.7 Nathan Cleary – the game’s most prominent introvert – revels in the variety of personalities around him.
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1 month ago | 
smh.com.au | Michael Chammas |Danny Weidler |Dan Walsh
By Michael Chammas, Danny Weidler and Dan Walsh May 25, 2025 — 1.43pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Lachlan Galvin is set to accept a three-and-a-half year deal to join the Bulldogs immediately once an end to his tumultuous Wests Tigers career is signed off.
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2 months ago | 
theage.com.au | Dominic Brock |Nick Wright |Dan Walsh |Adrian Proszenko
LoadingPinned post from By Nick WrightDolphins coach Kristian Woolf has called for an overhaul of the crackdown on high contact, believing if a player lies down in a bid to draw a penalty they must undergo a head injury assessment. LoadingOn the eve of round five the NRL warned referees would be instructed to deliver harsher penalties on contact to the head after they deemed a series of incidents the weekend prior should have drawn punishment.
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Mar 17, 2025 | 
watoday.com.au | Dan Walsh |Dan Walsh
Of the 10 bombs Chad Townsend (eight) and Sandon Smith (two) launched at Commbank Stadium, three drew errors from teenager Casey McLean and star fullback Dylan Edwards. The two McLean mistakes in the air led to Roosters tries in the next set and a recalibration of the usual bombing to a winger’s corner was noted by Immortal Andrew Johns on The Sunday Footy Show. “From 40 [metres out], they kicked deliberately short to compete,” Johns said. “I’ve never seen anyone exploit Brian To’o.
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Mar 13, 2025 | 
watoday.com.au | Dan Walsh |Dan Walsh
“Maybe a window into what we’re thinking down the track,” Adam O’Brien said afterwards, which drew a smirk from Ponga. Both captain and coach understood but were still unimpressed with repeated questions about Brown and the biggest deal in rugby league history after an impressive 26-12 win. But the new attacking dynamic with livewire Fletcher Sharpe at five-eighth has Ponga touching the ball almost 30 per cent more often this season.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
watoday.com.au | Billie Eder |Dan Walsh
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
theage.com.au | Billie Eder |Dan Walsh
By Billie Eder and Dan Walsh March 6, 2025 — 3.37pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Dolphins coach Kristian Woolf believes the NRL had no other option than to relocate their opening round match against the Rabbitohs from Brisbane to Sydney on Friday night, with Cyclone Alfred forecast to make landfall on Friday.
