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Roosters stun Broncos in 10-point win at Suncorp

1 week ago | espn.in | Matt Bungard |Joel Spreadborough

Sydney Roosters secured a deserved second win of the season with centre Billy Smith scoring a brilliant two tries in a 26-16 takedown of Brisbane. It was 25-year-old Smith's second game back after an 18-month injury layoff and he turned it on at Suncorp Stadium in front of 40,814 fans on Friday night. Editor's PicksOrigin teams tracker: Latrell in for Lomax, Holmes in for GagaiSkipper and fullback James Tedesco, hooker Connor Watson and prop Nat Butcher were all superb.
Holmes, Flanagan star as Dragons belt woeful Titans

1 week ago | espn.in | Matt Bungard |Joel Spreadborough

Valentine Holmes has helped orchestrate a St George Illawarra skirmish that paved the way for a 38-16 thrashing of woeful Gold Coast in Wollongong. Editor's PicksOrigin teams tracker: Latrell in for Lomax, Holmes in for GagaiNew recruit Holmes scored one try, tore away to help set up another and nailed three sideline conversions as the Dragons scored three times in six-and-a-half minutes to end Friday's contest by halftime.
State of Origin teams tracker: Latrell in for Lomax, Holmes in for Gagai

2 weeks ago | espn.in | Matt Bungard |Joel Spreadborough

Is it still way too early to launch into unbridled State of Origin speculation? It feels like we've barely finished Australia's home summer of cricket, and surely shouldn't be diving too deep into rugby league's showpiece. And yet Maroons skipper Daly Cherry-Evans has been under more recent scrutiny than an Aussie Test cricket captain after a loss in Perth and the first five weeks of the NRL competition has definitely thrown a few late swinging yorkers down the pitch at Origin selectors.
NRL Snakes and Ladders: Tigers continue to climb

1 month ago | espn.in | Darren Arthur |Matt Bungard |Joel Spreadborough

We have something new for the 2025 NRL season. With last season's final table acting as a starting order, each week we will move teams up, down or nowhere at all, depending on their performances on the weekend. Editor's PicksManly lose Paseka as Garrick stars in Raiders thrashingState of Origin teams tracker: Walsh out, Ponga in? For example, this weekend the Tigers jumped on another ladder thanks to their gutsy victory over the Dolphins, while the Roosters landed on a snake in Auckland.
Gutsy Titans too good for error-prone Knights in NRL

1 month ago | espn.in | Matt Bungard |Joel Spreadborough

They're hardly attributes you normally associate with Gold Coast but the Titans have shown grit in defence and a ruthless streak in attack to claim a 26-6 NRL win over Newcastle. Des Hasler's side ran in four tries to one despite the Knights shading the territory battle to claim their first victory of the season on a humid evening in front of 14,602 fans at CBUS Super Stadium.
Koroisau stars in Tigers' comeback win over Dolphins

1 month ago | espn.in | Matt Bungard |Joel Spreadborough

Wests Tigers have come from behind for a wonderful 30-18 away victory to sink the Dolphins with co-captain Api Koroisau standing up when the game was on the line. Koroisau scored the final try to wrap up the win after the 32-year-old proved too quick and cunning from dummy-half. The Tigers trailed 18-6 in the 63rd minute at Kayo Stadium on Saturday before five-eighth Lachlan Galvin and hooker Koroisau were involved in key plays.
Cruising Sharks bring Souths crashing back to earth

1 month ago | espn.in | Matt Bungard |Joel Spreadborough

Cronulla have dealt South Sydney a reality check and reiterated their own NRL heavyweight status with a comfortable 27-12 win at Shark Park. The depleted Rabbitohs had been the competition's surprise packet across an unbeaten opening fortnight, but were man-handled by red-hot Sharks halves Braydon Trindall and Nicho Hynes on Saturday.
Seibold wants to give DCE time to consider future

1 month ago | espn.in | Matt Bungard |Joel Spreadborough

Manly coach Anthony Seibold says Daly Cherry-Evans deserves to be given time to consider his future, as rugby league's ultimate ironman again proves his durability. Cherry-Evans was on Saturday declared fit to take on an undefeated Canberra, eight days after struggling to walk when he suffered back spasms against the Warriors. Editor's PicksState of Origin teams tracker: Walsh out, Ponga in?
State of Origin teams tracker: Walsh out, Ponga in?

1 month ago | espn.in | Matt Bungard |Joel Spreadborough |Darren Arthur

You might think it's way too early to think about State of Origin, in the wake of the Blues' back-ended 2-1 series victory last July. "Please," you might say. "It's only March."Or you might be one of those football lovers who resides in the school of thinking that next year's Origin begins the day after last year's ends and not in mid-late May.
Madame Butterfly: The stroke chooses you

Jul 26, 2024 | abc.net.au | Joel Spreadborough |John Manning

How do you go from being a high school track star, to one of Australia’s most decorated Olympians? Susie O’Neill went from the running record books at Lourdes Hill College in Brisbane, to the top of the Olympic Dais and beyond, earning herself the nickname ‘Madame Butterfly.’ Hear her story, on the Saturday Draft. Susie O'Neill is an Australian former competitive swimmer and Olympic gold medallist.