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Panthers to make Tasmania a home

BRETT STUBBS IN HOBART EXCLUSIVE: Penrith are in negotiations with Tasmania's State Government about playing games for premiership points in Hobart.

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PM Abbott on Sea Eagles' side

JOSH MASSOUD EXCLUSIVE: Manly is no stranger to politics, but even the club's boardroom could learn a thing from their likely new No. 1 season ticket holder.

CQ prepared to merge with Sharks

Chris Garry Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: Central QLD NRL bid team have drawn up a "2014 contingency document" in the event the Cronulla are crippled by the ASADA investigation.

NSW Cup revival continues

JOSH MASSOUD THE reserve grade renaissance continues in 2014, with 40 per cent of NRL fixtures in Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong and Auckland to feature NSW Cup.

Titans coach worried for ex-Sharks

Todd Balym JOHN Cartwright admits the Titans are concerned about the ongoing ASADA investigation hanging over the heads of Luke Douglas and Albert Kelly.

Inside Bulldogs' ugly board split

DEAN RITCHIE THE split in Canterbury's board is so deep the two factions sit in different private suites at ANZ Stadium for home games.

Buzz: NRL playing wrong game

Phil Rothfield Sports Editor-at-large BLOG all day with Buzz: NRL CEO Dave Smith and the independent commission are more concerned with making money than the actual product.

Vote: Biggest league story of 2013

IT was another controversial year but was it the action on or off the field that was rugby league's biggest story of the year?

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Mortimer trying to fix Dogs board

Dean Ritchie EXCLUSIVE: A major split has occured on the powerful Canterbury board and the man coerced into trying to fix it is club great Steve Mortimer.

Suns refuse to release Hunt

Todd Balym and Marco Monteverde GOLD Coast Suns are refusing to release Karmichael Hunt from his contract as the AFL club clings to the final season of his foray into Aussie Rules.

Maitua reveals he attempted suicide

Josh Massoud FORMER Eels star Reni Maitua has revealed a spiral into depression led him to attempt to take his life while playing for Parramatta.

State of Origin fight night

EXCLUSIVE DAVID RICCIO STATE of Origin stars will be paid $30,000 to step into the boxing ring, with the mouth-watering fight night set for next year.

Suns deny Hunt will return to NRL

Daryl Timms UPDATED: KARMICHAEL Hunt will stay with Gold Coast after the Brisbane Broncos failed to lure him back to rugby league.

Ferguson to continue boxing

DAVID RICCIO CHIEF SPORTS WRITER BLAKE Ferguson will be allowed to continue his fight career despite being convicted of indecently assaulting a young woman.

What's the Buzz: St Nick's gift

PHIL ROTHFIELD NICK Politis has rewarded his Sydney Roosters grand final heroes with an all expenses paid trip to the United States.

'Manly board an embarrassment'

Bob Fulton MANLY legend Bob Fultom says the club's board is an embarrassment and its members are fed rubbish and kept in the dark.

Sezer finds mojo on PNG trip

Todd Balym TITAN'S playmaker Aidan Sezer found his mojo in the least likely place - in Papua New Guinea, on tour with the Prime Minister's XIII.

ASADA interview a laughing stock

JOSH MASSOUD WITH a hairstyle borrowed from 90s comedy, Dumb & Dumber, Darren Hibbert managed to turn his ASADA interview into a laughing stock.

Milford sticks by Raiders

PHIL ROTHFIELD SPORTS EDITOR-AT-LARGE WHEN Anthony Milford's flight touched down at Canberra Airport, a massive weight was lifted from Ricky Stuart's shoulders.