Andrew Webster

Andrew Webster

League

Plan on Panthers rising higher up mountain

Andrew Webster For the first few months of his tenure at Penrith, general manager Phil Gould was ridiculed about his fabled "five-year plan".

League

Brad Fittler to play for Sydney Roosters in Auckland Nines

Andrew Webster Roosters legend Brad Fittler is coming out of retirement to play for the club in next month’s Auckland Nines.

League

Roosters legend Brad Fittler to come out of retirement to play in Auckland Nines

Brad Fittler

Andrew Webster Roosters legend Brad Fittler is coming out of retirement to play for the club in next month's Auckland Nines.

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League

Andrew Webster: Judgment day on NRL doping just the beginning

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Andrew Webster So was this rugby league's judgment day?

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Rugby League

Raiders insist homesick Anthony Milford's all theirs for one more season

Anthony Milford

Andrew Webster The will-he-stay-or-will-he-go saga concerning Anthony Milford has taken another twist with Canberra insisting the young star has again confirmed his commitment to the club for next season.

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League

Parramatta Eels' many backflips embarrass chairman

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Andrew Webster In early August, Steve Sharp sat outside a harbourside café in Pyrmont and made a solemn pledge.

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League

Why Sonny Bill Williams holds all the cards

Sonny Bill Williams

Andrew Webster IF there was any doubt Sonny Bill Williams holds all the cards, no matter where he goes, it can be erased by news of his phone call to Nick Politis on Thursday night.

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League

Jennings proves value with try worth bronzing

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Andrew Webster Half a century ago, rugby league witnessed an epic grand final played in the sanctified mud at the SCG, and it produced a moment between Arthur Summons and Norm Provan that forever symbolises the...

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Seats left empty as Bunnies bolt for home

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 27:  Rabbitohs players look dejected during the NRL Preliminary Final match between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles at ANZ Stadium on September 27, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Eamonn Duff, Andrew Webster Heartbroken South Sydney fans are expected to flock to Sydney Olympic Park for a fire sale of grand final tickets, prompting fears the year's biggest game will be marred by thousands of empty seats.

League

Sonny Bill Williams: The strong, silent type

Portrait of Rugby League player Sonny Bill Williams at Dolls Point.

Andrew Webster SONNY Bill Williams barely told a soul he was leaving the day rugby league fell out of love with him.

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Rugby League

The great Williams mystery

Guessing game: Sonny Bill Williams has left everyone in the dark.

Andrew Webster Sonny Bill Williams barely told a soul he was leaving the day rugby league fell out of love with him.

Question & Answer: John Peard

Andrew Webster We speak to the two-time Roosters premiership-winner better known as ''Bomber'' before the NRL grand final between the Roosters and Manly.

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League

No dilly-dallying as Gallen gets stuck in

Paul Gallen

Andrew Webster Eight months of bubbling tension over the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority doping scandal erupted spectacularly after the Dally Ms, with Sharks captain Paul Gallen and News Corp reporter Josh...

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League

Tough school: The Geoff Toovey way

Geoff Toovey

Andrew Webster Geoff Toovey leans back on the wire fence of the tunnel at Brookvale Oval.

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League

Mental and physical pain will fuel Stewart's desire to succeed

Brett Stewart

Andrew Webster For two years, Brett Stewart allowed David Gallop to live rent-free in his head, and on grand final day in 2011 it frothed to the surface.

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League

Rival coaches like chalk and cheese

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Andrew Webster Last season, the most entertaining performance of the finals didn't come from a player but a coach.

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League

No stopping Knight in wrinkly armour

Wayne Bennett

Andrew Webster MIDWAY through last season, on a forgettable Saturday night, the imposing, angular figure of Wayne Bennett stood in the corner of the warm-up area beneath Hunter Stadium long after the humiliation...

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League

What a howler: Wolfman magic crushes Souths' grand plans

David Williams

Andrew Webster IN the first half, the retractable stands on either side of the stadium shook and reverberated as South Sydney rumbled ever closer to their first grand final in 42 years.

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Rugby League

Luke plays to his own beat

Issac Luke.

Andrew Webster There are so many parts of the Issac Luke story you don't know.

League

Souths' music man dances to the beat of his own drum

Issac Luke

Andrew Webster There are so many parts of the Issac Luke story that you don't know. One of them is how he approached Michael Maguire earlier this season about this being his last at South Sydney.

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