Bulldogs beef up security for Belmore return
The Bulldogs have gone to extra lengths to ensure their second and last match at Belmore for the year is not marred by the ugly scenes which plagued their first.
The Bulldogs have gone to extra lengths to ensure their second and last match at Belmore for the year is not marred by the ugly scenes which plagued their first.
The Bulldogs won't roll the dice and fight a two-game ban dished out to enforcer Sam Kasiano for kicking Broncos veteran Corey Parker in the head, despite teammates arguing his innocence on Monday.
Fresh from their best performance of the season seven days after their previous benchmark, Roosters coach Trent Robinson was in no mood to discuss the cloud hovering over the soon-to-be dethroned minor premiers.
The NRL Integrity Unit's end-of-season review will consider tightening the rules around a player's access to mobile phones on gameday after a second player was shown to be using a device in the dressing room while a match was in progress.
Trent Robinson didn't need anything to blow up at this time. Just a bunch of blokes standing in front of his players wearing something resembling more a red rag – rather than a Red V.
What the hell has gone wrong at Souths this year? "I don't want to go into it. The important thing is we probably recognise we're we've gone wrong," Sam Burgess muses.
Sam Kasiano's suspension for kneeing the head of Isaac Luke during last year's "Bad Friday" clash threatens to rub the Bulldogs brute out of the first week of the finals should Canterbury fight his controversial kicking out at Corey Parker at the NRL judiciary.
Out-of-favour Rabbitohs hooker Cameron McInnes has urged Souths to let him know before the end of the season if the club intends to sign Robbie Farah.
The boss of one of the country's leading bookmakers has urged the NRL to scrap its "insane" practice of requiring clubs to submit teams on a Tuesday in a bid to beef up integrity measures in the code.
If Elijah Taylor comes back to bite the Panthers' finals aspirations with a crucial play at the death on Friday night, Penrith will only have themselves to blame.
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