Flanagan closer to making Sharks captaincy call
Paul Gallen wants to lobby the Sharks to hand co-captaincy duties to Wade Graham next year. And Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan has given his strongest hint yet how he will deal with it.
Paul Gallen wants to lobby the Sharks to hand co-captaincy duties to Wade Graham next year. And Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan has given his strongest hint yet how he will deal with it.
He's only been back in the country for a matter of weeks, but the man masterminding the rejuvenation of the battered Eels said the Australian Rugby League Commission's independence won't be compromised with the election of representatives from NRL clubs.
John Grant's alleged player drain might have been one of the reasons for triggering the club funding feud. But the registered numbers in the game's heartland might not be as bad as believed.
When your girlfriend tells you your spending too much time with someone, it's probably best to listen. But Nene Macdonald hasn't. And doesn't plan on doing so if it means he can get a head start at his new club.
It was hardly conceivable a few months ago, but a brand dragged through the mud is now trumpeting themselves as a "magnificent proposition" as they go on the hunt for a new major sponsor.
Shane Flanagan didn't want Valentine Holmes to trial for the NFL, let alone in such a public manner. But there was a surprise in store for the premiership-winning coach just days after the Los Angeles workout.
Penrith supremo Phil Gould has warned a plot to remove Australian Rugby League Commission boss John Grant won't solve the the NRL funding fiasco which has spawned a "toxic and untrusting" relationship between League Central and the clubs.
Two of the clubs which have received financial help from the NRL could hold the key to John Grant's future.
John Grant wanted to sort out his differences with the seething NRL clubs this week. The clubs' answer is not one he will want to hear.
A retirement fund for NRL players would be the cornerstone of a raft of initiatives designed to safeguard the futures of the game's stars.
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