Rugby League

Tom Decent

Tom Decent is a journalist with Fairfax Media.

Move inside: Rob Horne will start at inside centre for the Waratahs against the Chiefs.

Horne to inside centre, Robinson benched for Chiefs

Rob Horne will start at inside centre in his 100th game for NSW when the Waratahs face the Chiefs on Friday after coach Daryl Gibson cracked the whip on youngster David Horwitz for a below-par showing against the Crusaders.

Suspended: Roosters prop Martin Kennedy.

Kennedy suspended for more than two years

Former Sydney Roosters prop Martin Kennedy's NRL career is in tatters after he was suspended for two years and nine months for breaching the league's anti-doping policy.

Nervous wait: Mitchell Pearce's NRL future is up in the air.

Pearce apologised for 'unacceptable' behaviour

Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson would not not be drawn on whether he thought Mitchell Pearce should be sacked for his drunken Australia Day scandal, but said his behaviour was "unacceptable".

In trouble: Mitchell Pearce was filmed performing lewd acts.

Pearce needs to get a real job: League legend

Former rugby league star Mark Geyer has blasted Mitchell Pearce over his drunken Australia Day incident, saying the Roosters playmaker should be banned from the NRL for 12 months to sort his life out.

Damning: A still from the video showing a seemingly intoxicated Mitchell Pearce slumped in a chair

Pearce stood down by Roosters

Mitchell Pearce has been stood down from training by the Roosters indefinitely in the wake of his drunken Australian Day celebrations in which he similuated a lewd act with a dog.

An email mix-up saw Martin Taupau's new contract revealed by a Canadian theatre critic.

Canadian theatre critic's rugby league scoop

A Canadian theatre critic by the name of James Kelleher Nestruck has received a cracking NRL scoop after an email meant for Manly CEO Joe Kelly found his inbox and revealed Wests Tigers forward Martin Taupau will be leaving for the Manly Sea Eagles.