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The players were adamant Jason Taylor's blood wasn't on their hands. But judging by the Wests Tigers' start to Sunday afternoon's clash at Leichhardt Oval, it became painstakingly clear it was all over them.

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Wests Tigers have blown a golden opportunity to upset Melbourne after a week of turmoil and their third defeat of the season was further compounded with halfback Luke Brooks failing to finish the match due to a hamstring problem.

Des Hasler's second-largest defeat as Canterbury coach couldn't have come at a worse time with his future to be the main point of discussion at Thursday night's board meeting.

Ricky Stuart is adamant Dave Taylor wasn't left out of Friday night's clash with Brisbane on form.

Canberra Raiders five-eighth Blake Austin takes heart from heartbreaker against Broncos.

Wests Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe says the club will be imposing a signing deadline on its 'big four' stars, declaring "we won't be held to ransom by anyone."

The class of 2017 graduated with flying colours for North Queensland as the injury-hit Cowboys held out the Gold Coast Titans for a 32-26 win in Saturday night's NRL clash.

Sharks coach Shane Flanagan has revealed he used fake stats during the week to motivate his players to a 20-6 victory over the Parramatta Eels an ANZ Stadium on Saturday.

After the retirement of legendary fullback Brett Stewart in 2016, 20-year-old Tom Trbojevic is relishing the chance to shine as the club's new fulltime custodian.

Raiders hooker Josh Hodgson faces race against time to be fit, while Elliott Whitehead faces a one-match ban.

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart says chief minister's comments highlight the importance of keeping the Brumbies in Canberra.

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For weeks now Wayne Bennett has tried to laugh off our early-season report that he has lost his aura. Now he is making news for calling police because he thinks that News Corp has been staking him out as a photographer tries to snap photos of him and his new partner.

Tim Simona had five pages and an accompanying video to tell his story. You know the one: where he bet on other teams, rorted charities, took cocaine, fed pokies and forced a woman to have an abortion. But when his former partner, Jaya Taki, told her side of the story last week he decided to send me a tweet: "Are you done yet champ?"

A Daly Cherry-Evans masterclass lifted the Sea Eagles to their first home win of the year, crushing the Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon.

In the week that he was sacked by Wests Tigers, Jason Taylor made his first public appearance at a function hosted by the other club that punted him.

Isaac De Gois could be the latest player forced into premature retirement due to concussion as the game prepares to transition to a new SCAT5 protocol to better assess head knocks.

Cameron Smith, Johnathan Thurston and James Maloney are among the most influential playmakers on the field and one of them is tipped to be thrust into a presidential role off it.

Kieran Foran is back but will he be enough to convert the Warriors from basket cases to contenders?

Dale Finucane thought it was just common decency but his phone call to Craig Bellamy in 2011 set the foundation for his career at the club.