Chris Barrett is a Sports Writer with The Sydney Morning Herald.
A potentially season-ending knee injury suffered by fullback Dylan Edwards has thrown a further spanner in the works of Penrith's semi-finals ambitions ahead of an all-important final-round visit to Manly.
Paul McGregor has refused to guarantee Josh Dugan's place in St George Illawarra's team for the final round of the regular season after they courageously kept their finals tilt alive without him.
Radradra has asked Parramatta to keep space under their salary cap to allow him to return.
Laurie Daley will not be offered a new contract as NSW Blues coach.
Parramatta's inexperienced semi-finals combatants are ready to handle the headlights of September, according to grand final winner Michael Jennings.
Players are ramping up talk of a potential boycott of the Dally M medal ceremony and NRL commercial activities during the semi-finals, as the pay deal saga rolls on.
Dylan Napa played rugby as a teenager in Queensland but changed codes after school for a reason only a hardman like him would come up with.
In a season of under-performance and uncertainty, around their coach and the their salary cap for next year, smiles have been few and far between. They were back on the dials of Canterbury players, however, on Sunday after a 30-16 win over Manly.
Trent Barrett concedes Manly are in a hole and must "man up" and find a way out of it very soon.
The NRL will take a "best and final" offer to players on Friday that gives them a 29.5 per cent cut of the game's revenue.
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