Rugby League

Chris Barrett

Chris Barrett is a Sports Writer with The Sydney Morning Herald.

Dark times for the code: An NRL player's mobile phone has been seized.

Player's phone seized as police investigate match-fixing

Officers from the State Crime Command's Organised Crime Squad visited the offices of corporate betting agencies in recent months, trawling through records of bets and deposits made into accounts in a bid to locate a money trail behind suspicions of corruption of three NRL games over the past two seasons.

Resurgence: Jason Taylor had been under siege and was tipped by many to be the first NRL coach sacked this year.

Tigers powerbroker lauds Taylor's role in finals bid

The Tigers' unlikely finals bid has delighted club officials, who give Jason Taylor credit for the rise of players such as five-eighth Mitchell Moses and for backing himself on the difficult mid-season demotion of Robbie Farah.

Tigerish spirit: Mitchell Moses celebrates with teammate Dene Halatau after scoring a try during the round 25 NRL match ...

Tigers will roar if they make finals: Moses

Wests Tigers hope a first sell-out at Leichhardt Oval in more than four years can help propel them to a playoff berth and five-eighth Mitchell Moses warns they won't be there "to make up the numbers" if they sneak into the finals.