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Cranes, sprinkling salt and Dragon Ball Z: Why Crichton has a handshake for every player
Stephen Crichton has cultivated dozens of individual handshakes with all his teammates as a way of establishing a better connection. He says it’s key to his rise as an NRL captain.
- by Adam Pengilly
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Around the clubs
Storm poised to end Las Vegas interest
- by Adam Pengilly, Christian Nicolussi and Adrian Proszenko
Insight & Analysis
Attack, X-factor and experience: Why NSW will win Origin II
This Blues side is a more dangerous team than the one in Sydney. Throw in Latrell Mitchell and NSW are primed to square the ledger in Melbourne.
Andrew Johns
League columnist
Mind games and sledging: Madge has drunk the sky-blue Kool-Aid
You’d have more luck getting Michael Maguire into a headlock than getting a headline out of him. That is, until he embraced State of Origin’s oldest rule.
Dan Walsh
Sports Reporter
Queensland’s amnesia about grubby tactics is breathtaking
Joseph Suaalii deserved to be sent off for knocking out Reece Walsh in game one, but the stream of conspiracy theories from the Maroons ever since are wearing thin.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
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‘If it’s five minutes, I’m happy’: Trbojevic addresses furore over Origin game time
The surprise skipper played just 29 minutes of game one. Michael Maguire addressed the issue with Jake Trbojevic before NSW’s revenge mission in Melbourne.
- by Adam Pengilly
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NRL 2024
Roosters attempt to lure Wallabies star for finals countdown
There is a tug of war between the Roosters and Rugby Australia over the immediate services of Wallaby star Mark Nawaqanitawase.
- by Adrian Proszenko
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Analysis
NRL 2024
Every NRL club’s schedule ranked from toughest to easiest
- by Adam Pengilly and Dan Walsh
From Hazem to JT: 25 memorable NRL moments from the sidelines
- by Andrew Webster, Adrian Proszenko, Michael Chammas, Adam Pengilly, Dan Walsh and Christian Nicolussi
