‘I see what it means to be at a big club now’: How Wighton’s baptism of fire at Souths can fire him forward

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Jack Wighton might have thought that he had seen it all. 10 Origin appearances, a World Cup winners medal with Kangaroos, a Dally M Medal and a Clive Churchill Medal will do that. But, according to the man himself, the start of his South Sydney career has been unlike anything else in his career. He […]

‘Just bulls–t’: Lions deny reports of player rift despite crisis meeting as details of wild end-of-season Vegas trip emerge

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Brisbane CEO Greg Swann has denied the ugly fallout after an end-of-season trip to Las Vegas is behind the Lions’ horror start to 2024, as details emerge of a crisis meeting held by the club on Friday. According to reports from 3AW and the Herald Sun, the trip, a traditional one for football clubs in […]

NRL Round 4 judiciary: Wighton hip-drop tackle leaves Bulldogs hot under the collar

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Just when South Sydney looked to be getting their season on track, one of their biggest stars in Jack Wighton is facing a ban for a hip drop tackle. The Bulldogs coach would not comment on the incident on Jacob Preston from Wighton, forcing an error on attack in the first half of the Rabbitohs’ […]

Xabi turns his back on Liverpool return: ‘I feel this is the right place to be for me’

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Xabi Alonso will remain manager of Bayer Leverkusen, the Spaniard has announced, ending speculation that he would join one of his former clubs Liverpool or Bayern Munich. “Last week I had a meeting (with club officials) and informed them of the decision to continue being coach of Bayer Leverkusen … I feel this is the […]

‘Every time we do black and white, it doesn’t work’: Does anyone actually understand the obstruction rule?

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The NRL likes to go through phases where everyone throws their hands up and wonders what the rules actually are – and boy, are we in one at the moment. The last week of footy has been a riot of interpretations of the obstruction rule, from Jake Trbojevic’s seemingly understandable call last week to Jared […]