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Manly take on the Red V at Cbus Super Stadium on Friday evening, just 48 hours after Trbojevic will be lining up for the Blues in State of Origin III with DCE in action for the Maroons. Cherry-Evans had a wow of a game against the Cowboys in round 14 as he bounced back from his Origin disappointed while Hasler elected to rest Trbojevic rather than forcing him to back up two days after Origin I and said the plan would be the same this week. "Yes, 100%," Hasler responded when asked if the same wo...

Two NRL players who were busted at an illegal house party will be able to serve their one-match bans while quarantining at home while earning full pay. Paul Vaughan hosted 12 of his Dragons teammates at his Shellharbour home south of Sydney on July 3 amid the citys lockdown. Vaughan has been sacked while all players but Zac Lomax and Daniel Alvaro have signed a document confirming nobody else outside the NRL bubble was at the Covid-breaching barbecue. While the rest of the Dragons squad who s...

Roster renovations are in full swing at both the Dragons and Bulldogs with Matt Dufty joining a rapidly changing Canterbury backline next season as Brayden Williame and Will Hopoate size up moves to Europe. Dufty will take up a one-year deal with Canterbury in 2022 that gives him a chance to keep his NRL career alive after a protracted saga around his future. Off-contract Bulldogs centre Hopoate too had been in talks about an early move to the Dragons, to the point a player-swap had been discus...

"We definitely need to hand the ball over in a lot better positions," halfback Sean OSullivan said. "Last week we had a seven-tackle set, we had a play-one error, we had a kick on loose ground that (Dragons fullback Matt) Dufty picked up. "We went through about how we hand the ball over in better situations and when we’re leading, how we should be thinking about handing the ball over. We should be learning by now. "As a spine we really need to nail that down, especially in our close games ...

FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailGJTumblrLLinkedIn5 hours ago NRL legend Cooper Cronk has launched a withering attack on Paul Vaughan, saying that hed blacklist the sacked Dragons star. Cronk said that while Vaughan was certain to pick up another club, he would struggle to play alongside the repeat offender. "Its inexcusable, theres no doubt. If this continues, there might be some more stories that come out in the next couple of days of what happened," Cronk said on NRL 360. Paul Vaughan of the ...

Michael Chammas11:49, Jul 07 2021 Sky Sport Paul Vaughan says hes sorry for the house party scandal that has seen him lose his Dragons contract. Inside the dressing rooms at Central Coast Stadium last Friday night, in the aftermath of the Dragons’ golden-point victory against the Warriors, one player asked the club to organise an old-fashioned bonding session for the following night. The suggestion put forward was to open the doors to WIN Stadium, the club’s Wollongong training base, for a...

Paul Vaughan did radio interview hours before illegal party revealing his plans The Dragons prop said he will have a couple of... before cutting himself off  Vaughan also said he was underpaid despite earning $800,000 per season The 30-year-old ripped into young teammate Zac Lomax for earning too much Matt Dufty ran 5km home from the party while Jack de Belin hid under a bed  Corey Norman fled the party but left his wallet and car with personalised plates  Anonymous Dragons player says playe...

St George Dragons forward Paul Vaughan has been sacked for hosting a party attended by 13 other NRL players during Sydneys lockdown. Multiple sources are reporting a Dragons board meeting has signed off on the decision to sack Vaughan, who is contracted until the end of 2022. His deal for next season alone is reported to be worth more than $800,000. The 30-year-old hosted the party at his house in Shellharbour, on the NSW South Coast, which has seen those who attended fined $1000 each by NSW po...

Paul Vaughan cost teammates $305,000 for hosting illegal Covid party at home Twelve of his teammates were fined after they were caught hiding at the house Some tried to flee, others hid in closets and Jack de Belin was under a bed Investigations are underway as to whether girlfriends were present at party  Do you know more about the party? Email brittany.chain@mailonline.com 

Twelve of his teammates will also serve one-game suspensions as a fed-up NRL hit the players with huge fines for lying about the gathering, which was suspected to cover up de Belin’s involvement. According to sources familiar with the situation, players scattered upstairs at Vaughan’s house and hid in cupboards to avoid detection when police arrived after a noise complaint from a neighbour. De Belin was believed to have been under a bed. The Dragons were initially told the former State of O...