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Matty Johns: 'How NRL’s biggest losers can turn the tide' The Cowboys, Bulldogs and Sea Eagles are yet to win a game, but to get themselves out of the mire they must adjust their playing styles, writes Matty Johns. Rugby League by Matty Johns Premium Content As Bon Scott sang, "It's a long way to the top". The salary cap was supposed to ensure unpredictability, but some of the top clubs are Phar Lap-odds this round. When you talk about the disparity and salary cap many scoff, alluding to 'sly deals', 'sombreros', etc, etc. But that's just a poo...

NRL Rd 1 - Storm v Rabbitohs Rugby League by Nick Campton 17th Mar 2021 2:41 PM Wayne Bennett has rung in the changes for South Sydney with off-season recruits Josh Mansour and Jacob Host both dropped from the Rabbitohs side to play Manly on Saturday. After the Rabbitohs opened their season with a 26-18 loss to an understrength Melbourne, Bennett has relegated Mansour and Host to the reserves, with Jaxson Paulo and Keaon Koloamatangi replacing them respectively, while Patrick Mago slots in on the bench. Mansour has been named...

Eight talking points from NRL Round 1 A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size The first round of 2021 is in the books, with new rules, some surprises and people streaming back through the gates as COVID-normal NRL got underway. Let’s get into the first instalment of talking points for the year. Rule changes will work again When new rules were introduced last yea they were met with some concern but plenty of hype. Those rules have gone to the next level this year, and they are going to work again. Sure, they d...

All the official charges for Round 1 of the 2021 Telstra Premiership.

Just staying on the field is the main goal for Raiders winger Bailey Simonsson this year, with Nick Cotric's departure handing him a golden chance to hopefully play a full season. While Jordan Rapana was cemented on the right side back in the "Leipana" days alongside Joey Leilua, Simsonsson told NRL.com that spot is where he has been building a combination with Curtis Scott on that edge. "Missing pretty much the whole season last year, my main goal first of all is to stay healthy and injury free and string some footy together," said Simonsson, whose 2020 season was ended in round nine by a sh...