Few Queenslanders will have forgotten how the Roosters enforcer sparred with the Suncorp crowd and favourite son Johnathan Thurston.
I’ve had a front-row seat to greatness and madness in my time as the Herald’s chief sports writer.
The game’s administrators are happy to kick these questions down the road until a future generation is forced to close the border.
The NRL will anoint just the 14th Immortal on Wednesday night. But is there a case to add a 15th too,one from its past and another from the present?
Rugby league’s 14th Immortal,the sport’s highest individual honour,will be announced next week. Smith and his Queensland teammates are now officially eligible.
Ethan Lowe launched a landmark case against the NRL’s insurer following a career-ending injury. After his defeat in the Federal Court,the players’ union insists there are “gaps” in the policy.
Johnathan Thurston says rugby league has missed an opportunity to send an unequivocal message that racial abuse will not be tolerated in the game.
The six-again rule has changed rugby league for the better,but great players would have been great in any era.
Indigenous great Johnathan Thurston has endorsed Phil Gould’s vision for the Canterbury winger,while voicing his disappointment at the failure of the Yes campaign in the Voice to Parliament referendum.
A host of rugby league legends and luminaries have offered their insights into how this year’s finals series will play out.