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SydneySun.com Thursday 23rd February 2012 Volume 054/10
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Watts out for season following ACL injury
Stobart Super League newcomers Widnes Vikings have suffered a major blow with the loss of Australian half-back Anthony Watts for at least six months with a knee injury.The 25-year-old former Sydney...


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Lee suspended for two matches
Huddersfield Giants will be without utility player Tommy Lee for the next two matches after he submitted an early guilty plea to a high tackle, the Rugby Football League have announced.Lee, who was...
Widnes allay artificial pitch concerns
Widnes insist their artificial pitch did not contribute to an Achilles injury sustained by Ben Kavanagh during the Vikings 38-18 home defeat by Salford City Reds.The back-row forward is facing a...
Saudi under 18's arrive in Lebanon
The first Under-18s rugby league international in the Middle East and North Africa region will take place on Friday when Lebanon host the Saudi Select in Beirut.Lebanon coach, Robin Hacahache, is...
Flannery plans Grand finish
Chris Flannery, the St Helens forward, plans to retire at the end of this season. Flannery, 31, arrived from the Sydney Roosters in 2007 and has played in four losing Grand Finals for Saints - which...
No Luke, no Souths
South Sydney wild child Issac Luke might be one of the game's worst offenders when it comes to the NRL judiciary - but he is also a player the Rabbitohs can't live...
Storm brews over Petero's ban
Petero Civoniceva has expressed his shock at being rubbed out of Brisbane Broncos' NRL season opener as tensions between the club and Melbourne Storm escalated on Wednesday night over the...
Loz's NRL preview: eighth place
Foxsports.com.au continues its countdown to the NRL premiership season by previewing South Sydney Rabbitohs, the team rugby league legend Laurie Daley predicts will finish eighth this...
Game finally getting house in order
Manly five-eighth Kieran Foran stepped forward, declared the NRL season open, and it sparked an ear-splitting visual and pyrotechnic extravaganza that saw the game's new headquarters at Moore...
Grand Finalists re-sign skipper Mannering
Commanding figure: Warriors skipper Simon Mannering has signed on for three more years after leading the Kiwi side to last year's NRL Grand Final. Picture: Brett...
Storm react to Slater's TV ad 'snub'
An NRL official said the new ad was about highlighting the game's young talent and featuring the "spectacular" pieces of play from the 2012...
Tigers turn back on SCG
Rabbitohs romp: Fetuli Talanoa was just one of a bunch of Bunnies tryscorers as Souths thrashed Wests Tigers the last time the sides met at the SCG. Picture: Brett...
Chris Flannery To Quit Saints
St Helens back-row forward Chris Flannery is set to call it a day at the end of the season. The former Queensland Origin player is out of contract with Saints at the end of the year and is planning...
NRL 'honour' Manly duo
Manly stars Kieran Foran and Daly Cherry-Evans insist there is no curse attached to being 'the face' of the game after officially opening the 2012 season at the NRL's new headquarters...
Flannery to quit Saints
The former Queensland Origin player is out of contract with Saints at the end of the year and is planning on returning Down Under. "I think this will be my last year," he said....
Melbourne and Newcastle big movers in post McIntyre betting
TAB Sportsbet has adjusted its NRL Premiership market following news this afternoon that the McIntyre System is to be scrapped in favour of the playoff model originally used by the ARL in...
NRL scraps McIntyre Finals System
The Australian Rugby League Commission has announced a change to the 2012 Telstra Premiership Finals Series at today's NRL Chief Executives' meeting in Sydney.On the day of the official...
Mannering signs three year extension with Warriors
Captain Simon Mannering has provided an early boost for the Warriors 2012 NRL campaign by signing a new three-year contract which will rank him second equal among the longest-serving players in the...
2012 Roosters Season Launch
Sydney Roosters will officially launch its 2012 campaign at its eagerly anticipated Season Launch Event at its East Leagues Club , Bondi Junction on Tuesday 28th FebruaryA highlight of the night will...
Hemel join Rugby League's Championship 1
The RFL has confirmed that Hemel Stags will join Rugby League's Championship One competition in 2013.The Stags will line up with Northampton and two other clubs who have yet to be announced in...
Knights v Dragons Ticket Update
The Newcastle Knights have released the final 3,500 reserved seats for the opening round game against St George Illawarra Dragons at Hunter Stadium on Thursday March 1 to kick off the NRL 2012...
Storm to launch season
Melbourne Storm will officially launch their 2012 season this Thursday night, 23 February, at a cocktail function at Crown Melbourne. The NRL playing squad will be in attendance with Head Coach Craig...
Jones-Buchanan blow for Leeds
Leeds Rhinos and England forward Jamie Jones-Buchanan has been ruled out for 10 to 12 weeks following an operation on his knee on Monday.Initially it was hoped the keyhole surgery would only rule the...
Donaldson set for long lay off
Bradford Bulls Back Row Forward James Donaldson faces six months on the sidelines after a visit to a Specialist revealed the player had ruptured his Anterior Cruciate Ligament.Donaldson sustained the...
Haven sign Papua New Guinea duo
Whitehaven have signed the Papua New Guinea international duo of Glen Nami and Jesse Joe Parker for the 2012 Championship One season. Stand-off Nami, 25, and centre Parker, 26, were part of the...
Heritage clash moved from SCG
Wests Tigers' round-five NRL clash with South Sydney will be moved to the adjacent Sydney Football Stadium because of demolition and construction work about to start at the...
Manly duo launch new NRL season
Manly Sea Eagles duo Daly Cherry-Evans and Kieran Foran launched the new NRL season on Wednesday and vowed to help the Sea Eagles become the first team to go back-to-back in a united competition in...
Game finally getting its house in order
Manly five-eighth Kieran Foran stepped forward, declared the NRL season open, and it sparked an ear-splitting visual and pyrotechnic extravaganza that saw the game's new headquarters at Moore...
Souths go cool without Luke
SOUTH Sydney wild child Issac Luke might be one of the game's worst offenders when it comes to the NRL judiciary - but he is also a player the Rabbitohs can't live...
Good riddance McIntyre: experts
Fox Sports rugby league experts Gary Belcher and Brett Kimmorley have hailed the ARL Commission's decision to scrap the controversial McIntyre system "a fantastic...
Goodbye to unfair format
In a significant change, the ARLC ushered in a new finals format that protects top-four teams from being eliminated in the first week of the finals, and also ensures they retain a home final in the...
Players, coaches support McIntyre move
WHILE the McIntyre system cost teams many chances to continue in the finals, it also allowed some sides to make dazzling runs to the grand...
Roosters won't re-sign Mini
The Daily Telegraph has been told Minichiello - off contract after the 2012 season - will not be re-signed. However the star fullback, who has played in five NRL grand finals, wants to continue...
England TV: Morley coming home
Captain Adrian Morley tells England TV how devastated he was to have his Four Nations tournament cruelly cut short after rupturing his bicep in the warm up game against New Zealand...
England TV: Latest from Wellington
England TV caught up with Stuart Fielden on jet lag and the joy of seeing his new born son on skype, Steve McNamara gave the latest on Sam Tomkins injury and more from the England camp in...
Carvell covers for Morley
Warrington Wolves prop forward Garreth Carvell is set to answer an SOS from England to replace his stricken club captain Adrian Morley on the Four Nations tour Down Under. The 29-year-old former...
Morley to miss Four Nations
England captain Adrian Morley has been ruled out of the 2010 Four Nations after suffering a serious arm injury in the tourists’ 18-all draw with the New Zealand Maori on Saturday. The prop...
England TV: NZ Maori Post Match
England TV got the reaction of Gareth Ellis, Michael Shenton, Ben Westwood, Head Coach Steve McNamara and captain Adrian Morley on his injury after the 18-18 draw with the New Zealand...