12:14 AM AEDT | Hawthorn will meet with Ryan O'Keefe today or tomorrow in a bid to learn whether the uncontracted Sydney forward can be accommodated within the club's tight player payments regime.
12:14 AM AEDT | REPRESENTATIVE bonuses are about to increase the difficulty of keeping Manly's premiership-winning team together.
There are calls for up to nine Sea Eagles players to be included in the Austra...
12:14 AM AEDT | MELBOURNE Storm players yesterday stood defiant against the doomsayers proclaiming the end of an era and declared that they would be a force again next season.
The Storm were humbled 40-0 in Sunda...
12:14 AM AEDT | "WE'RE the Storm and we're No.2," Melbourne's suspended skipper, Cam Smith, sang on the team bus as it travelled from Homebush Bay, the scene of the club's greatest humiliation...
12:14 AM AEDT | AND so the Manly players partied in a penthouse. Entirely appropriate - not only because they have reached the pinnacle of the premiership, but also because of where they have come from. On their knee...
12:14 AM AEDT | SUNDAY'S afternoon grand final has been declared a resounding success, with more Sydney viewers tuning in than last year and broadcaster Channel Nine trumpeting a national ratings win.
After a...
12:14 AM AEDT | WRITTEN in big, bold lettering on a whiteboard in the Manly dressing room were two words: "Kick pressure".
And how Matt Orford kicked the pressure that had plagued him in the lead-up to th...
12:14 AM AEDT | IN MANLY loyalty is a battered six-month-old TAB ticket with your team's name on it. Greg Fletcher, a diehard fan, has a wad of them, equalling a total winning pool of about $35,000.
For Mr Fl...
12:14 AM AEDT | STEVE MENZIES' premiership farewell was not goodbye, it was only au revoir. After he left Manly as a title winner following the 40-0 thrashing of Melbourne, Menzies is set to be invited back to the club following his stint in the British Super League with Bradford to work on the club's staff - with chief executive Grant Mayer saying he would be "crazy" not to hire him.
12:13 AM AEDT | THE morning after the night before was one of sore heads, croaky throats and strange get-ups for many, but for others, it was about getting straight back to work.
11:07 PM AEDT | HE SHOOTS (off), he scores. And so as many have done previously - leave it to Beaver - winger Michael Robertson handed Steve Menzies a pass, and a one-way ticket to greatness.
2:56 PM AEDT | Kingaroy had reason to cheer when Matt Ballin scored the grand final's first try.
6/10/2008 | Authorities investigating complaints of medical negligence and sexual assault at a northern NSW hospital.
6/10/2008 | MANLY winger Michael Robertson was the unlikely hero of the grand final with three tries in 17 minutes - but he has revealed how close he went to blowing his opportunity because of a party lifestyle w...
6/10/2008 | FURIOUS Manly prop Josh Perry has hit out at rival Michael Crocker over a story alleging he had an affair with a former teammate's girlfriend.
In a dramatic postscript to his side's 40-0 v...
6/10/2008 | AFTER masterminding a 66-point turnaround from last year's grand final loss to last night's record-breaking win, Manly coach Des Hasler wasn't looking to bathe in the spotlight. That's...
6/10/2008 | THE people wanted it, Manly said they loved it, and Melbourne couldn't care less. But NRL chief executive David Gallop has refused to guarantee the daytime grand final will be kept for next season...
6/10/2008 | THE Melbourne curse has struck John Singleton again. His Melbourne Cup dreams were shattered when the Gai Waterhouse-trained Tuesday Joy suffering a bleeding attack and was banned for three months whe...
6/10/2008 | DEFENDING their championship has proved much easier said than done for the Newcastle Jets so far this season, but a win against Wellington Phoenix at EnergyAustralia Stadium today could provide the sp...
6/10/2008 | BRENT KITE has represented Australia in the front row but has never won a man of the match award in seven years of top-grade rugby league. Yesterday that empty cupboard of recognition was filled with the prestigious Clive Churchill Medal for man of the match in a grand final. And indirectly, Kite believes being sidelined by the NSW State of Origin selectors helped him and the club during yesterday's torrid, fast-paced match.
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