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Storm set up Eels thrashing with first-half romp
Melbourne have maintained their incredible round one record under coach Craig Bellamy with a 56-18 rout of Parramatta to open their NRL season.
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Manly dismantle Cowboys in early-season statement
Manly have sounded an early NRL premiership warning, blowing apart North Queensland with a 42-12 flogging at Brookvale.
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Souths edge Dolphins in relocated clash
Wayne Bennett has denied his former apprentice Kristian Woolf an against-all-odds first win as an NRL head coach as South Sydney ran out 16-14 victors in their relocated clash with the Dolphins.
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Family first as cyclone mayhem bears down on Brisbane
Dolphins players have every right to stay with their families during the difficult times facing South East Queensland as Cyclone Alfred approaches.
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The simple secrets to Craig Bellamy's Melbourne Storm success
Top Headlines
- Bulldogs skipper Crichton avoids NRL ban
- More pain for Souths as Wighton faces ban
- Luai inspires new Tigers, but same old result
- No option but to move game: says NRL coaches
- Blues coach Daley open to new Origin captain
- Dolphins stars pull out of clash due to cyclone
- Brown to fore as Moses ruled out of Eels' opener
- Ilias says he's better than when at Souths
- NRL consider shrinking Vegas to three games in '26
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Culture is vital to NRL success: Why Addo-Carr, Hunt and Gutherson had to go
Rugby league is the ultimate team sport, individual brilliance might win the occasional game, but alone it can't win a title.
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There is no doubt, Panthers are the best ever
With four premierships in a row, and no possible way to denigrate them, it's inarguable, this is the best team of all time, and we're lucky to have witnessed it.
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