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Nick Politis wanted to sack Victor Radley. He decided to swallow his pride

As the Sydney Roosters chairman wrestled with his conscience, coach Trent Robinson fought to ensure his player didn’t pay an unfair price.

18.09.2025 5

WA Today

Michael Chammas

Nick Politis wanted to sack Victor Radley. He decided to swallow his pride

As the Sydney Roosters chairman wrestled with his conscience, coach Trent Robinson fought to ensure his player didn’t pay an unfair price.

18.09.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Chammas

Nick Politis wanted to sack Victor Radley. He decided to swallow his pride

As the Sydney Roosters chairman wrestled with his conscience, coach Trent Robinson fought to ensure his player didn’t pay an unfair price.

18.09.2025 3

The Age

Michael Chammas

Nick Politis wanted to sack Victor Radley. He decided to swallow his pride

As the Sydney Roosters chairman wrestled with his conscience, coach Trent Robinson fought to ensure his player didn’t pay an unfair price.

18.09.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Michael Chammas

Is it time to move Burton to centre? Bulldogs season hinges on massive Ciraldo decision

The Bulldogs coach has a big decision to make. Does he move Matt Burton to the centres to accommodate Toby Sexton or has that ship sailed?

12.09.2025 8

WA Today

Michael Chammas

Is it time to move Burton to centre? Bulldogs season hinges on massive Ciraldo decision

The Bulldogs coach has a big decision to make. Does he move Matt Burton to the centres to accommodate Toby Sexton or has that ship sailed?

12.09.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Chammas

Is it time to move Burton to centre? Bulldogs season hinges on massive Ciraldo decision

The Bulldogs coach has a big decision to make. Does he move Matt Burton to the centres to accommodate Toby Sexton or has that ship sailed?

12.09.2025 7

The Age

Michael Chammas

Is it time to move Burton to centre? Bulldogs season hinges on massive Ciraldo decision

The Bulldogs coach has a big decision to make. Does he move Matt Burton to the centres to accommodate Toby Sexton or has that ship sailed?

12.09.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Michael Chammas

The khawd, the bat and the ugly: The 2025 NRL awards that really matter

Some were bullied, others were bashed. Some drank from toilets, others drank from the fountain of youth. Season 2025 had it all.

07.09.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Chammas

The khawd, the bat and the ugly: The 2025 NRL awards that really matter

Some were bullied, others were bashed. Some drank from toilets, others drank from the fountain of youth. Season 2025 had it all.

07.09.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Chammas

The khawd, the bat and the ugly: The 2025 NRL awards that really matter

Some were bullied, others were bashed. Some drank from toilets, others drank from the fountain of youth. Season 2025 had it all.

07.09.2025 9

The Age

Michael Chammas

The khawd, the bat and the ugly: The 2025 NRL awards that really matter

Some were bullied, others were bashed. Some drank from toilets, others drank from the fountain of youth. Season 2025 had it all.

07.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michael Chammas

I know what a khawd can mean. Here’s why the NRL is struggling to understand Tigers gesture

As someone of Middle Eastern background who grew up in the heavily Arab-populated western Sydney suburb of Merrylands, few are better qualified to...

05.08.2025 3

WA Today

Michael Chammas

I know what a khawd can mean. Here’s why the NRL is struggling to understand Tigers gesture

As someone of Middle Eastern background who grew up in the heavily Arab-populated western Sydney suburb of Merrylands, few are better qualified to...

05.08.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Chammas

I know what a khawd can mean. Here’s why the NRL is struggling to understand Tigers gesture

As someone of Middle Eastern background who grew up in the heavily Arab-populated western Sydney suburb of Merrylands, few are better qualified to...

05.08.2025 6

The Age

Michael Chammas

I know what a khawd can mean. Here’s why the NRL is struggling to understand Tigers gesture

As someone of Middle Eastern background who grew up in the heavily Arab-populated western Sydney suburb of Merrylands, few are better qualified to...

05.08.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Michael Chammas

Just another week? Winning the Galvin Cup was the Tigers’ grand final

For years the Tigers have enjoyed the company of the Bulldogs as the laughingstock of the league. Things have changed but on Sunday the Tigers had a...

04.08.2025 4

WA Today

Michael Chammas

Just another week? Winning the Galvin Cup was the Tigers’ grand final

For years the Tigers have enjoyed the company of the Bulldogs as the laughingstock of the league. Things have changed but on Sunday the Tigers had a...

04.08.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Chammas

Just another week? Winning the Galvin Cup was the Tigers’ grand final

For years the Tigers have enjoyed the company of the Bulldogs as the laughingstock of the league. Things have changed but on Sunday the Tigers had a...

04.08.2025 10

The Age

Michael Chammas

Just another week? Winning the Galvin Cup was the Tigers’ grand final

For years the Tigers have enjoyed the company of the Bulldogs as the laughingstock of the league. Things have changed but on Sunday the Tigers had a...

04.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michael Chammas

Conferences, mid-week games and 10-team finals: How a 20-team NRL competition could work

The sport’s key stakeholders have helped to map out what a 20-team competition could look like, including a change to Origin.

01.08.2025 4

WA Today

Michael Chammas

Conferences, mid-week games and 10-team finals: How a 20-team NRL competition could work

The sport’s key stakeholders have helped to map out what a 20-team competition could look like, including a change to Origin.

01.08.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Chammas

Conferences, mid-week games and 10-team finals: How a 20-team NRL competition could work

The sport’s key stakeholders have helped to map out what a 20-team competition could look like, including a change to Origin.

01.08.2025 4

The Age

Michael Chammas

Conferences, mid-week games and 10-team finals: How a 20-team NRL competition could work

The sport’s key stakeholders have helped to map out what a 20-team competition could look like, including a change to Origin.

01.08.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Michael Chammas

The NRL’s representative eligibility rules are broken. Here’s how to fix them

Samoa-born Stephen Crichton represents NSW. WA-born Kalyn Ponga wears the Maroons jersey. But Sydney-born Addin Fonua-Blake can’t play Origin. Go...

25.07.2025 4

WA Today

Michael Chammas

The NRL’s representative eligibility rules are broken. Here’s how to fix them

Samoa-born Stephen Crichton represents NSW. WA-born Kalyn Ponga wears the Maroons jersey. But Sydney-born Addin Fonua-Blake can’t play Origin. Go...

25.07.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Chammas

The NRL’s representative eligibility rules are broken. Here’s how to fix them

Samoa-born Stephen Crichton represents NSW. WA-born Kalyn Ponga wears the Maroons jersey. But Sydney-born Addin Fonua-Blake can’t play Origin. Go...

25.07.2025 4

The Age

Michael Chammas

The NRL’s representative eligibility rules are broken. Here’s how to fix them

Samoa-born Stephen Crichton represents NSW. WA-born Kalyn Ponga wears the Maroons jersey. But Sydney-born Addin Fonua-Blake can’t play Origin. Go...

25.07.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Michael Chammas

The Knights are burying their head in the sand when it comes to Ponga, but who cares?

Regardless of whether the Knights are burying their head in the sand or genuinely believe Ponga wants to be around, the narrative that he is committed...

17.07.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Chammas

The Knights are burying their head in the sand when it comes to Ponga, but who cares?

Regardless of whether the Knights are burying their head in the sand or genuinely believe Ponga wants to be around, the narrative that he is committed...

17.07.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Chammas

The Knights are burying their head in the sand when it comes to Ponga, but who cares?

Regardless of whether the Knights are burying their head in the sand or genuinely believe Ponga wants to be around, the narrative that he is committed...

17.07.2025 10

The Age

Michael Chammas

The Knights are burying their head in the sand when it comes to Ponga, but who cares?

Regardless of whether the Knights are burying their head in the sand or genuinely believe Ponga wants to be around, the narrative that he is committed...

17.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michael Chammas

Why the Bulldogs dropped Toby Sexton for Lachlan Galvin

At the very core of the Bulldogs’ decision to sign Galvin was an unrelenting sense of scepticism of their premiership credentials with Sexton in the...

16.07.2025 7

WA Today

Michael Chammas

Why the Bulldogs dropped Toby Sexton for Lachlan Galvin

At the very core of the Bulldogs’ decision to sign Galvin was an unrelenting sense of scepticism of their premiership credentials with Sexton in the...

16.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Chammas

Why the Bulldogs dropped Toby Sexton for Lachlan Galvin

At the very core of the Bulldogs’ decision to sign Galvin was an unrelenting sense of scepticism of their premiership credentials with Sexton in the...

16.07.2025 10

The Age

Michael Chammas

Why the Bulldogs dropped Toby Sexton for Lachlan Galvin

At the very core of the Bulldogs’ decision to sign Galvin was an unrelenting sense of scepticism of their premiership credentials with Sexton in the...

16.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michael Chammas

If Ponga wants to leave the Knights, is it time they show him the door?

By the end of this year, Kalyn Ponga will have missed a whopping 46 games in five years. It’s why some at Newcastle are considering letting him go.

15.07.2025 10

WA Today

Michael Chammas

If Ponga wants to leave the Knights, is it time they show him the door?

By the end of this year, Kalyn Ponga will have missed a whopping 46 games in five years. It’s why some at Newcastle are considering letting him go.

15.07.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Chammas

If Ponga wants to leave the Knights, is it time they show him the door?

By the end of this year, Kalyn Ponga will have missed a whopping 46 games in five years. It’s why some at Newcastle are considering letting him go.

15.07.2025 10

The Age

Michael Chammas

If Ponga wants to leave the Knights, is it time they show him the door?

By the end of this year, Kalyn Ponga will have missed a whopping 46 games in five years. It’s why some at Newcastle are considering letting him go.

15.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Michael Chammas

Two people will wear the blame for Blues’ defeat. Both will get another chance

Laurie Daley and Nathan Cleary remain the best men for their respective jobs. But both are doing huge damage to their legacies due to repeated Origin...

10.07.2025 2

WA Today

Michael Chammas

Two people will wear the blame for Blues’ defeat. Both will get another chance

Laurie Daley and Nathan Cleary remain the best men for their respective jobs. But both are doing huge damage to their legacies due to repeated Origin...

10.07.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Chammas

Two people will wear the blame for Blues’ defeat. Both will get another chance

Laurie Daley and Nathan Cleary remain the best men for their respective jobs. But both are doing huge damage to their legacies due to repeated Origin...

10.07.2025 5

The Age

Michael Chammas

Two people will wear the blame for Blues’ defeat. Both will get another chance

Laurie Daley and Nathan Cleary remain the best men for their respective jobs. But both are doing huge damage to their legacies due to repeated Origin...

10.07.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Michael Chammas

British Royal family couple shock guests of Billy Slater’s wife at Origin

Zara Tindall, the daughter of Princess Anne, was with husband Mike in the front row at Accor Stadium – decked out in Queensland merchandise to...

09.07.2025 4

WA Today

Michael Chammas

British Royal family couple shock guests of Billy Slater’s wife at Origin

Zara Tindall, the daughter of Princess Anne, was with husband Mike in the front row at Accor Stadium – decked out in Queensland merchandise to...

09.07.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Chammas

British Royal family couple shock guests of Billy Slater’s wife at Origin

Zara Tindall, the daughter of Princess Anne, was with husband Mike in the front row at Accor Stadium – decked out in Queensland merchandise to...

09.07.2025 3

The Age

Michael Chammas

British Royal family couple shock guests of Billy Slater’s wife at Origin

Zara Tindall, the daughter of Princess Anne, was with husband Mike in the front row at Accor Stadium – decked out in Queensland merchandise to...

09.07.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Michael Chammas

Wests Tigers promised they would change. But it’s starting to look like the same old story

After a positive start to the season, things are beginning to unravel at Wests Tigers, with young guns departing and a fourth successive wooden spoon...

02.07.2025 4

WA Today

Michael Chammas

Wests Tigers promised they would change. But it’s starting to look like the same old story

After a positive start to the season, things are beginning to unravel at Wests Tigers, with young guns departing and a fourth successive wooden spoon...

02.07.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Chammas