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Brisbane Times

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With season on the line, Bulldogs went back to the future. The flux capacitor didn’t work

With season on the line, Bulldogs went back to the future. The flux capacitor didn’t work

Leading the NRL after 16 rounds, Cameron Ciraldo broke up the spine of his team, insisting he had to look to the future. This morning, the Bulldogs...

22.09.2025 8

WA Today

Neil Breen

With season on the line, Bulldogs went back to the future. The flux capacitor didn’t work

With season on the line, Bulldogs went back to the future. The flux capacitor didn’t work

Leading the NRL after 16 rounds, Cameron Ciraldo broke up the spine of his team, insisting he had to look to the future. This morning, the Bulldogs...

22.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Neil Breen

With season on the line, Bulldogs went back to the future. The flux capacitor didn’t work

With season on the line, Bulldogs went back to the future. The flux capacitor didn’t work

Leading the NRL after 16 rounds, Cameron Ciraldo broke up the spine of his team, insisting he had to look to the future. This morning, the Bulldogs...

22.09.2025 10

The Age

Neil Breen

With season on the line, Bulldogs went back to the future. The flux capacitor didn’t work

With season on the line, Bulldogs went back to the future. The flux capacitor didn’t work

Leading the NRL after 16 rounds, Cameron Ciraldo broke up the spine of his team, insisting he had to look to the future. This morning, the Bulldogs...

22.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Neil Breen

Lleyton Hewitt pushed a 60-year-old volunteer and got away with it, as he always does

Lleyton Hewitt pushed a 60-year-old volunteer and got away with it, as he always does

The Davis Cup captain was handed a delayed ban after a tribunal said it did not want to be “unduly punitive”. He should not be courtside when...

11.09.2025 10

WA Today

Neil Breen

Lleyton Hewitt pushed a 60-year-old volunteer and got away with it, as he always does

Lleyton Hewitt pushed a 60-year-old volunteer and got away with it, as he always does

The Davis Cup captain was handed a delayed ban after a tribunal said it did not want to be “unduly punitive”. He should not be courtside when...

11.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Neil Breen

Lleyton Hewitt pushed a 60-year-old volunteer and got away with it, as he always does

Lleyton Hewitt pushed a 60-year-old volunteer and got away with it, as he always does

The Davis Cup captain was handed a delayed ban after a tribunal said it did not want to be “unduly punitive”. He should not be courtside when...

11.09.2025 10

The Age

Neil Breen

Lleyton Hewitt pushed a 60-year-old volunteer and got away with it, as he always does

Lleyton Hewitt pushed a 60-year-old volunteer and got away with it, as he always does

The Davis Cup captain was handed a delayed ban after a tribunal said it did not want to be “unduly punitive”. He should not be courtside when...

11.09.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Neil Breen

NRL’s beaten brigade: Why your team was no good in 2025, and might struggle again in ’26

NRL’s beaten brigade: Why your team was no good in 2025, and might struggle again in ’26

Some had excuses, others were crippled by injury and many were downright dreadful. The nine teams which missed the 2025 finals have six months to get...

07.09.2025 10

WA Today

Neil Breen

NRL’s beaten brigade: Why your team was no good in 2025, and might struggle again in ’26

NRL’s beaten brigade: Why your team was no good in 2025, and might struggle again in ’26

Some had excuses, others were crippled by injury and many were downright dreadful. The nine teams which missed the 2025 finals have six months to get...

07.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Neil Breen

NRL’s beaten brigade: Why your team was no good in 2025, and might struggle again in ’26

NRL’s beaten brigade: Why your team was no good in 2025, and might struggle again in ’26

Some had excuses, others were crippled by injury and many were downright dreadful. The nine teams which missed the 2025 finals have six months to get...

07.09.2025 10

The Age

Neil Breen

NRL’s beaten brigade: Why your team was no good in 2025, and might struggle again in ’26

NRL’s beaten brigade: Why your team was no good in 2025, and might struggle again in ’26

Some had excuses, others were crippled by injury and many were downright dreadful. The nine teams which missed the 2025 finals have six months to get...

07.09.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Neil Breen

Radley, Politis’ zero tolerance with drugs edict and an inconvenient truth

Brandon Smith has been accused of supplying drugs to Victor Radley. That is a fact. But, the Roosters seem to believe the problem is everyone else’s...

01.09.2025 20

WA Today

Neil Breen

Radley, Politis’ zero tolerance with drugs edict and an inconvenient truth

Brandon Smith has been accused of supplying drugs to Victor Radley. That is a fact. But, the Roosters seem to believe the problem is everyone else’s...

01.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Neil Breen

Radley, Politis’ zero tolerance with drugs edict and an inconvenient truth

Brandon Smith has been accused of supplying drugs to Victor Radley. That is a fact. But, the Roosters seem to believe the problem is everyone else’s...

01.09.2025 10

The Age

Neil Breen

Radley, Politis’ zero tolerance with drugs edict and an inconvenient truth

Brandon Smith has been accused of supplying drugs to Victor Radley. That is a fact. But, the Roosters seem to believe the problem is everyone else’s...

01.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Neil Breen

The Sharks had an $8m grant for a centre of excellence. Then it all went pear-shaped

Cronulla CEO Dino Mezzatesta complained that every other NRL club has received government funding while his club got nothing. But that’s not the...

25.08.2025 10

WA Today

Neil Breen

The Sharks had an $8m grant for a centre of excellence. Then it all went pear-shaped

Cronulla CEO Dino Mezzatesta complained that every other NRL club has received government funding while his club got nothing. But that’s not the...

25.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Neil Breen

The Sharks had an $8m grant for a centre of excellence. Then it all went pear-shaped

Cronulla CEO Dino Mezzatesta complained that every other NRL club has received government funding while his club got nothing. But that’s not the...

25.08.2025 5

The Age

Neil Breen

The Sharks had an $8m grant for a centre of excellence. Then it all went pear-shaped

Cronulla CEO Dino Mezzatesta complained that every other NRL club has received government funding while his club got nothing. But that’s not the...

25.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Neil Breen

The NRL’s boss of football has had a stinker of a year. It might be time for the sin bin

Crackdowns that aren’t crackdowns. Trainers running around unchecked like generals. NRL head of elite football Graham Annesley has had a year to...

18.08.2025 10

WA Today

Neil Breen

The NRL’s boss of football has had a stinker of a year. It might be time for the sin bin

Crackdowns that aren’t crackdowns. Trainers running around unchecked like generals. NRL head of elite football Graham Annesley has had a year to...

18.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Neil Breen

The NRL’s boss of football has had a stinker of a year. It might be time for the sin bin

Crackdowns that aren’t crackdowns. Trainers running around unchecked like generals. NRL head of elite football Graham Annesley has had a year to...

18.08.2025 9

The Age

Neil Breen

The NRL’s boss of football has had a stinker of a year. It might be time for the sin bin

Crackdowns that aren’t crackdowns. Trainers running around unchecked like generals. NRL head of elite football Graham Annesley has had a year to...

18.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Neil Breen

The stats don’t lie: Dumping Brown the best coaching decision of 2025

It seemed a big call at the time, but the decision by Eels coach Jason Ryles to Dump the defecting Dylan Brown was a masterstroke. And it was backed...

03.08.2025 9

WA Today

Neil Breen

The stats don’t lie: Dumping Brown the best coaching decision of 2025

It seemed a big call at the time, but the decision by Eels coach Jason Ryles to Dump the defecting Dylan Brown was a masterstroke. And it was backed...

03.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Neil Breen

The stats don’t lie: Dumping Brown the best coaching decision of 2025

It seemed a big call at the time, but the decision by Eels coach Jason Ryles to Dump the defecting Dylan Brown was a masterstroke. And it was backed...

03.08.2025 10

The Age

Neil Breen

The stats don’t lie: Dumping Brown the best coaching decision of 2025

It seemed a big call at the time, but the decision by Eels coach Jason Ryles to Dump the defecting Dylan Brown was a masterstroke. And it was backed...

03.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Neil Breen

Premiership is there for the taking if Raiders can hold their nerve

Canberra’s window is wide open in 2025. Only two things can stop them winning the title from here.

27.07.2025 10

WA Today

Neil Breen

Premiership is there for the taking if Raiders can hold their nerve

Canberra’s window is wide open in 2025. Only two things can stop them winning the title from here.

27.07.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Neil Breen

Premiership is there for the taking if Raiders can hold their nerve

Canberra’s window is wide open in 2025. Only two things can stop them winning the title from here.

27.07.2025 8

The Age

Neil Breen

Premiership is there for the taking if Raiders can hold their nerve

Canberra’s window is wide open in 2025. Only two things can stop them winning the title from here.

27.07.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Neil Breen

Rebel rugby raid on stars as real as a PNG corruption scandal

Rebel rugby competition R360 needs to sign 200 players by September, and NRL stars are in its sights at the same time rugby league needs even more...

21.07.2025 10

WA Today

Neil Breen

Rebel rugby raid on stars as real as a PNG corruption scandal

Rebel rugby competition R360 needs to sign 200 players by September, and NRL stars are in its sights at the same time rugby league needs even more...

21.07.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Neil Breen

Rebel rugby raid on stars as real as a PNG corruption scandal

Rebel rugby competition R360 needs to sign 200 players by September, and NRL stars are in its sights at the same time rugby league needs even more...

21.07.2025 10

The Age

Neil Breen

Rebel rugby raid on stars as real as a PNG corruption scandal

Rebel rugby competition R360 needs to sign 200 players by September, and NRL stars are in its sights at the same time rugby league needs even more...

21.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Neil Breen

Dreams never end in Origin - and sometimes they do come true

The rookie and the returnee could decide who wins the series on Wednesday.

06.07.2025 10

WA Today

Neil Breen

Dreams never end in Origin - and sometimes they do come true

The rookie and the returnee could decide who wins the series on Wednesday.

06.07.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Neil Breen

Dreams never end in Origin - and sometimes they do come true

The rookie and the returnee could decide who wins the series on Wednesday.

06.07.2025 10

The Age

Neil Breen

Dreams never end in Origin - and sometimes they do come true

The rookie and the returnee could decide who wins the series on Wednesday.

06.07.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Neil Breen

Politics and rugby league have been thrown into a blender

Sport and politics aren’t strange bedfellows when it comes to the NRL.

30.06.2025 10

WA Today

Neil Breen

Politics and rugby league have been thrown into a blender

Sport and politics aren’t strange bedfellows when it comes to the NRL.

30.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Neil Breen

Politics and rugby league have been thrown into a blender

Sport and politics aren’t strange bedfellows when it comes to the NRL.

30.06.2025 10

The Age

Neil Breen

Politics and rugby league have been thrown into a blender

Sport and politics aren’t strange bedfellows when it comes to the NRL.

30.06.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Neil Breen

These coaches are facing the darkness on the edge of town

Coaching in the NRL is brutal. You are what your record says you are, and these coaches are in trouble.

23.06.2025 10

WA Today

Neil Breen

These coaches are facing the darkness on the edge of town

Coaching in the NRL is brutal. You are what your record says you are, and these coaches are in trouble.

23.06.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Neil Breen

These coaches are facing the darkness on the edge of town

Coaching in the NRL is brutal. You are what your record says you are, and these coaches are in trouble.

23.06.2025 7

The Age

Neil Breen

These coaches are facing the darkness on the edge of town

Coaching in the NRL is brutal. You are what your record says you are, and these coaches are in trouble.

23.06.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Neil Breen

DCE’s not good enough for Origin. Will he be good enough for the Roosters?

The case for and against the Sydney Roosters signing Daly Cherry-Evans.

16.06.2025 9

WA Today

Neil Breen

DCE’s not good enough for Origin. Will he be good enough for the Roosters?

The case for and against the Sydney Roosters signing Daly Cherry-Evans.

16.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Neil Breen