The SMH reveals how Labor MP Anthony Albanese played a key role in scrapping plans to give former PM John Howard a senior position administering the NRL.
Rugby league
Reading between the lines on the NRL-Howard coverage
Once again, Piers Akerman has written a story about a News Ltd investment without once mentioning that his employer has a deep involvement in the issue.
John Howard transforming NRL: there goes the black fan base
Rugby league has been a dying game for many, many years — is John Howard really the man to revamp it? It makes even less sense when you consider a large percentage of the hard-core league fan-base is black.
NRL’s naked truths laid bare by female journos
What’s it like being a female journalist in a sport dominated by sex scandal headlines and mistreatment of women? Rugby League journo Jacquelin Magnay tells how to play the game.
The catastrophic opening to the NRL season
In a lifetime of watching rugby league, I cannot recall a more catastrophic lead in to the start of a premiership season, writes Jeff Wall.
Warriors boost NRL stocks in NZ
NZ’s participation in the NRL is looking healthier and healthier, with the Warriors now shaping up as serious finals contenders, writes Jeff Wall.
Player exodus to the UK a challenge for the NRL
This week’s confirmation that the Melbourne Storm’s Matt King has signed a lucrative contract with the UK Super League club, Warrington, has alarmed many rugby league observers, and rightly so.
