‘I call her my stepsister’: How a Matilda terrorised an NRL star
The Newcastle halfback and the Matildas star were once inseparable. Hastings’ father Kevin, a legend of the Sydney Roosters, used to date Foord’s mother Simone.
- by Michael Chammas
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Chammas on Monday
NRL 2023
Rabbitohs prepare for life without Burgess, NRL move to lock in Auckland Origin
South Sydney is aware of interest in Sam Burgess and are preparing to be without the 2014 premiership-winner next year.
- by Michael Chammas
Chammas on Monday
NRL 2023
Knights assure O’Brien he will coach in 2024 after Holbrook meeting exposed
Adam O’Brien learnt of a meeting last week between a Newcastle official and the sacked Gold Coast Titans coach.
- by Michael Chammas and Danny Weidler
Dally M boycott threat: NRL stars up the ante in industrial dispute
Twenty years after Craig Gower was denied the medal after players protested over improved pay and conditions, is history about to repeat?
- by Adam Pengilly and Michael Chammas
Boost for Roosters as Walker cleared to return after ACL test
The Sydney Roosters halfback was sent to Townsville with the club’s team physio to see an ACL specialist after straining the ligament earlier in the year.
- by Michael Chammas
Chammas on Monday
NRL 2023
Bulldogs give captain permission to leave, Farah eyes GM role at Tigers
Raymond Faitala-Mariner will be allowed to leave just six months after being handed the armband, while Tigers assistant coach is looking to move upstairs.
- by Michael Chammas
‘There’s professional tension’: Tigers chairman opens up on Fulton-Marshall feud
Wests Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis has addressed the friction in the front office, insisted he wouldn’t walk away from the club, and urged fans to “keep the faith”.
- by Michael Chammas
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NRL 2023
Concerns over Sheens-Marshall double act as Tigers civil war brews over Fulton
Tension between the assistant coach and new recruitment manager have reached boiling point after a series of disagreements over signing targets, threatening to destabilise the club.
- by Michael Chammas
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NRL 2023
NRL star caught up in $5000 catfish extortion attempt over nude selfie
The player was told to pay $5000 to the operator of a social media account or they would send a nude selfie of him to his friends and family.
- by Michael Chammas
Chammas at Origin
State of Origin
The Origin clause that could come back to bite Tigers
Stefano Utoikamanu’s contract states he cannot explore a free agency option if he plays in two Origin games. He was controversially dropped after one.
- by Michael Chammas
Bulldogs boss Phil Gould snapped meeting with Rabbitohs young gun Blake Taaffe
This masthead obtained an image of Gould and Bulldogs recruitment manager Peter Sharp meeting with Taaffe on Tuesday.
- by Michael Chammas