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NRL 2022: Parramatta Eels legend Ray Price reveals his heartbreaking battle with dementia

He is famously known as Mr Perpetual Motion, but no man was supposed to move like this. Ray Price stares blankly into the dark of night. It’s around 3am. Wearing pyjamas, he is walking aimlessly, painfully, disturbingly, along a stretch of road, blood pouring from his bare feet ripped apart by a 10km soul-destroying stroll he cannot remember. Suddenly, the ...

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Canterbury Bulldogs news, Cameron Ciraldo, Tevita Pangai Jr

Tevita Pangai Jr has made the shock call to pull out of the World Cup. In an emotional call, Pangai Jr has informed Tongan head coach Kristian Woolf that he has made the decision to put his club Canterbury first over running out for Mate Ma’a Tonga. Just 10-days after being named in Woolf’s strong extended 32-man squad for the ...

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NRL grand final 2022: Panthers v Eels news, Tom Opacic, Taylan May ruled out, Nathan Brown shock recall

Parramatta coach Brad Arthur and Panthers counterpart Ivan Cleary have named their teams for Sunday’s NRL grand final at Accor Stadium. Injured Tom Opacic has been named an extended bench but is expected to miss Sunday’s grand-final blockbuster against Penrith in a crushing blow for the England-bound Parramatta centre. Bailey Simonsson has kept his spot at left centre. For the ...

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Daly Cherry-Evans opens up on Manly Sea Eagles quit threat, Des Hasler future

Queensland captain Daly Cherry-Evans has revealed he considered quitting Manly after his bombshell claim there was a political “agenda” at the club to have him sacked as Sea Eagles skipper. Cherry-Evans opened up about his horror final months at Manly as the Maroons maestro prepares to lead Australia’s Prime Minister’s XIII into battle against Papua New Guinea on Sunday at ...

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NRL 2022: What went wrong for Wests Tigers? Full post-mortem into wooden spoon season

Wests Tigers chair Lee Hagipantelis insists he has no regrets over the club’s mid-season axing of Michael Maguire and revealed he had apologised to corporate supporters and fans following another season of abject disappointment. The Tigers finished the 2022 season with the wooden spoon, having won only a handful of games over the course of a tumultuous year that eventually ...

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Latrell Mitchell admits players ‘milk’ penalties – but the Rabbitohs don’t

“You can call me Trell Milk now.” That was South Sydney superstar Latrell Mitchell’s response to the suggestion that he and other players stayed down to milk penalties in Sunday’s brutal encounter with the Sydney Roosters. Referee Ashley Klein dished out a record seven sinbins but other incidents of players appearing to stay down to draw a penalty raised eyebrows ...

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