Brisbane star Ezra Mam has accepted a nine-game NRL ban for his driving charges, while a $90,000 club fine has taken his financial penalties to $120,000.
New figures on head knocks will raise the alarm with teams across the league as one of the sport’s toughest men makes a frank admission about the issue.
One of the NRL’s biggest stars has spoken after being sentenced for causing a horror crash while driving with drugs in his system and injuring a woman and child.
There’s few similarities between the rough and ready game of rugby league and chess. But Australia has used the football code to play a soft power gambit in its geopolitical chess game with China.
The Australian Government has inserted a key clause in the funding package for our nearest neighbour to further keep China at bay in the Pacific, as Aussies welcome the country to the NRL.