👤 Dan Walsh

2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Sports

The tiny grand final moments turned on a dime by NRL’s biggest marquee buys

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2026-10-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Sports

Where does pressure really sit in this year’s grand final? Trent Robinson laughs and taps his temple

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2026-09-28 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Sports

V’landys intervenes to save thousands of Knights fans from trackwork drama as grand final sells out

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2026-09-20 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Sports

NRL finals 2026 LIVE updates: New Zealand Warriors v Newcastle Knights

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2026-10-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Sports

AFL claims grand final TV ratings win, but still plenty for V’landys to crow about

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2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Sports

‘Boots, pompoms’ and premiership bling: Inside Leniu’s kitbag for last Roosters ride

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2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 You couldn’t find a better club person or family man, and that was really why he came home.” assertive

2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 “Braydon Trindall will be the next Cody Walker,” Gould opined after the Sharks five-eighth dummied his way over for a 77th-minute try in Cronulla’s comfortable 34-12 win over the Dragons. assertive

2026-09-20 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Sharks fullback Will Kennedy had been left for dead more than an hour earlier when the 37-year-old masterminded the Roosters’ passage to Friday’s preliminary final date with the Dolphins. assertive

2026-09-20 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Young star Leka Halasima will start the match after having been named in jersey 22 on Tuesday. assertive

2026-09-20 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Walker will on Monday continue his push to play in Friday’s grand final qualifier against the Dolphins, 27 days after suffering what was feared to be season-ending syndesmosis damage against the Redcliffe-based side. assertive

2026-09-21 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 In a Roosters hall of fame, the back-rowers have their very own corridor – where names like Cordner, Ricketson, Fitzgibbon, Aubusson and Sonny Bill Williams from this century alone loom large. assertive

2026-09-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 “That first year of NRL, I couldn’t really pass left to right at all … it might be an issue again, actually,” he grins, “I’ve missed a lot of footy lately.” assertive

2026-09-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 “Someone riding a skateboard out the front could do a better job at the moment. assertive

2026-09-27 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The coaching threads between Justin Holbrook, twice a member of Trent Robinson’s Roosters staff, will be raised more than once this grand final week. assertive

2026-09-28 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Plans are set to be finalised on Monday for trains to run between Newcastle and Sydney, with V’landys forecasting an influx of more than 30,000 Knights fans as ticket sales for Sunday’s decider were exhausted shortly before midday. assertive

2026-09-29 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The Waratahs, meanwhile, told him he would probably have to wait until his early 20s to earn a Super Rugby debut. assertive

2026-09-29 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Gee was in charge of the Roosters’ 36-20 preliminary final defeat of the Dolphins on Friday, in which he referred contentious tries to Jamayne Isaako and Rob Toia to the bunker, which were subsequently awarded by video official Ashley Klein, who deemed to not have sufficient evidence to overturn the on-field decision. Gee has previously officiated the 2023 grand final between Penrith and Brisbane. Incumbent 2025 grand final referee Grant Atkins was overlooked after he did not officiate in either preliminary final, with veteran whistleblower Gerard Sutton overseeing Newcastle’s nail-biting 22-14 defeat of the Panthers on Sunday. Butler was in the bunker for that match. assertive

2026-09-29 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Sources speaking on the condition of anonymity have indicated that Silverchair drummer Ben Gillies and bass guitarist Chris Joannou are both willing to perform as part of grand final day. assertive

2026-10-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Is it with the Knights, who will be playing their first decider in a quarter of a century, or a Roosters side returning after a comparatively short seven-year absence? assertive

2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Ponga is so regularly up in the defensive line these days, or scrambling at marker, Slater contended, that Sam Walker would be looking to exploit it with his short kicking game. assertive

2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The 26-year-old enforcer has a year left on his contract at the club but is set to link with Parramatta. assertive