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THE JOY OF SIX: Finals week four
By STEVE MASCORD WELL, WE DO – BUT SHOULD WE GO AROUND SAYING SO? COACH Trent Robinson has admitted he thought it ‘a bit strange’’ that Sydney Roosters chose to promote this season with the slogan “We...
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THE JOY OF SIX: International Season week one
By STEVE MASCORD 1. WHAT IN THE WORLD? ACCORDING to the Rugby League International Federation constitution, the gates of all Tests are to be levied with the money going into central funds. The levy is...
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THE JOY OF SIX: International Season week six
By STEVE MASCORD 1. SIMPLY THE BEST? FORMER NSW Origin forward and founding Brisbane Bronco Terry Matterson says the current Australian team could be the best in his quarter-century involvement in the...
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THE JOY OF SIX: International Season Week Two
BREAKTHROUGH FOR LEAGUE RUGBY league is set to belatedly achieve government recognition in South Africa as soon as this week – as direct result of the country’s ambitious bid to host the 2017 World...
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THE JOY OF SIX: International Season Week Three
By STEVE MASCORD SLIPPERY WHEN … DRY A slippery surface and strangely mute crowd – those were the minor negatives on an otherwise positive and encouraging opening day at the World Cup. Despite claims...
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THE JOY OF SIX: Pre-season
NOT MUCH OF A CHALLENGE AT 24-4 at Allianz Stadium on Saturday night, plans for a six-team World Club Challenge next year were looking somewhat dodgy. South Sydney and Brisbane have already told...
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THE JOY OF SIX: Pre-Season II
By STEVE MASCORD EARL GREY OVER DANK NEWS EXILED footballer Sandor Earl was not best pleased to read on the Sun-Herald that controversial sports scientist Stephen Dank has a job with the women’s Indian...
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THE JOY OF SIX: NRL Round One 2014
1. REMEMBER THIS A CONCUSSION expert from Melbourne spoke to NRL chief executives in Auckland last month and spelt out the cold, hard facts of legal action from former players over concussion. The cost...
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THE JOY OF SIX: International Season Week One 2014
SANDOW SIN BIN WHEN we went to Parramatta with claims Chris Sandow had played in an aboriginal knockout and been sent off for a shoulder charge followed by an elbow, Eels CEO Scott Seward told us: “He...
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THE JOY OF SIX: International season week two 2014
By STEVE MASCORD PLAY LEAGUE, SEE THE WORLD TOP players would be hired as ambassadors and sent to promote the game around the world as part of one proposal if the new Rugby League International...
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THE JOY OF SIX: International Season Week Seven
By STEVE MASCORD McNAMARA STAYS ENGLAND coach Steve McNamara has been retained. When asked by Set of Six what process would determine who has the job next year, Rugby Football League chief executive...
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THE JOY OF SIX: 2015 NRL Nines
By STEVE MASCORD THIS COULD BE MAGIC, SAY NINES ORGANISERS COUNTING their dollars after a second wildly successful NRL Nines, the promoters have set their sites on a “Magic Weekend”, with an entire...
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JOY OF SIX: round one 2015
By STEVE MASCORD SEEING RED OVER MOSES WHAT if Dallas Donnelly pulled up outside an NRL ground in his time travelling Delorian and went inside for a gander? What would he make of a competition where...
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THE JOY OF SIX: NRL Round 17 2015
THE BEAST IS COMING FOR YOU SO David Klemmer accidentally knocked out a NSW staffer who was holding a tackling bag? If he is on the field for a kick-off on Wednesday, Maroons players are best advised...
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