After earning the past two wooden spoons, running the Wests Tigers is arguably the toughest gig in Australian sport. However, Shane Richardson has a bold plan for success.
Taane Milne has added to the Rabbitohs’ woes, with the flyer facing a ban for a dangerous tackle on Cameron Munster in the team’s big loss on Anzac Day.
It’s long been accepted that players are pushed to breaking point to separate the mentally fragile players from the game’s most resilient athletes - but it’s a fine line.
A superb display by the Roosters’ No.7 set the stage for a thumping Anzac Day win over the Dragons and will only intensify speculation of a return to Queensland.
Three weeks before it was claimed Jackson Topine was incapable of playing the sport, his agent was spruiking his client’s availability as an off-contract player.
In recent weeks, Trent Robinson’s usually unflappable demeanor seemed to be slipping. But during his side’s thumping win on Anzac Day, he was, in meditation parlance, back behind the waterfall.
Despite being forced into an early reshuffle, it was the Dragons who got on the board first in the Anzac Day clash against the Roosters through Jaydn Su'a.
South Sydney remain anchored to the bottom of the ladder after a 54-20 drubbing by the Storm. Earlier, the Roosters ran up a cricket score against the shell-shocked Dragons, winning 60-18.