Roy Masters
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- Aug 22, 2026
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Survival of the fittest: Could this NRL title race be the easiest yet? (opens the original)
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The NRL has entered a Darwinian phase – the survival of the fittest in a race to the premiership following a season where injuries have cut a brutal swath. Players unavailable through injury have been the major factor in a reordering at the top of the competition. Last year’s top four will miss the eight-team finals for the first time in 34 years, assuming the Bulldogs stay in ninth position. (The 1991 semi finalists Penrith, Manly, Norths and Canberra all missed the 1992 five-team semis.) An in
Forget the ‘spine’ players. This position is now the most important in rugby league (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The individual positions on a rugby league field, like George Orwell’s animals, have never been equal – either in reward or recognition. In his political satire Animal Farm, published in 1945, Orwell wrote that “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others”, referring to pigs as the privileged class. Back then, “pig” was also a popular term for a rugby league forward. The front-rower
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