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Dragon Soward puts on original show
JAMIE SOWARD, anyone?
Sailor and Bennett at odds over throwing five-eighth into cauldron
PERHAPS unsurprisingly, Wayne Bennett refused to talk him up as an Origin prospect. Perhaps surprisingly, Jamie Soward refused to talk himself up. Over to you Dell.
Different pressure for young Roosters
LAST Sunday afternoon young Roosters Mitchell Pearce, Jake Friend and Sandor Earl were a nervous mess, fearful of what a 3am nightclub fight in The Rocks would mean for their careers.
St George Illawarra V Sydney Roosters
The Roosters are a team the Dragons should be able to handle fairly
comfortably at home - as long as their heads remain screwed on.
It's Ben, not Benji, seizing half chance
Dragons skipper Ben Hornby is flourishing at halfback, writes
Andrew Stevenson.
Origin doesn't scare me: Douglas
Cronulla prop Luke Douglas isn't getting carried away with his chances of breaking into the NSW side for State of Origin III, as he was not even selected for the City-Country game before the series began, but he is confident he would handle the step up if the selectors did call on him.
Hunt out for Warriors clash
Late Mail: Brisbane - and possibly Queensland - have suffered a significant blow ahead of tonight's important clash against the Warriors, with Karmichael Hunt ruled out with an ankle injury.
He's no Lockyer, but Soward's not far off
For Wayne Bennett, one of the hardest things about leaving the
Broncos was knowing that he would be unlikely to coach Darren
Lockyer again, but at least at the Dragons he had a ready-made
replacement in Jamie Soward.
No tries for Darius but drought not a problem
Dragons flyer Darius Boyd isn't the least bit concerned by his NRL
try-scoring drought.
Bennett snares Kiwis comrade Fien but loses Weyman
ST GEORGE Illawarra's premiership prospects have received a massive
boost after the Warriors released Kiwi international Nathan Fien to
join the competition leaders for the remainder of the season.
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