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About Greg Prichard
About Greg Prichard
Greg Prichard has covered rugby league for 25 years. In his third year at the Herald, Greg has previously worked for the Daily Mirror, Telegraph Mirror, Sun-Herald, radio 2UE and 2GB and freelanced extensively. "I like to write features on the personalities in the game and look for interesting stories behind the scenes, as well as analyze the games themselves, study the form to try to give the fans a decent guide to their team's chances of winning on any given weekend," Prichard says. "The best thing about the game these days is that the competition has evened up and most teams have a reasonable chance of winning on any weekend, which gives every fan hope."
Eels want to crush Cowboys to restore their missing mojo
LAST week Luke Burt was a shock omission from the Parramatta team to play Manly after being named in his usual spot at fullback. This week he could be a shock inclusion for the game against North Queensland at Parramatta Stadium tomorrow night after not being named in the side.
Sea Eagles score King-sized boost but it looks bleak for Lyon
MANLY coach Des Hasler says he hopes to have prop Jason King back within a few weeks after tests cleared him of a broken ankle that probably would have forced him out for the rest of the season. "He's had X-rays and scans and it's ligament damage," Hasler said yesterday. "It's not broken, which is great news for 'Kingy' and us. He'll probably be out for two or three weeks."
Value of Petero skyrockets with each performance
SO OFTEN, the biggest plays are the ones which don't actually bring points, but are indicative of the level of commitment and desperation necessary for a team to get anywhere in the NRL.
Frozen Chooks devoured
The Raiders didn't really need the rain to help wash the Roosters away.
Anasta says Roosters just played dumb football
PLAYMAKER Braith Anasta was more direct post-match than his team had been during the game against Canberra, when he said the Roosters had played "dumb" and were lacking confidence.
Clubs drive home point
THE increasing financial pressure on the game has led to South Sydney chief executive Shane Richardson urging all clubs to embrace membership drives as their greatest potential saviour.
Wesser's free to walk if rival club can come up with cash
PENRITH star Rhys Wesser will, at this stage, remain with the Panthers to see out his deal until the end of next year, but that could change if another club is prepared to cover the bulk of his contract money.
Taylor says Crowe bond stronger than ever
SOUTH SYDNEY coach Jason Taylor says his relationship with the club's high-profile co-owner Russell Crowe has become "stronger than ever" during the past two months and Crowe's support has helped give him the confidence to make the decisions that have contributed to the team's season turning around.
Sonny Bill backing old foe Mason at any rate
SONNY Bill Williams may have had his issues with Willie Mason this
year, but yesterday he jumped to his former Bulldogs teammate's
defence over the players' poll that rated Mason the NRL's most
overrated player.
My son's a victim of Gaz-gate, says Morris
STEVE MORRIS believes his identical twin sons, Brett and Josh, would not be separating at the end of this season had centre Mark Gasnier decided earlier to quit St George Illawarra and take up a lucrative deal with French rugby union club Stade Francais.
Eels hope Mateo will miss only one game
PARRAMATTA'S stuttering attack has lost its most threatening player after five-eighth Feleti Mateo yesterday was ruled out for up to two games with a knee injury.
Souths boss tried to lure hulking French Caveman into Rabbits' warren
SOUTH SYDNEY chief executive Shane Richardson last night revealed the club had approached the management of French rugby star Sebastien Chabal to inquire about the possibility of the "Caveman" playing a portion of this season with the club.
Doc gives Mateo a glimmer of hope
THERE was speculation yesterday that Parramatta star Feleti Mateo's knee injury could end his season, but the club's doctor, Michael Johnson, one of the country's leading orthopaedic surgeons, said his gut feeling was that it wasn't nearly that bad.
Hodgson downplays farewell as he plots a boilover
BRETT HODGSON admits he is emotional about playing his last game at Campbelltown Stadium tonight, but rather than hope Wests Tigers can defeat Melbourne as a testimonial for him, the skipper has urged his teammates to play for precious premiership points.
Eels will have to pull rabbit out of hat to save season
PARRAMATTA fans are suffering in the way St George Illawarra fans were a couple of months ago before the Dragons turned their season around.
Captain Kurt inspires Newcastle and Penrith pay ultimate penalty
PENRITH coach Matthew Elliott took responsibility for his team's loss last night, saying there must have been something amiss with the preparation.
The big match - Cronulla v Manly
Tonight, Toyota Stadium, 7.30pm.
The football factory
Young players are making a noise at the foot of the mountains - and it's only going to get louder, writes Greg Prichard.
Too many Manly men proves costly
MANLY have been fined $5000 by the NRL for having 14 players on the paddock against the Gold Coast on Friday night.
Net closes on Parra yob as Penrith express anger at stadium security
THE investigation into the racial abuse of Petero Civoniceva by a spectator at Parramatta Stadium on Sunday was moving closer to finding the culprit last night, but Penrith officials were dismayed he was allowed to leave the ground without being interviewed by police in the first place.
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