DING dong, the wicked witch of North Queensland - Graham Murray - is likely to fall on his sword today. Murray wants to do the right thing by the club and has told those close to him he intends to hand in his resignation letter soon. We're told it will probably happen this morning. And don't rule out that Canberra coach Neil Henry - who is due to take over the Cowboys next year - will be sitting in the vacant chair by the end of this week, with Cowboys assistant Ian Millward joining the Raiders a year early. Canberra are publicly saying they will make Henry see out this season but fear he'll walk anyway. Just as Murray is on the nose with several leading players at his club, so too is Henry with his men, who remain incensed he told them he was staying for the long haul before signing a five-year deal with the Cowboys. A casual maths teaching job awaits Murray.

Doggie in the middle

The real reason Sonny Bill Williams is thinking about jumping ship at Belmore? A falling-out between his manager, Khoder Nasser, and new Bulldogs chief executive Todd Greenberg. The pair had a blazing argument three years ago when Greenberg was working for ANZ Stadium and Nasser was trying to seal the deal for the megafight between Danny Green and Anthony Mundine, whom Nasser also represents, to be staged at the Olympic stadium. We couldn't raise Nasser yesterday and all Greenberg would say was this: "Sonny is in the first [year] of a five-year deal and we expect him to honour it." But conspiracy theories abound, not least that Williams is now front and centre of Mundine's warm inner-sanctum, and Mundine was racially vilified during his league career by new Bulldogs director Barry Ward. Meanwhile, some at the club aren't happy about Williams thinking out loud about joining rugby. This is getting ugly.

Welcome to Dellharbour

He may have given up the flashy diamond earrings but Wendell Sailor proved again before Saturday night's comeback match at "Dellharbour" that he has lost none of his bravado. Speaking to his former Broncos and Queensland teammate Kevin Walters on the Brisbane version of Triple M's Deadset Legends, Sailor predicted he would score two tries. "Kevvy asked how many tries and, me being cocky, I said two. He said, 'That's the Wendell we all know'," Sailor said after finishing with a double, including the match-winner, in the Shellharbour Marlins' victory over Jim Beam Cup rivals Erina. "If I don't set goals or I say I just want to go out and play footy, that's not me. I've tried to tone it down but the old Dell comes out every now and again." Not that any of his new teammates would mind. Before the match, they posed with Sailor for the annual team photo, even though he is likely to play just one or two more games for the Marlins. As Mark Geyer said last week, Sailor would already be in the Shellharbour team of the century. 

One for the road

This is the last Jack Gibson yarn we're going to tell this year. Promise … In 1985, Gibson phoned NSW coach Craig Bellamy, who was playing for Canberra, about moving to Cronulla. "I said, 'Yeah, who is it?'," Bellamy recalled. "I didn't believe it was him. I thought someone was taking the piss. He said, 'No, it's Jack'. I didn't believe him so I hung up. Three minutes later, he called back and said, 'Craig, this is Jack Gibson … ' And when he said that, I knew exactly who it was."

Say what?

"Do you think I'm up for it?" NSW winger Jarryd Hayne turned the questions on the press yesterday when asked if he was capable of snuffing out the influence of Maroons opposite Israel Folau.
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