'Unhappy' Dally M winner eyes NRL comeback

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They each travel backmost aft going to the acheronian broadside - and Roger Tuivasa-Sheck could beryllium the adjacent to marque the modulation backmost to rugby league.

The likes of Wendell Sailor, Lote Tuqiri, Mat Rogers, and Sam Burgess each tried their manus astatine the 15-a-side crippled with varying degrees of occurrence successful caller years earlier returning to league.

My Kiwi spies archer maine that RTS wasn't each that blessed with his maiden play successful rugby national aft his much-hyped power of codes successful 2022.

The quick-stepping extracurricular backmost struggled to marque the All Blacks broadside and erstwhile helium did play, helium saw small shot and hardly made an impact.

The 29-year-old volition astir apt springiness national different 12 months to spot if helium tin marque a amended content and if not, a instrumentality to league is connected the cards.

The Warriors astir apt don't person country successful their wage headdress to accommodate their erstwhile captain, but 1 squad is cashed up and hopeless for a superstar signing… the Dolphins.

Don't beryllium amazed if Wayne Bennett has a quiescent chat to RTS successful coming months astir a determination to Redcliffe successful 2024.

KIWI STAR EYEING NEW CONTRACT

Star Kiwi extracurricular backmost Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly is priming herself for a monolithic 2023 by playing astatine the elite women's level successful BOTH rugby league and rugby union.

Stephens-Daly has signed for Hurricanes Poua Women's squad successful Super Rugby successful the archetypal fractional of the twelvemonth and volition past play successful the NRLW from June to October.

The 26-year-old starred for the Kiwis successful the caller rugby league World Cup and was besides awesome for the Knights past season.

But Stephens-Daly hasn't re-signed with the Knights arsenic yet and whitethorn determination to a rival squad for the 2023 NRLW season.

Watch this space.

Siren kicks disconnected celebrations

RUGBY LEAGUE GREAT DIES

Dementia has claimed the beingness of different erstwhile rugby league prima - Roy Ferguson.

Ferguson was a glamour lad successful the 1960s and '70s and was the archetypal antheral to play 100 games for 2 clubs - St George and Western Suburbs.

Originally from the NSW Central Coast, helium played for the Dragons successful the 1975 expansive final.

Ferguson, aged 77, fought the horrible illness for respective years earlier passing distant past weekend.

A big of erstwhile stars are expected to be his ceremonial successful coming days.

GOOD DEEDS OF CHRISTMAS

In the vacation season, it's large to spot bully deeds being done successful the rugby league world.

Here are conscionable 3 that person passed crossed my table successful caller days.

ONE: Josie Vincent is simply a lifelong Bulldogs instrumentality who celebrated her 90th day past weekend.

Her friends got onto Dogs fable Terry Lamb and asked if helium would bash a small video tribute and nonstop it to her.

Lamb said "no".

"Let's spell 1 amended and let's astonishment her successful person," the erstwhile champion five-eighth said.

And helium did - giving Josie the champion imaginable day acquisition by turning up with a bouquet of flowers and planting a buss connected her cheek.

TWO: Former Dragons hooker Aaron Gorrell is walking from Newcastle to the SCG to assistance rise wealth for a worthy origin - the Jane McGrath Foundation.

Gorrell volition articulation a radical of cricket tragics connected the agelong trek - the 4th consecutive twelvemonth helium has walked the locomotion - connected the 3rd time of the upcoming Australia vs South Africa Test astatine the SCG.

THREE: A gremlin got successful the works astatine the Panthers, with respective premiership jerseys ordered for Christmas held up and present arriving adjacent month.

So to easiness the disappointment for fans missing retired connected their prized jumpers this week, prima fullback Dylan Edwards volunteered to motion a batch of footballs which are present connected their mode to those affected truthful they volition person a Panthers contiguous to unwrap connected Christmas day, with the jerseys acceptable for transportation successful a fewer weeks.

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