'Untenable' Hasler set for Manly showdown

A little-known erstwhile schoolteacher is shaping arsenic the acheronian equine to regenerate Des Hasler should the Sea Eagles portion institution with their long-time manager this week.

Steven Hales, who taught astatine renowned league nursery Westfield Sports High School for respective years earlier entering the Manly system, has the enactment of the men that substance astatine Brookvale.

Hales, who went connected to manager the Sea Eagles' feeder squad Blacktown Workers earlier becoming 1 of Hasler's 3 assistants astatine Manly, helped bring respective outstanding young players to the nine from Westfield and is seen arsenic a improvement coach.

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Hasler has a showdown with nine officials time but his presumption astatine the nine is seen arsenic much and much untenable.

He is offside with nine bosses, lone adding to the rift by locking Manly proprietor Scott Penn retired of the sheds aft past weekend's final-round nonaccomplishment to the Bulldogs.

New location for Croft

The Knights person emerged arsenic favourites to motion rejuvenated erstwhile Broncos and Storm halfback Brodie Croft.

Croft was struggling erstwhile helium near the NRL astatine the extremity of past play but has had a breakout twelvemonth with Salford successful Super League, uncovering assurance and maturity.

He came up with 25 effort assists and lone this week, was named successful the Super League Dream Team.

It was revealed a fewer days agone that 3 un-named NRL clubs are funny successful the 25-year-old halfback, but Wide World of Sports has learned that the Knights are the keenest.

Brodie Croft during his clip astatine Brisbane. (Getty)

The Knights person struggled for a playmaker since controversially parting ways with Mitchell Pearce this season, arsenic their lowly presumption connected the ladder shows.

Jake Clifford and Adam Clune were utilized by manager Adam O'Brien with lone mean occurrence and the nine knows it needs a prime fig 7 to beryllium a anticipation of challenging for a finals spot adjacent season.

Croft inactive has a twelvemonth connected his declaration astatine Salford but is believed to person a get-out clause to instrumentality to the NRL.

Only yesterday, the Knights signed fiery Broncos five-eighth Tyson Gamble and helium whitethorn good signifier an breathtaking operation with Croft.

Politis adds substance to fire

With the immense elimination last betwixt arch rivals the Roosters and Rabbitohs coming up, Souths fans are taking the feud up a level.

Firstly there was the members tickets fiasco, revealed by Wide World of Sports connected Monday, successful which Souths fans were sent an incorrect codification online successful the huffy unreserved for the champion seats astatine Allianz Stadium.

Now their humor is boiling implicit comments from Roosters brag Nick Politis successful which helium dismissed their claims to usage Allianz arsenic their location ground.

"I've heard different radical accidental they privation to play determination due to the fact that it's their home," Politis said.

Sydney Roosters brag Nick Politis. (Daniel Munoz/Fairfax Media)

"The constituent is we've been determination since 1928. We started with the aged Sports Ground and past 30 years with the aged Allianz Stadium.

"Nobody other has played there. For different nine to accidental we privation to spell determination due to the fact that it's our home, it's not their home.

"The Roosters are the lone radical that beryllium there. It's our existent location and it's precise sacred."

A cheque of the facts, verified by league historiographer David Middleton, reveals that Souths and Easts shared the aged Sydney Sports Ground for location games successful 1911. For the pursuing 2 years, Souths were the archetypal nine to play location games exclusively astatine the Sports Ground, with the Roosters utilizing the Showground adjacent door.

Sydney's caller Allianz Stadium (Supplied)

In the years 1914-1928 some teams shared the Showground and SCG for location games, with the unusual crippled astatine the Sports Ground.

From 1930-1947 some teams shared the Sports Ground, earlier Souths started playing astatine Redfern successful 1948.

And for the archetypal 40 years of the league, Souths really played much location games astatine the Sports Ground than Easts.

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Roosters motion roar rookie

The Roosters person swooped to motion 1 of the champion young front-rowers successful New Zealand.

Otuvai Kivalu is conscionable 15 but helium is already turning heads with his size and velocity successful the motor room.

A ball-playing prop who tin besides play lock, Kivalu has signed a two-year woody and volition beryllium a portion of the Roosters' academy successful New Zealand but volition besides alert to Sydney for peculiar grooming and games.

Kivalu has league bloddlines - his uncle was erstwhile NRL tryscoring ace Cooper Vuna.

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