Queensland has to either tell us Cherry-Evans isn’t being considered - or simply pick him.
Dean Ritchie
Perth and Adelaide will be special, but imagine State of Origin lighting up Old Trafford?
He's only one game in, but Freddy is already proving he's the right man for the job.
Melbourne has been buzzing this week – State of Origin has gripped the AFL-mad Victorian capital.
Didn't Kevin Walters learn from his Billy Slater error last year?
It has experience, youth, size and speed.
Cameron Smith's legacy should be proud and glowing, but...
Just when I thought this would be NSW’s year…
Cronk is a true champion, one of the finest halfbacks of the modern era.
It’s time for Latrell and The Fox.
Take it as read, there isn’t a better news breaker in Australia.
Bulldog Ritchie weighs in on the Wayne Bennett vs Nathan Brown feud.
The Warriors have shocked everyone, including Dean Ritchie, who tipped them pre-season to run last.
According to Ritchie, Mason had a nasty crack at him after he appeared on Fox Sports’ NRL Tonight
Old Wayne Bennett was at it again last week.
Dean Ritchie is signing on for the 2018 NRL season - and his crystal ball is delivering up some tantalising predictions.
This week, Bulldog Ritchie hands out his own gongs for the biggest moments of 2017.
A ton of coaches have won one premiership - only the best have claimed two or more.
Dean Ritchie is back to cast his eye across the rugby league landscape and bring you all the biggest and best news from the NRL.
Bulldog tells us why he brushed the Brad Fittler Medal night.
This year's title is Melbourne's to lose, writes Dean Ritchie.
This may sound foolishly premature but I'd pick Nathan Cleary as Australia's back-up halfback for the looming World Cup.
Bulldogs Ritchie returns with some of the best insight into the game we love.
I cannot believe Canberra coach Ricky Stuart is being lambasted for suggesting he may rest some key players for Sunday's match against Wests Tigers.
We all love to bag Gus. It's a winter tradition.
I unwittingly found myself in a social media blow-up this week with superstar Jarryd Hayne.
It's time.
NRL crowds are disappointing again.
There's nothing worse than a smug journo telling you: 'I told you so'.
It would appear St George Illawarra fans have had enough.
Only Canterbury is flying the flag in rugby league heartland
TEN. That's how many rookie players Blues coach Laurie Daley has blooded in just TWO years.
Brisbane's premiership campaign will spectacularly implode unless club management pulls Wayne Bennett into line.
Laurie Daley should not only fulfil his current contract - which expires next season - but then be rewarded with a new three-year deal.
I have never heard Gus Gould so awkward. For the first time in recent memory, Channel Nine's Gould was asked to commentate on a Panthers game.
The damaging stand-off between Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor and star hooker Robbie Farah has been dragging now for nearly ten months.
Too old, too slow, too cocky.
Okay NSW, it's time to unite.
Wayne Bennett's Broncos are leading the NRL premiership and he hasn't a worry in the world.
Here is a question for all you disgruntled Parramatta fans. Who would you rather lose - Semi Radradra, Kieran Foran or Corey Norman?
The more we ask, the more we're hearing about the future of SBW.
The form of the Cowboys and Broncos rightly puts them at the top of the NRL pile, and it looks as though there are only two teams who can mount a genuine premiership challenge, according to Bulldog Ritchie.
Corey Norman is a fine young player and one the Eels will fight desperately hard to retain.
It was hard not to get too excited. Two successive wins to start the year and Wests Tigers were giving their critics the two-finger salute.
Bulldog Ritchie takes aim at all the hot topics in the NRL, including Parramatta's looming penalty; Hopoate's holy decision and a Cowboy being touted around.
Miserable Wayne was his best - or worst - yet again over the weekend.
I'm sick and tired of reading and hearing about the NRL's fat war chest.
David Klemmer has officially become the number one target in rugby league - on and off the field.
Paul Gallen, you deserve better. The Sharks inspiration was again being vilified on social media this week after being sidelined for six weeks due to a knee injury.
You know who is going to win this year's NRL premiership?
Stop your whinging, Wayne.
It's always easy to kick a team when they're down.
THE NRL has struck gold. A $1.7 billion television rights deal. Extraordinary money.
THIS may well be the most defining season in Cronulla's bleak 48-year history.
AH, to be in charge of the NRL for day.
I HATE Marvel Heroes round.
I have seen enough this year to come forward and make a bold prediction - the 2015 grand final will be an all-Sydney affair.
WHAT a bloody mess. Whatever happened to a good old-fashioned handshake?
GUS Gould knows a lot more about rugby league than I do. He's won premierships at two different clubs, coached NSW to Origin triumphs.
ROBBIE Farah doesn't like me. He never really has. That's okay. Having enemies is part of being a journalist.
CAN I please have the attention of all rugby league haters out there.
HERE is a quick straw poll. Who would you rather win this year - your club side or your state?
NOT even Queensland could blow this, surely.
THE fans have spoken. But is the NRL listening?
NEVER before has an NRL coach been so maligned and vilified. Canberra coach Ricky Stuart has copped vile and unwarranted criticism all his coaching career.
TAKE a close look at the off-field images presented by gun Manly players Daly Cherry-Evans and Kieran Foran.
MANLY will face an ugly battle with loyal, long-term fans if they decide to sack coach Geoff Toovey.
Israel Folau, we have a message for you: That’s enough Izzy, it's time to come home.
ST GEORGE Illawarra has been warned for years about a possible fan revolt yet ignored the threat with a touch of arrogance.
The rugby league coach is one complex character. Hyper-sensitive, focussed, even weird.
The big winners in the Daly Cherry-Evans contract saga at Brookvale will be ... Manly.
AT the risk of upsetting and alienating all Parramatta fans, I hope Kieran Foran stays at Manly.
