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Closing time: The NRL clubs watching their premiership window slam shut A Set the default text size A Set large text size
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The rugby league season is so close that you can almost smell the deep heat and taste the bitter disappointment awaiting fans of the Wests Tigers.
And while the journos jostle for the rights to pen St George Illawarra’s eulogy, Part 3 of my season preview will focus on the NRL teams facing the imminent closure of their premiership window.
Key additions: Keegan Hipgrave, Bryce Cartwright (Titans), Michael Oldfield (Raiders), Tom Opacic (Cowboys), Isaiah Papali’i (Warriors)
Eels centre Tom Opacic believes this chance at Parramatta is a make or break year for his career, while teammate and rookie prop Dave Hollis is looking forward to just playing some footy again after missing a year of his development.
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Albert Vete, on the charge for the Warriors in 2017, hopes to impress Tonga s World Cup coach while he plays for Super League club Hull Kingston Rovers.
Former Warriors props Albert Vete and King Vuniyayawa hope shifting to Super League will be their springboard to the Rugby League World Cup. Vete, who has two caps for Tonga, has joined Hull Kingston Rovers on a two-year deal, while Fiji international Vuniyayawa is on a one-season deal at the Leeds Rhinos. Vuniyayawa, 25, made his Warriors debut last year, playing five NRL games before opting to return to Auckland after the club was forced to relocate to Australia due to the Covid-19 crisis.
Masada Iosefa, 32, died following an accident in Northern Territory on Monday We went to war [but] respected each other like brothers Jarryd Hayne wrote
Hayne posted the tribute to Iosefa on his wedding day to Amellia Bonnici
Iosefa remembered by former NRL players as tough as nails and a good man
Was a Rockhampton youth worker after the NRL and won a rugby title in 2020