NRL push to bring back all three grades on game days
Rugby League by David Ricco
Premium Content Peter V landys has a new mission for 2021 - to bring back all three grades. The ARLC chairman and NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo s mandate to give the game back to the fans is set to continue with the return of reserve grade and under-21s games before NRL matches. In a throwback to rugby league s halcyon days of the 1980s and 1990s, when fans could follow the development of a rookie from the lower grades into a star of first grade, the NRL brains trust has been in talks with all 16 clubs about the return of all three grades this season.
again in week three to book a rematch with the Broncos in the grand final.
Minor premiers Brisbane went into the match as hot favourites, with the kind of star-studded line-up that would be hard to imagine during the salary cap era (the cap would be reintroduced for the merged National Rugby League competition in 1999).
Brisbane s backline featured present or future representative stars Darren Lockyer, Allan Langer, Kevin Walters, Wendell Sailor, Steve Renouf, Anthony Mundine, and Michael Hancock off the bench. The starting pack included Shane Webcke, Gordon Tallis, Brad Thorn, Andrew Gee and Darren Smith.
The Sharks side wasn t too shabby either, led by Australian internationals Andrew Ettingshausen, Mat Rogers and Jason Stevens, Kiwis forward Tawera Nikau and star fullback David Peachey. And while the Broncos boasted much of the Maroons Origin side there was a similar flavour to the Sharks outfit as well, with five Queenslanders in the side.
A string of Australian celebrities have paid tribute to legendary cameraman Troy Gordon following the tragic news of his death.
Troy was a popular crew member on Australian Survivor and Married at First Sight, and more recently played a part in the UK version of I m A Celebrity. Get Me Out Of Here!
He died after a private battle with cancer, passing away on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland in the very early hours of Monday morning.
Passing: Australian reality stars have paid tribute to legendary cameraman Troy Gordon, following the tragic news of his death this week
Many stars voiced their heartache, saying he would be truly missed .
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