The new NRL season kicks off tonight with two games, the first of which features Greg Inglis and his new team South Sydney up against the Roosters. DAILY TELEGRAPH writers give their tips for the round, and season.
GREG INGLIS
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Mark Williams, Greg Inglis and Ben Cousins feature on RED TIME this week in an edition Tony Abbott will spend the entire weekend trying to download. Probably without success.
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The shock news that Greg Inglis is likely to move to South Sydney - leaving both the Storm and Broncos feeling seriously annoyed - is a development that rugby league could have done without, as NICK TEDESCHI writes.
The 2010 Brisbane Broncos are the first in 19 years to miss the finals. And as STEVE MASCORD writes, they hate being told they might be the worst Broncos outfit in history.
In line with the huge assistance given to the AFL's expansion teams, STEVE MASCORD floats the controversial idea that the NRL should also give 'interstate' clubs such as, yep, Melbourne Storm (and Perth) a leg-up.
Greg Inglis' decision this week to join the exodus from Melbourne Storm has given rise to fears the club would field a shell of a team next year. Not so, says NICK TEDESCHI - the Storm will be actually better for Inglis' departure.
The prospect of Melbourne Storm rescuing anything from its salary cap wreckage - premiership trophies or top-line players - appears remote following today's developments, says STEVE MASCORD.
NSW winger Timana Tahu's decision to walk out on the Blues this week after his assistant coach Andrew Johns made a racist remark is, says STEVE MASCORD, enormously brave and could help bring about major changes in attitude.
He's one of league's great athletes yet, because he left his northern NSW hometown so young, Greg Inglis is not seen as a hero in those parts - just another symbol of what's been taken away, as MALCOLM KNOX writes.
