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https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...s/news-story/7ae5187a4cdc5ce92edfcb2ec7db8a2a
From Fox Sports,
BIG TRANSFER CHANGE ON NRL’S AGENDA AGAIN
The NRL’s much-hyped trade window is back on the agenda again with the governing body commissioning a review into player contracts.
Yep, we love a review. They’re about as popular as committees or subcommittees in the great game.
Buried in the fine print of the NRL’s player pay cut deal struck with the Rugby League Players Association earlier this week were a couple of lines about the said review.
What it means is trade and transfer windows will be seriously looked at, something the NRL clubs have long been in favour or but the RLPA is staunchly opposed against.
The review is also tipped to look at the rules around terminating contracts early.
Trade windows have long been a buzz phrase at NRL headquarters but it remains to be seen if anything will actually come of this round of talks.
Also, From Sporting News,
Adam Reynolds' shock admission over South Sydney Rabbitohs 2014 Premiership win
The 2014 premiership victory for the South Sydney Rabbitohs was one of the most memorable in history.
But according to their current captain
Adam Reynolds , it should have happened 12 months earlier.
After a 43-year drought that saw them kicked out of the competition for two seasons at one stage, the Rabbitohs finally gave their fans something to cheer about when they defeated the Bulldogs.
Souths had lost two preliminary finals in a row to the Bulldogs and Sea Eagles prior to their breakthrough premiership.
And according to Reynolds, the 2013 side should have won the premiership and revealed their side that year was even better.
“We got beat by Manly – that was probably the most disappointing game I’ve been a part of in my career," he said on
Brett Finch Unscensored .
"I thought in '13 we had a better team than in '14. I thought we were primed to win it that year, and the Roosters went on to win it. That was probably the most disappointing game, because we didn’t perform as a team.
"I remember we were up and they (Manly) scored this freakish try in the corner, and everything sort of clicked for Manly at that time. We stopped playing footy when we hit the lead, and that’s something as a half I learnt you can’t do in first grade.
"You have to keep playing and applying pressure to the other team. I thought in '13 we deserved to win it – '14 maybe."
In 2014, things clicked for the Rabbitohs and they went on to win the premiership after a rampant run in the finals series.
Reynolds said the defeats the two previous years lit a 'fire in the belly', despite his admission that they arguably had a weaker roster on paper.
“The disappointment from the year before and the fire in the belly carries over to that pre-season. We were hungrier than ever, and everything we did was better than the year before," he said.
"We got to the point in the season where we knew we could drag teams the 70th minute at nil-all or 6-all, and we would blow them away. The year before we played for 70-75 minutes and we’d have lapses in games and it would cost us like it did in the semi.
"We started a bit jittery in one of the semis against the Roosters. I remember (Ben) Te’o came back from suspension and he came back and really lifted the spirits of the team. Him and Sammy (Burgess) both knew they were exiting rugby league.
“The wave of emotion I was talking about – not only us, but for the fans. This was the shining light at the end of the tunnel, and everywhere we went we felt like kings.
"We dragged them 60-65 minutes into that game, and at the end we came away too strong. It was a wave of emotion, and it felt like we were never going to get beat in 14."
