NRL 360 paints itself into a corner
There is ongoing confusion over the obsession with Penrith’s supposed “arrogance” on Fox Sports’ flagship program ‘NRL 360’.
While the incident involving Stephen Crichton and Canberra’s Joseph Tapine was worthy of discussion, the program was still talking about it nearly two weeks later as they desperately tried to paint Penrith’s playing group, which is widely respected amongst most of the media, as some sort of grubs.
The coverage has even led to other journalists, including AAP’s Scott Bailey and Nine’s Danny Weidler, to leap to Penrith’s defence. The ‘NRL 360’ gang even asked a bemused Newcastle coach Adam O’Brien if he thought Penrith was arrogant, a question he understandably chose to deflect.
Meantime Canberra spent last week so focused on Penrith that they forgot to show up for the game against Parramatta, easily beaten 35-10 at home.
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