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Dragons ward off Wigan to keep Ryles
Brad Walter, Luke Keenan and Jamie Pandaram
Former St George Illawarra coach Andrew Farrar has helped the club retain Jason Ryles after advising him against a move to England.
On a day in which promising second-rower Chris Houston became the Dragons' latest loss to Newcastle, the club announced the retention of Ryles and fellow co-captain Ben Hornby for a further three years.
Ryles was strongly linked to a move to Wigan and it's understood former Dragons captain Trent Barrett - a close friend of the 28-year-old prop - encouraged Ryles to join him at the club.
But Farrar, who played with Wigan from 1992-93 and was on the Warriors' coaching staff until this year after being sacked by the Dragons in 2002, advised him he still had plenty to offer the NRL.
"He advised it was probably a little bit early at this stage of my career. I certainly took that on board," Ryles said. "I spoke to a few of the guys that were playing over there. They all enjoy it. It's something I definitely want to do in the future, but in the next few years I'm happy to stay here.
"There was certainly some interest there [from English clubs] so I had to think about that over a couple of weeks, but this was my first preference."
Houston, 22, became the fourth Dragon to join the Knights. Winger Luke MacDougall made the switch mid-season and Danny Wicks and Wes Naiqama have signed with Newcastle for next season.
Ryles also attracted interest from Newcastle but the Knights dropped off after signing Melbourne prop Ben Cross.
Meanwhile, Rangi Chase returns from a rib injury to play five-eighth for the Dragons in place of the departed Richie Williams against Melbourne on Sunday.
In other team news, Eels captain Nathan Cayless will be sidelined for four weeks with a broken hand, which he suffered during his side's 20-12 win over St George Illawarra on Sunday.
The Cowboys, who yesterday re-signed hooker David Faiumu, have named Jason Smith on the bench with Justin Smith to wear the No.6 jersey against the Raiders on Saturday. SMH
Wendell Sailor goes from sinner to Saint
Brent Read
Wendell Sailor is poised to put pen to paper for a return to the NRL, with St George-Illawarra rolling out the welcome mat for the wayward star.
On the day the Dragons secured its co-captains Jason Ryles and Ben Hornby for a further three years, it emerged Sailor would join the pair in the famous red V next season, after he has served out his two-year suspension for a positive drug test.
Several sources told The Australian Sailor had negotiated a deal which would allow him to resume his career in the NRL when his drug suspension ends next May.
It is understood Sailor, who is likely to play in the second row rather than the backline, has agreed to a contract heavily laced with incentives.
Dragons chief executive Peter Doust was unavailable for comment last night but the club has already approached the NRL with regards to signing Sailor, a premiership winner with Brisbane before he switched to rugby union at the end of 2002.
It is unclear whether Sailor's return will include any special conditions, as is the case with disgraced West Coast Eagles AFL star Ben Cousins.
However, NRL chief executive David Gallop said the league would not stand in the way of any club if it wanted to sign Sailor.
Gallop also said the NRL was unlikely to place any caveats on Sailor's return, as he would have served his penalty.
"If a club comes to us with a contract we would consider whether any special conditions needed to be imposed at the time but as a general proposition once he has served his suspension we would be agreeable to him playing again," Gallop said.
"He's done the crime and he's done the time."
News of Sailor's imminent return with St George-Illawarra came as the club continued to clean out its playing ranks.
Halfback Mathew Head, playing in premier league, is negotiating a deal which would take him to English club Hull for the remainder of the year.
The only stumbling block to Head leaving for England could be the terms of the contract. It is understood Hull wants Head for the remainder of this year with the option to extend if he makes a successful transition.
The Dragons would prefer Hull takes Head for next season as well, thus easing the strain on their salary cap as Head's deal in 2008 is believed to be worth about $300,000.
While Head could be on his way out, young forward Chris Houston will join teammates Danny Wicks and Wes Naiqama at Newcastle next season.
Another forward, Ashton Sims, is also on the move after being granted permission to leave at season's end while Richie Williams (Penrith) and Luke MacDougall (Newcastle) have already departed.
The Dragons did stem the flow yesterday with the signing of former Junior Kangaroo Michael Lett from Parramatta until the end of 2008.
But the sweeping player changes at the Dragons pale into insignificance with the acquisition of Sailor, who is negotiating the deal without his manager Greg Keenan, whom he has left.
At the age of 32 he would be considered a risk but his lack of recent football would be offset by his marketability.
Five years after switching codes and playing for the Wallabies, Sailor is still very much a household name among rugby league aficionados.
He was one of the game's leading players when he signed with the Australian Rugby Union, quickly becoming a member of the Wallabies.
South Sydney and the Sydney Roosters, along with St George-Illawarra, were initially linked with Sailor.
However, the Rabbitohs and Roosters ruled out making a play for the former Test winger, whose career stalled when he returned a positive test for cocaine following the New South Wales Waratahs game against the Brumbies on April 16, 2006.
That indiscretion cost Sailor a $500,000-a-year contract with the ARU and NSW Waratahs.
Sailor has spoken publicly since receiving his ban to warn of the dangers of illicit drug use, and he has continued to work on his fitness in the hope of landing a deal in the NRL.
There had been speculation he would seek a reduction in his ban in the hope of making his signature more desirable.
Under changes to WADA, expected to be introduced in November, Sailor could apply for an early return which would enable him to train and play from January 1.
Sailor dismissed that notion two months ago but there is little doubt he would be more appealing to the Dragons should he be given permission to return before May.
As it stands, Sailor is forbidden from training or playing with any sporting clubs.
Sailor, who will be 33 when he returns to the premiership, has also been a guest commentator for Channel Nine and has a regular stint on Sydney radio. The Australian
Great Rugby League to Kick Start 2007 Season
Rugby League is officially back in the Silver City after the first official competition game on Sunday at Lamb Oval - South Broken Hill.
The crowds braved the cold weather to witness some very skillful Rugby League from the Mini-League right through to the Seniors.
President of Outback Rugby League Damien Fisher says "it was great to finally see the first competition game played on the new home of Rugby League in Broken Hill - Lamb Oval".
Mr Fisher says the competition continues this Sunday in Menindee at the Showground's with the first game at 9am. He says the Outback Rugby League has organized a bus to take players and parents to the game for the cost of only $5 per person. The bus will leave Lamb Oval - South Broken Hill at 7.15am sharp. Anyone requiring transport on the bus is asked to contact the President on 0400 636 231.
Mr Fisher reminds all players that Training is held every Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 4.30pm for the Juniors immediately followed by the Seniors. He says "the seniors wanted their competition so now it's time for them to make the effort and come to training so that there is less chance of sporting injuries on game day due to the lack of fitness.
The Country Rugby League will be holding an inter-school Challenge on Thursday 21st June at Lamb Oval with Broken Hill High, Whylliama High, Wilcannia and Menindee and Whylliama and then the following Thursday June 28th a Primary School inter-school Challenge.
The next home game for Broken Hill will be at Lamb Oval from 9am on Sunday 1st July 2007.
Results from Round 1:
Junior League - Under 12 and Under 13
Menindee 28 Vs Wilcannia/Broken Hill Combined 0
Top Point Scorers for Menindee were:
Colin Clark - 4 Tries and 2 Goals
J Darrigo - 1 Try and 1 Goal
Diani Kelly - 1 Goal
Youth League - Under 14 and Under 15
Menindee 50 Vs Broken Hill 28
Top Point Scorers for Menindee:
Colin Whyman - 2 Tries
Jason Johnson - 3 Tries and 3 Goals
Top Point Scorers for Broken Hill
Fred Koraba - 4 Tries and 3 Goals
Joseph Cooper - 2 Tries
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John Stankevitch to lead Doncaster in new era
Doncaster Rugby League Club have announced former St Helens star John Stankevitch as the man to lead their team into a new era.
Stankevitch 27, joins the club having lead the Widnes Vikings Senior Academy team to eight straight victories so far this season, following a Grand Final appearance last year and despite their success, sees his future with the Dons: "From a personal point of view, this job gives me a great chance of furthering my career.
"It's an ideal partnership. The staff and players are all on the same wavelength as myself and the Chief Executive tells me I have full control of the team in terms of recruitment and selection."
Having left the Vikings who sit proudly at the top of the Co-operative National League 1 and also the Senior Academy division, John is not moving to South Yorkshire for League 2 Rugby.
"The initial aim is to maintain our place in this division. I'm confident enough in the ability of the players at the club and the recruits we will be bringing in to say we have a good chance of staying up. Players who will be brought in to Doncaster have to want to play for this club, I can't stress it enough, and we want players who have a desire to represent Doncaster."
During a playing career which included two Super League Grand Finals, two Challenge Cup Finals and 3 World Club Challenge Finals whilst representing St Helens, John has seen most there is to see in the game and would arguably have been a star of the Super League today had his career not have been tragically ended with a shoulder injury whilst playing for his home town club, Widnes in 2005.
Having such a distinguished career at the Saints, John rates one of his former bosses at Knowsley Road as the best he played under during his career, he said: "Not meaning to disrespect anyone, and I've had a number of good coaches in my time, I look up to Ian Millward the most as he brought such a professional attitude to Saints and had a really good attitude towards the players."
John's first game in charge will be on Sunday 1st of July, where South Yorkshire rivals, Sheffield Eagles travel to the Keepmoat Stadium, kick off 3pm. Doncaster Online
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NRL player movement blamed on coaches
St George Illawarra chief executive Peter Doust claims the unprecedented midseason player movement is a result of last year's upheaval in the NRL's coaching ranks.
The club-swapping continued unabated on Tuesday, with the Dragons picking up Parramatta lower-grader Michael Lett just a day after giving controversial pivot Richie Williams an immediate release to join Penrith.
The Dragons have been at the centre of much of the action with Luke MacDougall also released to join Newcastle, while the red and whites brought in Sydney Roosters playmaker Jamie Soward to help solve their halfback troubles.
While much of the Dragons problems have been self-inflicted with injury and salary cap issues ravaging the club, Doust claims new coaches at rival clubs are finally starting to leave their imprint.
Seven clubs entered season 2007 with a new man at the helm while new club Gold Coast also had a rookie coach in the form of John Cartwright.
"It's probably more of a function of how many coaches changed clubs," Doust said.
"That was extraordinary in itself, the fact that seven coaches changed clubs ... they've then taken over rosters that they weren't responsible for creating.
"There's an obvious intention there to have more influence over the roster - coaches go to clubs with certain strategies in mind or they're employed with those strategies in mind."
There is no greater case in point than at Cronulla.
Josh Hannay and Brett Seymour arrived at the club this year looking for a new start.
Coach Ricky Stuart joined the club after the pair had been signed, and Hannay and Seymour soon found themselves on the outer with the duo now consigned to park football.
The Roosters have been the biggest purgers with Soward, Josh Lewis, Nigel Plum and Chris Flannery all given early releases after being told they didn't figure in the club's plans.
Representative hooker Craig Wing is set to join the exodus at season's end with the Roosters claiming he told the club he would be accepting a four-year deal with arch-rivals South Sydney.
Souths have yet to confirm the deal.
While the Dragons have been letting plenty of players go, including another on Tuesday with Chris Houston agreeing to a three-year deal with Newcastle from next season, they finally had some good news with co-captains Jason Ryles and Ben Hornby re-signing with the club for another three seasons.
But Ryles may not see out the duration of his deal with the former representative front rower inserting a clause in his contract which will allow him to forgo the final year of his contract to join an English Super League club.
It's the same clause former Dragons skipper Trent Barrett exercised in moving to Wigan at the end of last season.
"I can get out on the last year, but it's only to go to England," Ryles said.
"It's certainly something I want to do so I'll leave that door open and just see how my body is, see how I go with injuries, and with form and if I'm still in the (club's) plans in two or three years time."
But Ryles said he was happy to have finally sorted out his immediate future with the Dragons now having experienced trio Ryles, Hornby and fellow co-captain Mark Gasnier under lock and key.
"It took longer than I thought, I wanted it done in February but as it was it took a fair bit longer," Ryles said.
"I spoke to (Newcastle coach Brian) Smith and a few of the coaches over in England but as it worked out the money all added up and I didn't really want to go so I didn't have to.
"I've lived here all my life ... I was prepared to (leave) but I didn't want to."
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RLCM's Keith Hookway talks with 'The Axe' Trevor Gillmeister Qld assistant coach after State of Origin Game 2 Sydney June 13. Click here to view
QRL FESTIVAL OF FOOTY - CITY and COUNTRY
CENTRAL Comets centre Guy Williams and Ipswich Jets forward Trevor Exton have been brought into the XXXX Country team to play XXXX City, the showpiece of this weekend's Queensland Rugby League Festival of Footy at BMD Kougari Oval.
Williams, 23, will replace Jordan Atkins of the Burleigh Bears, while Exton 25 from Ipswich comes in for Ben Lowe of the North Queensland Young Guns.
Atkins has been ruled out on medical grounds after suffering high temperatures and vomiting. Lowe is no longer eligible after signing for the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
To be coached by Mark Gee, XXXX Country is seeking its first win in the annual clash since 2003.
XXXX City faces at least one change, with bench forward David Taylor picked to play for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. His replacement is Aspley teammate Clifford Manua.
Aside from Saturday's XXXX City Country fixture, the Festival of Footy will also feature the QRL Divisional Carnival, the QRL Outback v Brisbane Second Division challenge and the official City Country Luncheon
The event is a tribute to all levels of footballers from all corners of Queensland, including a massive grassroots junior clinic to boot.
Fans from every region and grade have been encouraged to take command of the weekend and show their true colours by wearing team shirts and old jerseys, bringing the club mascot, making banners and flags or even chanting the team song.
To kick things along the Queensland Rugby League is giving away a 10-seater corporate box to the Wizard Cup grand final, plus a starter pack, to the club which most contributes to the spirit of the event.
QRL FESTIVAL OF FOOTY
BMD Kougari Oval
Wondall Rd, Manly West
Saturday June 23
10.45am - Wynnum Manly v Redcliffe (Colts)
12.15pm - QRL Outback v Brisbane Second Div.
2.00pm - XXXX City v XXXX Country
4.00pm - Northern Marlins v South East QLD Poinsettias
5.30pm - Wide Bay Bulls v Central Capras
7.00pm - South East QLD Kookaburras v South West Mustangs
Sunday June 24
9.00am - Grassroots Junior Clinic
11.30am - Central Capras v South West Mustangs
1.00pm - Wide Bay Bulls v Northern Marlins
2.30pm - South East QLD Poinsettias v South East QLD Kookaburras QRL Online
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An Extract from the RLCM 32 published 2004
Craig Bellamy - Melbourne Storm Coach
With a 15-year stint at Canberra and five years at the Broncos, Craig Bellamy has already had a long career in Rugby League.
Included in the 15 years at the Capital were 148 First Grade games, an appointment as President's Cup Coach and First Grade Assistant Coach.
All of this came even before his time at the Broncos as Assistant Coach under Wayne Bennett.
As Craig puts it, "I had about an eight year apprenticeship in coaching and I am a bit of a believer in that things happen for a reason, and I probably needed that much time.
I am pretty confident with what I am doing now and I know where I want to go and how I want to get there. I feel that the long apprenticeship has helped."
RLCM asked Craig how his time with master coach Wayne Bennett helped.
BELLAMY: Yes, I had a really good relationship with Wayne. The first six months he was always around and kept an eye on what I was doing.
After that, I knew what my role was and he let me go and do it. If he had a problem with it, he would come and see me. If he didn't question me on it, I knew I was going okay.
Similarly, the staff I have are there because I think they know what they are doing. They are doing a good job and basically I don't interfere too much.
If I would like something done differently, certainly, but they've got a job to do and I don't want to be in their ear all the time.
I have always tried to treat people how I would like to be treated myself. Obviously, I am talking to them about what we are doing and whether we need to make a bit of a change. I don't have to know everything they are doing. I am very busy myself and you have to show some trust and we have a good relationship.
RLCM: Obviously you've thought long and hard before you moved to the Storm. What were your ideas about what you were going to bring to the
team?
BELLAMY: Well, I cleaned out the decks, brought my own people in and basically tried to make the place happier.
I thought morale might be a little bit low so I went around a few things besides our training. I did a few social things early and just tried to make it a little bit better place to be around, a happier place and a better environment. From there we started bringing the footy side into it.
You can't demand respect; you've got to earn it. I think I have earned some of that but you would have to ask the players and the people there.
One advantage you have when you have played at that level is that you know what some of the players are going through every now and then and everyone has a tough time occasionally.
I went through tough times as a player - injuries and so on, and you know what they are thinking sometimes so you can sympathise with what they are going through and I think that helps.
From RLCM Book 32 published by Shamrock Books 2004
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