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'Bluey' McClennan painted as a Butterworth
By Peter Jessup
"Bluey" McClennan seems sure to go to coach Leeds, the unknown Paul Bergman out of Wellington firming as his favoured replacement.
McClennan has an offer to coach the English Super League club though no deal has yet been done.
"I want to coach the Kiwis at the World Cup," was all McClennan would say yesterday.
The Herald understands the coach told the NZRL of the approach from Leeds over a week ago and was granted approval to continue talks.
But since he was interviewed for the job in England there has been no comeback from the league, which is still to discuss with him his contract to the end of the World Cup in 2008.
Word has it the governing body will not back down on its requirement that the coach reside here.
It appears politics is rearing its ugly head. Some are keen to paint McClennan as league's Brad Butterworth should he go overseas for what will clearly be much more money than the NZRL pays him. The residency requirement, dubbed the "Gary Freeman rule" because it was introduced to exclude the former halfback-turned-coach rather than sack him after poor returns, now provides a convenient means to eject McClennan.
There is no clear front-runner as replacement among the ranks of Bartercard Cup or representative coaches - including Junior Kiwis coach Bergman who is apparently the beneficiary of back-door lobbying.
Heir-apparent would be Stephen Kearney, assistant coach at Melbourne when they made the 2006 grandfinal and now when they lead the NRL. Clearly, the bulk of the Kiwis team will come from the NRL's Australian clubs. So the residency rule is a nonsense. The wisest move would be to keep McClennan on as a director of coaching and elevate Kearney.
The Kiwis coach is answerable to the chairman of the NZRL or his nominee. The NZRL's appointment of former Kiwis coach Graham Lowe as director of football appears to put Lowe between board chairman Andrew Chalmers and McClennan. It is unclear if that will change the guidance of the national side. Lowe, long a thorn in the NZRL's side via his criticism in the media, is now an employee.
It's hard to see Lowe being able to keep his nose out of coaching or the current coach wanting his predecessor telling him what to do, though both he and McClennan yesterday denied any ill-feeling. Also, McClennan was not consulted about the NZRL's decision to put Aussie Wayne Bennett in charge of the All Golds in the game's centenary match in England this year.
Among concerns being expressed in league circles regarding Chalmers' governance of the NZRL:
* Expenditure, with lawyers and consultants fees said to have rocketed - no sign of income to match.
* Bartercard Cup players and coaches not consulted about changes to the elite competitions.
* The NZRL absorbing its critics so they can be controlled; freebies to games in Australia excused via meetings of dubious value, work that could be done by phone.
* Accountant Brian Mills' removal as board returning officer.
* Provincial districts that were in breach of NZRL requirements regarding financial reports, budgets and player numbers given voting rights, contrary to the league's constitution.
There is disquiet that moves aimed at reinvigorating league in the provinces will fail, cost money and result in an exodus of players to Australian, English and French second-tier clubs.
Chalmers' touting of a Wellington-based side in the English Super League, playing games in Singapore and other "halfway" points, is seen as pie-in-the-sky in league circles.
They want to know where the money is coming from - Chalmers says he has a billionaire Belgian backer who he refused to identify. The Herald understands he is John Porter, who owned a supermarket chain in England and now resides in Belgium.
District representatives have been called to a meeting next weekend where they will be informed about changes to the competition format. They will apparently be told that the Bartercard Cup is to be scrapped.
Then they get a seat at the Warriors-Dragons game.
Auckland clubs that opposed mergers to meet criteria to take part in the Bartercard Cup do not see the reintroduction of provincial football as the answer. NZ Herald
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Sea Eagles productive first half ensures win over Newtown Jets.
Hull FC 30 defeated Hull KR 20
Warrington 47 defeated Huddersfield 28
Junkyard Dogs by a nose in rugly league stinker Well, which version of events do you want? I could give you the warm and fuzzy description of yesterday's clash between the Bulldogs and the Sharks, suggesting it was a hard-fought war of attrition between two highly motivated teams desperate for the two competition points to stay in touch with the NRL's top eight.
It's not about the coaches The State of Origin series had a brutal effect on Newcastle. Now that it is over, they are hoping their mixture of hard-nosed experience and emerging talent will be good enough to pull them back up into the top eight during the run to the finals.
Porous defence gives Roosters edge in spoon race Put this one down in your diaries: round 24, Sydney Roosters versus Penrith at Aussie Stadium. The way both teams are going, the result of that clash will decide who gets the wooden spoon.
Fast play, not phantom menace: Hampstead Referee Sean Hampstead last night insisted he hadn't mistaken the half-time hooter for the infamous "phantom siren" when he let play go on and Canberra hooker Ryan Hinchcliffe scored, but the man NRL officials once tried to ban as a "menace" claimed credit - even though he wasn't at the game.
Cleal's season all but shattered Bulldogs Kane Cleal's season is in doubt after he suffers a horrific fractured jaw against the Sharks.
If a player is felled on the field Shark Park was a mysterious, dark place yesterday. The floodlights were on full beam as the heavy clouds rolled in, but many things happened in the hyped-up clash between Cronulla and the Bulldogs, and yet no one saw anything.
King decision this week for Storm The Storm will finally discover on Wednesday or Thursday whether Matt King will be leaving the club. Read more SMH
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Titans injury list growing
Luke Turgeon
The Gold Coast Titans lofty inaugural season is in danger of taking a nosedive with the NRL new boys now shouldering the longest injury list in the competition in the wake of their bruising one-point loss to the Broncos.
The Titans player depth will be stretched to its limits in the run home to the finals, with a string of key signings sidelined for the season and injuries to star players.
Titans workhorse Michael Hodgson -- the second most experienced forward behind Luke Bailey -- will have an arthroscope on his knee tomorrow to determine the extent of the injury he suffered in the opening minutes of Friday's heartbreaking 19-18 golden point defeat to Brisbane.
Things don't look good for Hodgson, who appears to be joining props Michael Henderson (broken leg) and Brad Meyers (knee) and English fullback Richie Mathers (knee) on the Titans list of season-ending injuries.
Dual international Mat Rogers (fractured knee cap) is not expected back until round 23, prop James Stosic (medial ligament) won't return before round 21 while backrow star Anthony Laffranchi (medial ligament and cartilage damage) should be back on deck for round 20.
Co-captain Scott Prince is in doubt for this Sunday's round 18 clash with Canberra after damaging his sternoclavicular joint (collar bone) against the Broncos, as is forward utility Clint Amos, who was kept in hospital overnight on Friday after suffering concussion.
Not even the State of Origin battered Broncos, who have four players currently sidelined, boast such and extensive casualty ward.
Canberra have the second longest injury list in the NRL with seven players out, but only one for the season.
The Dragons are equal with the Titans in terms of season ending injuries, also with four but otherwise aren't in too bad shape.
Titans coach John Cartwright knows the horror run with injury is hurting his side but refuses to dwell on the fact and is confident those still fit are more than capable of winning matches.
"We'll have guys coming back, you just keep turning them over," said Cartwright. "Every club is going through the same thing."
One player that has felt the full fallout from the Titans' injury woes is backrower Mark Minichiello, who has stepped up in recent weeks to fill the gaping hole left by stats leader Laffranchi.
Minichiello played a full 80 minutes for the first time this season against the Broncos, topping the Titans hit-up count with 17 for 190 metres and making 27 tackles.
Tough as nails hooker Nathan Friend made a massive 54 tackles at the weekend while Titans co-captain Bailey racked up 34 tackles and 16 hit ups for 182 metres, just 48 hours after playing State of Origin for NSW.
"We have lost a lot of forwards of late, so we are going to have to keep playing a lot of minutes and try and hold it together until we get some players back on the field," said Minichiello.
"When you don't have players who are your regular first graders to choose from because they are out with injury, it makes the work a lot harder on everyone else.
"You don't want to be losing players at all but especially at the back end of the season when you are coming into the finals series.
"But every team goes through injury and we have a few at the moment but hopefully we can get a few back on the field soon and get a good run going in to the finals.
"We are still in the top eight and we want to stay there.
"We need to really concentrate on our next couple of games, which are must-win for us." GC Bulletin
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Thurston OK, Cowboys primed The Cowboys are primed for a big perfomance against southern cousins Brisbane in Townsville on Friday night
Cleal high shot denied Cronulla prop Ben Ross last night said he felt sorry for injured Bulldog Kane Cleal - but would accept no blame for the shocking injury.
Hannant the quiet achiever He doesn't have the profile of front row partner Petero Civoniceva but Ben Hannant can take much of the credit for the Broncos' revival.
Titans turn to ex-Bulldog Former Bulldogs forward Daniel Conn shapes as the Gold Coast's front-row saviour with coach Cartwright admitting his props cupboard is bare. Read more Courier Mail
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NZRL to stick with local coach
The New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) will not relax its Kiwis coaching residency rules if Brian McClennan accepts an offer from English Super League club Leeds.
Speculation mounted on Sunday that McClennan will soon resign as Kiwis coach after both McClennan and Leeds chief executive Gary Hetherington confirmed to NZRL chairman Andrew Chalmers an offer was on the table.
NZRL director of football Graham Lowe confirmed that McClennan would not remain in the Kiwis role if he shifted to England.
Any replacement must live in New Zealand under the NZRL's residency rule, ruling out a host of high-profile contenders.
"It might seem tough at the moment for Bluey because Bluey's a person that everybody thinks a lot of," Lowe told Radio Sport.
"But that's the rule and it means someone else will get a chance.
"We want people who have been through the system here and have the desire to carry out this role.
"We've had a lot of good coaches drop off because they know there's no prospect for them."
Lowe said the Kiwis role doesn't come with a big salary and would almost certainly be eclipsed by whatever Leeds had laid on the table.
He said the NZRL won't become involved in a bidding war and he wouldn't blame McClennan for leaving.
A stint of regular coaching at the top club level could only improve McClennan's ability, Lowe added.
"Without being disrespectful to Brian, he was a Neville-nobody in the international coaching ranks of rugby league but he was good enough to make his mark and very successfully with the Kiwis," Lowe said.
"And I think others could do exactly the same.
"If you're lucky enough to get the Kiwi coaching position, it's a foot on the ladder. It's a mark of recognition that you didn't have before.
"If it means they get a big professional career later on, then fantastic."
McClennan's coaching background included stints in the NZ domestic Bartercard Cup competition with Mt Albert and the Hibiscus Coast Raiders, as well as being a Kiwi assistant coach.
His successor, who would take charge of the team for this year's tour of the United Kingdom and probably next year's World Cup, would have a similar pedigree and would probably come from one of the domestic Bartercard Cup teams.
Knights, Eels aim to impress ex-coaches So much has changed at Newcastle in 2007 that Michael Hagan says he'll have trouble recognising his old club when they tackle his Eels Monday's NRL clash.
Bulldogs reel in Sharks for 14-12 win The Bulldogs have run down a dogged Cronulla to eke out a 14-12 NRL win at a gloomy Toyota Park.
Soward lifts Dragons to win over Raiders Freed from selection pressure, St George Illawarra halfback Jamie Soward has inspired the Dragons to a 58-16 NRL thrashing of Canberra at WIN Stadium.
Bulldogs building NRL momentum Melbourne and Manly continue to streak away in the NRL, but they will be peeking nervously over their shoulders after the Bulldogs joined them in the top eight. Read more Yahoo Sports
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Makeshift Kent Ravens come away with only pride
Dragons 58 defeated Raiders 16
James Lowes quits Salford for Warrington
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Dab of Maroon for All Golds
Wayne Bennett to coach NZ Kiwis
Brad Walter
Former Australia mentor Wayne Bennett is set to return to the international arena - as coach of the New Zealand All Golds for their match against the Northern Union in October to mark the 100th anniversary of the first league Test in 1907.
Bennett will be joined by his Brisbane captain Darren Lockyer, the Queensland and Kangaroos skipper, after the pair accepted invitations from the NZRL to take part in the historic Test at Warrington.
Lockyer replaces Andrew Johns to play the role of Dally Messenger, father of the code in Australia, who joined the All Golds tour of the UK 100 years ago as a guest of the Kiwis.
Exclusive player poll The burning questions in rugby league are answered.
Taha comes in for unlucky Inu Rugby recruit Timana Tahu will return from a hamstring injury to play in the centres for Parramatta against Newcastle tomorrow night.
O'Meley wary despite punters' support Bulldogs prop Mark O'Meley has warned his teammates against getting too cocky after flexing their premiership muscles in recent weeks.
High praise for retiring Rabbitoh With acknowledgements for a job well done by the Prime Minister, a cricketing great and an Academy Award winner marking David Peachey's impending retirement from the NRL, it's no wonder the Souths fullback believes in fairytales.
No need to panic about player drain yet: Carr The "hysteria" surrounding the exodus of NRL players to overseas clubs is unjustified, says Australian Rugby League chief executive Geoff Carr.
Whatuira talks Despite interest from rugby union and the English Super League, Wests Tigers centre Paul Whatuira is seriously considering an offer to join Canberra next season.
Swann staying Warriors second-rower Logan Swann is poised to sign with the Warriors for at least another season.
Halfway there Wests Tigers coach Tim Sheens will press on with his plan to turn Benji Marshall into a halfback despite Robbie Farah's masterful second-half performance in the No. 7 jersey against Penrith.
Brian bails out The New Zealand Rugby League is set to release Kiwi coach Brian McClennan after he received a formal job offer from English Super League club Leeds. The league will enforce their residency rule, which says the Kiwi coach must live in New Zealand.
Panthers show club leaders the door but 'no crisis' Penrith general manager Mick Leary has defended the decision to offload their three captains for next season, claiming the trio was stale and drastic action was needed to "resurrect" the club.
Gimme shelter, pleads a bruised, battered Prince Gold Coast captain Scott Prince has pleaded with the National Rugby League for increased protection of kickers after a week of high drama involving charge-downs.
How a brave dad and dead uncle spur this young Knight to chase dreams of glory Cory Paterson doesn't have to go far to find inspiration. He only needs to look across the dinner table where, if he doesn't see the smiling face of Jarrod Mullen, he'll find it in the form of his father, Don.
Taste of a turnaround has Ben fired up The Dragons are within a sniff of the top eight, which has Ben Creagh at his barnstorming best, Will Swanton writes. Read more SMH
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Harlequins 30 defeated Catalans 22
After all the mud-slinging - Graham Murray
Manly refocus straight after record win Manly five-eighth Jamie Lyon has urged his teammates to immediately forget about their record-breaking victory over the Sydney Roosters.
Bunnies struggles stun Storm hooker Cameron Smith just doesn't get it - why aren't South Sydney sitting near the top of the NRL ladder?.
Cowboys hold out Warriors by 6 points North Queensland has firmed their NRL top four after holding out the previously in-form New Zealand Warriors 18-12 in a lacklustre match in Townsville.
Hodges to miss a month with injury Brisbane have delayed sending Test centre Justin Hodges for scans after he injured his hamstring in Friday night's gripping 19-18 win over the Gold Coast.
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TOP YOUNG EUROPEANS RECOGNISED
In the wake of England's sensational 14-12 win over France in the final of the six-team Rugby League European Nations under 16's Tournament in Serbia, a mythical 'dream team' from the week-long extravaganza has been selected.
The players were nominated by each Nations' management group, representatives of the Rugby League European Federation and the match officials; with Tournament Director Jovan Vujosevic having the casting vote.
Those youngsters chosen received a specially commissioned jersey in recognition of their prowess.
RUGBY LEAGUE EUROPEAN NATIONS UNDER 16'S 'DREAM TEAM'
1: Morgan Escare: France
2: Quentin Nauroy: France
3: Darren Seeds: England
4: Dejan Hafizovic: Serbia
5: Clement Soubeyras: France
6: Filip Brkic: Serbia
7: Greg McNally: England
8: Michael Lithgow: England
9: Kyle Blackmore: Euro Celts
10: James Donovan: England
11: Timur Khasanov: Russia
12: Jake Brown: Euro Celts
13: Tom Beaumont: Euro Celts RLEF
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SERBIANS STRIKE FIRST BLOW
The first ever rugby league international in Heidleberg saw SERBIA run out 38-6 victors over GERMANY in the opening clash of the Rugby League European Federation Development Tri-Nations Tournament.
The match was a personal triumph for Serbian loose forward Dalibor Vukanovic, who celebrated his 21st birthday with a stunning performance which yielded a try and six goals, while he also had a hand in the majority of his side's five other touchdowns.
The visitor's greater experience and fitness, gained from playing a series of incoming tourists over recent weeks, told at the end of each half but there was plenty of encouragement for the eager Germans who were in the contest for long spells.
Hooker Zoran Pesic opened the scoring with a typical dart from close in on the fifth minute but the Germans levelled when Simon Cooper's break from his own quarter and reverse pass freed Nick Kleinhorst; his brother Marcus converting.
Just after the half hour, 19 year old second rower Soni Radovanovic powered on to a slick, short pass from Vukanovic who then finished a well worked move, taking the final pass from his skipper Radoslav Novakovic.
Vukanovic landed a penalty to make it 18-6 at the break but the Germans responded well after the interval and kept their opponents scoreless for 22 minutes.
A well rehearsed scrum move saw Serbian full back Nenad Matejic break the deadlock, his try adding to an earlier conversion, and as the Germans tired, Milos Milnako forced his way over.
In their eagerness to claim another score, the hosts spilt the ball in their own quarter, Nikola Jerkovic pouncing on the loose ball to sweep in for the final try; Vukanovic adding the conversion and a last minute penalty.
Undaunted German skipper Leo Berngruber commented, "It was a fantastic effort from our boys today. We can't wait to go on to Prague now to play the Czech Republic on the 4th August."
Rugby League European Federation Development Executive Kevin Rudd added, "It was very pleasing to see how the Germans fronted up and their next contest will be an intriguing encounter based on this experience.
"Their organisation has attracted some very capable people on and off the field and they are making steady progress despite certain obstacles being put in their way.
"The experience of the Serbs told and their greater exposure to the sport by way of their domestic competition also showed."
Before the match, the hosts' preparations were disrupted when Heidleberg Lions' Mike Kerr was threatened with a ban by the head coach of the German Rugby Union side if he played League. RLEF
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