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The Weekend Wrap: 16/7/17

July 16, 2017, 10:55 pm By Joel Leave a Comment

Warriors halfback Shaun Johnson will have scans on Monday to confirm his season-ending ACL rupture.

Raiders forward Josh Papalii faces three weeks on the sidelines if he chooses to fight a shoulder charge ban from the Raiders’ win over the Dragons.

Dragons prop Russell Packer will be in some doubt for Round 20, after injuring his hip against the Raiders.

Bulldogs winger Brett Morris has retired from representative football following the Blues’ Origin series loss, effective immediately.

Queensland great Mal Meninga has backed Laurie Daley to stay on as New South Wales coach next year.

Tigers coach Ivan Cleary has said that hooker Jacob Liddle is “unlikely to be back this year“, after the hooker dislocated his shoulder in his side’s loss to the Sea Eagles.

The New Zealand Herald has suggested that an Origin match could be played in Auckland by 2020.

Despite requiring end-of-season shoulder surgery, Broncos five-eighth Anthony Milford has declared that he hopes to participate in the Rugby League World Cup.

The Storm have passed the 20,000 member mark for the first time in the club’s history.

Australian selectors have named a “Kangaroos merit team“, based on form throughout the Origin series.

Blues legend Andrew Johns has said that while he wouldn’t pursue the Blues’ head coaching job, he’s endorsedĀ Brad FittlerĀ has the heir apparent, and said he’d be open to joining the Blues staff as an assistant.

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