RUGBY LEAGUE: Brisbane’s 2010 player of the year, Aboriginal star Josh Hoffman wants to replicate Darren Lockyer’s bold positional shift from fullback to five-eighth next season to replace the club’s retiring legend in the No.6 jumper.
RUGBY LEAGUE: The warning signs are now obvious but an injury-prone Justin Hodges admits he may need regular breaks for the rest of his NRL career to avoid yet another hamstring complaint.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Gifted Brisbane fullback Josh Hoffman’s NRL season has come to a shattering end with a knee injury putting him out of the finals and scuppering his chances of playing for New Zealand in the end-of-year Four Nations.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Brisbane Indigenous star Sam Thaiday will miss his team’s first two NRL finals matches after entering an early guilty plea to his dangerous throw charge.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Brisbane Aboriginal star Justin Hodges will sit out the club’s NRL showdown with in-form South Sydney on Sunday with either Ben Te’o or Matt Gillett taking his centre spot.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Rookie Brisbane coach Anthony Griffin says he’s uncertain how much more his players can ramp it up for the NRL finals after seeing off two recent character tests.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Brisbane are on red alert for North Queensland Aboriginal halfback Johnathan Thurston turning on his own show in Darren Lockyer’s history-making 350th NRL game.
Hoffman keen to take Lockyer’s No.6
RUGBY LEAGUE: Brisbane’s 2010 player of the year, Aboriginal star Josh Hoffman wants to replicate Darren Lockyer’s bold positional shift from fullback to five-eighth next season to replace the club’s retiring legend in the No.6 jumper.