{"id":78740,"date":"2021-05-31T22:25:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T22:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=78740"},"modified":"2021-05-31T23:04:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T23:04:17","slug":"rival-club-set-to-sign-storm-co-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=78740","title":{"rendered":"Rival club set to sign Storm co-captain"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sharks<\/a> are firming as favourites to sign off-contract Storm co-captain Dale Finucane.<\/p>\n

The Storm are resigned to losing Finucane, who is in the sights of at least four rival clubs.<\/p>\n

Incoming Sharks coach Craig Fitzgibbon has a good relationship with Finucane, having worked with him at State of Origin level for NSW in the last couple of seasons.<\/p>\n

The Sharks have some great young forwards and see Finucane – coming from the best culture in the game at the Storm – as being the ideal player to mentor these up-and-comers in coming seasons.<\/p>\n

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OFF-TAP COACH'S STUNNING SHED BLOW-UP<\/strong><\/h2>\n

An angry coach who is already off with much of his squad lost a few more friends among the players after a stunning recent incident in the sheds.<\/p>\n

At a mid-week rehab session, a player was getting a massage and as he was doing so, was quietly watching a horse race on his phone.<\/p>\n

The coach was walking past at the time and flew into a rage, grabbing the phone off the shocked player and flinging it across the room.<\/p>\n

Coaches are under massive pressure – I get that – and this bloke hasn't been winning\u2026 but that sort of over-the-top behaviour won't do anything to make an unhappy camp whole again.<\/p>\n

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HASLER LATEST VICTIM OF NEWCASTLE TRIP<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Des Hasler was fuming at the way his team was caned by referee Ben Cummins in a controversial loss to the Knights<\/a> on Sunday – and it seems he has a point.<\/p>\n

The Knights got nine penalties to Manly's nil until the last 30 seconds, when the Sea Eagles received a token penalty.<\/p>\n

Some research shows that it seems referees feel particularly intimidated by the parochial home crowds at Newcastle's McDonald Jones Stadium this year.<\/p>\n

In six games there to date, away teams have received a grand total of eight penalties – a remarkable average of just over ONE penalty per game.<\/p>\n

The home side, on the other hand, has received a healthy 27 penalties – little wonder that rival teams don't look forward to the trip to Newcastle.<\/p>\n

I'm not suggesting for one minute that referees are biased towards the Knights – but they are human beings and are clearly influenced by the home crowd's screaming and yelling.<\/p>\n

It's something that Graham Annesley and his men need to address ASAP.<\/p>\n

As Hasler diplomatically said<\/a> on Sunday: "Well done to Newcastle, they got the two points, but they were ably assisted, let's be honest."<\/p>\n

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HAYNE SCORES 'COUNTRY CLUB' PRISON<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Jarryd Hayne<\/a> will spend a cold and lonely first winter behind bars in Cooma – but my sources tell me the NSW Department of Justice has done the fallen league star a massive favour.<\/p>\n

Hayne was housed in Parklea Correctional Centre in Sydney's west for his first few weeks behind bars – a notorious jail filled with some of the state's worst offenders.<\/p>\n

Cooma, on the other hand, is a much more 'low key' facility. Hayne will be far safer there, as well as much more comfortable.<\/p>\n

"Cooma is regarded as the country club of prisons in NSW," an official told me.<\/p>\n

"It's cold and far from anywhere, but he will do his time a lot easier and more stress-free there."<\/p>\n

Hayne was sentenced to five years and nine months in jail<\/a>, with a non-parole period of three years and eight months.<\/p>\n

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