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Neil Breen

Neil Breen

Neil Breen is a Walkley Award-winning journalist and a member of 2GB’s Continuous Call team.

Shark Park in Woolooware, south of Sydney.

The Sharks had an $8m grant for a centre of excellence. Then it all went pear-shaped

Cronulla CEO Dino Mezzatesta complained that every other NRL club had received government funding while his club got nothing. But that’s not the whole truth.

  • Neil Breen

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NRL head of elite football Graham Annesley.

The NRL’s boss of football has had a stinker of a year. It might be time for the sin bin

Crackdowns that aren’t crackdowns. Trainers running around unchecked like generals. NRL head of elite football Graham Annesley has had a year to forget.

  • Neil Breen
Shark Park during an NRL match resembles a bomb site

Shark Park, Stark Park … call it what you like. It’s a dive

It’s the worst professional sporting ground in the country, yet it still hosts NRL matches. There is no plan to fix Cronulla’s home which resembles a construction zone.

  • Neil Breen
Panthers trainer Shane Elford.

Repeat offenders: Why the NRL came down hard on Panthers trainers

Penrith trainers have now been involved in six separate incidents since 2021, which is why the NRL punished their latest misdemeanour so heavily.

  • Christian Nicolussi and Neil Breen
Eels playmaker Dylan Brown.

The stats don’t lie: Dumping Brown the best coaching decision of 2025

It seemed a big call at the time, but the decision by Eels coach Jason Ryles to dump the defecting Dylan Brown was a masterstroke.

  • Neil Breen
Noah Martin

Premiership is there for the taking if Raiders can hold their nerve

Canberra’s window is wide open in 2025. Only two things can stop them winning the title from here.

  • Neil Breen
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Roger Tuivasa-Scheck

Rebel rugby raid on stars as real as a PNG corruption scandal

Rebel rugby competition R360 needs to sign 200 players by September, and NRL stars are in its sights at the same time rugby league needs even more players as it expands from 17 to 19 teams

  • Neil Breen
Wayne Bennett and Allan Langer after a 2001 State of Origin victory.

Until Blues find their own Wayne Bennett they won’t get Origin

Can the NSWRL find someone who can deliver true passion to the Blues’ cause – and stop the rot?

  • Neil Breen
This has been a brutal Origin clash in Brisbane.

Dreams never end in Origin – and sometimes they do come true

The rookie and the returnee could decide who wins the series on Wednesday.

  • Neil Breen
Anthony Albanese with Peter V’landys at Leichhardt Oval in June last year.

Politics and rugby league have been thrown into a blender

Sport and politics aren’t strange bedfellows when it comes to the NRL.

  • Neil Breen