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New Cronulla coach Craig Fitzgibbon said his first emotion was that it’s “just not right” he’ll have to wait until round 2 to sit in the NRL hot seat after testing positive to Covid-19.

Speaking from home quarantine, Fitzgibbon said he had ridden a rollercoaster after it was confirmed he wouldn’t be able to take charge of the Sharks in their season opener against Canberra on Friday night.

Instead Fitzgibbon, who said he felt healthy, will have to watch his Sharks side face Canberra from his “downstairs bunker” and doesn’t know what contact he’ll have with his players...

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The Riotact

When Ricky Stuart and his coaching staff started thinking about the 2022 season, there’s a fair chance they wouldn’t – couldn’t – have predicted the months that followed.

Unvaccinated players, speculation around Josh Hodgson, Tom Starling involved in an alleged incident on the Central Coast, Jordan Rapana pleading guilty to drink driving and now there’s talk about Jack Wighton’s future beyond next season … all this has happened before pre-season training and the season itself is close to four months away.

The Raiders also have two unnamed players in their squad yet to be...

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Ricky Stuart has named Tom Starling as the main man who will need to step up in the absence of Josh Hodgson, whose season-ending knee injury has left the Canberra Raiders with a “headache” just two weeks into the season.

A crucial cog in the Green Machine’s charge to the 2019 decider, Hodgson was hoping to guide Canberra back to the finals in his last season at the club.

Instead, the Parramatta-bound hooker will spend the year recovering from a knee reconstruction.

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