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Ricky Stuart confronted a journalist about negative articles during a tense post-match press conference nine years ago.
If looks could kill, I'd have dropped dead during that post-match press conference nine years ago and you wouldn't be reading this today.
"When you write crap articles about me the way you do, why should I talk to you?" Ricky Stuart asked with an icy stare.
When I asked what he was talking about, he replied:
Manly chose Jamal Fogarty for his consistent, structured play, contrasting Daly Cherry-Evans' flashy style.
Queensland have been given a full frontal view of why Manly chose Raiders halfback Jamal Fogarty to replace Daly Cherry-Evans.
Just like Cherry-Evans wants to go in another direction, so do the Sea Eagles, with the way they play.
The two playmakers are very different styles of halfback.
Fogarty isn't flashy. He keeps it simple and largely consistent.
He kicks long, pushes his forwards around the park and plays to a structure that is never more than eight out of 10 and never less than seven.
The brilliance of Cherry-Evans has always been that he's at his best when he plays by coming at...
Owen Pattie will make his NRL starting debut for the Raiders against the Roosters this Sunday.
Owen Pattie is set to make the first start of his NRL career, with Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart also confirming Hudson Young is good to go.
Pattie was named in the No.9 jersey for the first time - to face the Sydney Roosters at the Sydney Football Stadium on Sunday - having played the opening 12 games of his career off the bench.
But with regular Raiders starting hooker Tom Starling suspended for one week for dangerous contact, it's opened the door for Pattie to start.