NRL year in review: The sublime, the ridiculous and everything between – Sydney Morning Herald

The opening and closing games were played in front of packed stadiums, but the intervening period was like nothing weve ever seen before. When the teams emerged from lockdown, it became evident which ones had used their time productively.
There is nothing more taxing than a Storm pre-season and Craig Bellamy got to put his players through a second one. It is little wonder they emerged fitter and faster than their opposition. Not even the inconvenience of living away from home could stop them from…

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