Nathan Cleary marched from CommBank Stadium ... “I think the ref’s hands were tied. It was a spear tackle, the bloke ended up on his head,” he said. “The referee said hands between ...

The NRL is back, baby. Well, not that it went away, it was just overshadowed by a secondary competition – which admittedly, did end up alright in the end with an excellent State of Origin decider.

That was nowhere to be seen in the second half on Sunday. Nathan Cleary, again. The halfback scored a hat trick against the Dragons, putting the competition on notice all over again. Last week’s ...