In many respects, Braith Anasta’s playing career tracked a path that can be distinctly observed in rugby league stardom today: from teen hotshot to early success, a big-money move to overbearing public scrutiny. Having gone through it all, Anasta is clear-eyed in his view. “I’m telling you how it is,” he insists in this month’s Inside Sport. We were eager to get his take on why the stars go to the Roosters, will Brad Fittler be a good coach for NSW Origin, and what it means to be called “overrated” … among other things.

For whatever reasons, the Green Machine just couldn’t click into gear in 2017. One man who experienced the frustrating season close up was Blake Austin. The popular 27-year-old five-eighth, who has played exactly a century of games in first grade since his debut for the Penrith Panthers back in 2011, was generous enough to share his thoughts on the Raiders’ 2017 battles, and how his side can return to the pointy end of the ladder in 2018.


In an honest one-on-one chat with Inside Sport, 28-year-old Wests Tigers forward and New Zealand rep Elijah Taylor discusses maturing into a leader by example, and the hot competition for spots under coach Ivan Cleary in 2018.

And there’s plenty more rugby league in this edition where all that came from, including a column by Fox Sports commentator Andrew Voss, a lesson from Dragons hooker Cameron McInnes on how to be a tackling machine, a quick guide to the major NRL off-season player moves … there’s even a fun photo caption competition, with the chance to win merchandise from ‘47 Brand.

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