The Latest Breaking News from Mitch Barnett

If you are talking playmakers, he's in the top five halfbacks in the NRL right now.

"I think he's redeemed himself in the games he's already played with us."

The suggestion was it would have been Best and not Enari Tuala who would have made way if Gagai was fit last night.

In a week of much footballing news, this is surely the one that resonates most remarkably with Australian football fans? Ange Postecoglou does what he does best, in a season that started as a rebuild and finished with glory, and claimed a fourth championship with, from memory, only his fifth…

The Knights play three winnable games before a bye over the next month.

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The 28-year-old forward returns against the Bulldogs on Friday night.

"He's very keen to make up for lost time, knowing we haven't won a game since he's been suspended. Having to watch from the sidelines has been tough."

The coach expects at least six players to return this week.