We’re back to regular NRL and Nathan Cleary’s shoulder injury has created a massive ripple effect. Phil Rothfield, Michael Carayannis and Adam Mobbs look at the impact on State of Origin and the premiership hopes of Penrith and bitter rivals Parramatta. The boys also come down heavy on Josh Dugan and Canterbury for their Covid breaches and why neither came as a surprise. 

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Every Thursday during the NRL season, you'll hear from Code Sports journalists Dave Riccio, Brent Read, Michael Carayannis, and Adam Mobbs as they pull apart the inside workings of the NRL....

<p>Every Thursday during the NRL season, you'll hear from Code Sports journalists Dave Riccio, Brent Read, Michael Carayannis, and Adam Mobbs as they pull apart the inside workings of the NRL....</p>

Each week you&apos;ll hear from Daily Telegraph journalists Phil Rothfield, Mick Carayannis, Paul Kent, Dean Ritchie, David Riccio and Paul Crawley as they pull apart all the goings on in the NRL