Bulldog's Bite: RTS to take over All Blacks

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RTS Carter McCaw

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That's right, an NRL star placed above the likes of Dan Carter and Richie McCaw.

I interviewed Sydney Roosters star Roger Tuivasa-Sheck this week, what an impressive young bloke.

He has everything. A stunning sidestep, speed, power along with an infectious personality, model-looks and a soft, likeable personality.

RTS has signed with the New Zealand Warriors from next season.

He will become a national sensation in New Zealand. Even his name has a certain zing to it.

I predict he will become the face of Kiwi sport.

His endorsements and sponsorships will sky-rocket once he is out of the cluttered Sydney market.

He has an entire country to woo. And he will.

I reckon Tuivasa-Sheck could become a bigger name than some of the famous All Blacks.

Tuivasa-Sheck is poised to run 6000 metres this season in the NRL - the most of any player in rugby league's 107-year history.

He has twinkle toes and a sidestep remind many of Graeme Langlands and Brad Fittler, two league greats.

The Warriors need to handle this bloke carefully.

If they nurture him and bring him nicely on and off the field, he will be a national hero.

Maybe it's time for some All Blacks superstars to take one step to the left.

RTS will be in town shortly.

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Don’t' for a second think Fox will cave in and re-open talks with NRL CEO Dave Smith. Smith snubbed Fox during his broadcast negotiations with Channel Nine. Fox and Smith aren't exactly talking at the moment. Some think Fox will eventually come running back to Smith to discuss a new deal. Don't bet on it.

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JOHN Dorahy - AKA Joe Cool - is a Magpies, Sea Eagles and Steelers legend. A tremendous player with acceleration and vision through the 1970s and 1980s. Want to know where he is today? Just last week, Dorahy was named new deputy Lord Mayor of Wollongong.

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AND some people were blowing up about ticket prices to State of Origin! Seats behind the goal posts for the upcoming Australia-England World Cup rugby union game are selling for $800. That's right... $800.

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* DEAN RITCHIE is a senior reporter for The Daily Telegraph.

Twitter: @bulldogritchie

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at Sporting News Australia.