Everyone saw the hat-trick last weekend. But the real story isn't the tries; it's the ruthless shadow war that brought Heamasi Makasini to the Tigers. I’ve got the details they didn't put in the press release.
While you're watching the Pre-Season Challenge, the real game is being played on encrypted apps. From the Bulldogs' budget leak to the secret recruitment drive for a team that doesn't legally exist yet.
While the cameras focus on the pitch at the Stadium of Light, the real drama is unfolding in the encrypted group chats of Crystal Palace players. We take you behind the curtain of a club in freefall colliding with a Sunderland side defying the laws of football physics.
