Shredded Kalyn: The secret behind Ponga’s new rig
Kalyn Ponga caught everyone’s attention last season with a run of form that led the Knights to the finals and him to a Dally M, now he’s turning heads for a different reason. SEE THE PHOTOS.
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60 Queensland league kids soaring in SG Ball; Harold Matthews
It’s a Queensland league invasion: Here are 60 mini Maroons playing in the prestigious SG Ball and Harold Matthews NSWRL representative competitions so far this season.
Knights face agonising selection call
Knights coach Adam O’Brien faces a brutal selection call in round one between a premiership winner and a guy who played a key role in taking Newcastle to the finals.
NRL Trial Takeaways: Hook hint Roosters have settled on centres?
Trent Robinson may have given SuperCoaches a glue as to who will start in the Roosters’ centre spot, while polarising Sea Eagle Josh Schuster was a late scratching from the clash.
NRL comeback ends in 12-second nightmare
You hate to see any player injured — especially in pre-season — but players don’t get any more unlucky than Krystian Mapapalangi.
NRL Trials: Every club’s key positional battle ahead of Round 1
Young guns staking their claim, new recruits making a statement, veterans under pressure to retain their spots. These are every NRL club’s key positional battles.
Download your 2024 NRL tipping chart
Desperate to get one-up on your mates this NRL season? Download your tipping chart and full 2024 schedule and turn friends into foes!
Knights star confirms worst kept NRL secret
Knights fans can breathe a sigh of relief after Newcastle announced they had re-signed a young gun and NSW Origin star.
Road to round 1: The big selection calls to be made in NRL trials
Round 1 of the NRL kicks off in the bright lights of Las Vegas in three weeks, but there are plenty of team selections to be made before then. PAMELA WHALEY runs the rule over every club.
NRL 2024 Rookie Watch: Manly, Broncos prodigies handed debuts
Two of the game’s most exciting young stars will make their club debuts, when Manly and Brisbane play their opening trials. See the best young players at every club.
O’Brien set to become Newcastle’s longest-serving coach
The Knights have full faith in coach Adam O’Brien to lead them to a premiership, re-signing the mentor to a long-term deal.
Why player managers are biggest threat to NRL
In part one of our exclusive 2024 NRL coaches’ survey, 30 of the code’s sharpest minds speak their minds on the state of the game. TAKE THE SURVEY
‘Shake things up’: Why NSW teens need to beware young Warriors
Most come in sight unseen but this former NRL gun believes the New Zealand Warriors teens about to arrive en mass will “shake up” our NSW rugby league junior comps.
NRL Health Check: Inside every club’s pre-season casualty ward
From round 1 hopefuls to suspended stars, we analyse every NRL club’s casualty ward and reveal return dates for injured stars. Check out the definitive NRL health check.
Best contract news a boost for Knights
There are details still to be finalised, but Bradman Best has told his Newcastle Knights teammates that he’ll be staying in the Steel City for 2024 and beyond.
Teen rated best athlete at Souths: Likely debutants at every NRL club
Despite boasting stars like Latrell Mitchell, Alex Johnston and Damien Cook, a 19-year-old ‘freak’ has been rated the best athlete at the club. NRL SuperCoach Insider and rookie analysis.
’I am ready’: Former TRL star sets sights on NRL debut
In what shapes to be one of his biggest seasons of his career, a former Toowoomba Rugby League star believes he has what it takes to play first grade for the Newcastle Knights.
Pressure cooker: Which NRL coach has the worst safety rating
Coaching in the NRL can be a nasty, brutish and short career choice – our experts rate the career prospects of every club’s clipboard holder ahead of the 2024 season.
Road to Round 1: Every NRL pre-season fixture revealed
From pre-season fixtures to fitness, fresh faces to fresh fades, the latest news from every club as they sweat it out on the path to round 1.
Stat Attack: Knights’ deal with the Devil revealed
The Knights attack was back at its best in 2023 after a historic run of wins, but it may have believers in the paranormal on edge. These are the stats that will determine your team’s hopes in 2024.
Scouting report: Odd man out in Knights’ tricky halves puzzle
There’s plenty to like out of Newcastle, but a three-way halves battle, a role adjustment for another key player and expectation on Dominic Young’s replacement show there’s work to be done.
Can you tackle the impossibly hard NRL quiz?
Consider yourself a rugby league guru? Take on Fox Sports NRL statistician Aaron Wallace and his impossibly hard quiz and test your knowledge on the greatest game of all.
Newcastle roster rater: Star Knight demoted, No.1 with a bullet
Newcastle are fresh off their best season in a decade and have made some major off-season moves to bolster their squad – PAMELA WHALEY ranks the roster from 1 to 29.
Historic Storm-Knights clash set to kick-off NRL’s international slate
Before the NRL makes history by kicking off their season in Las Vegas, the Storm and Knights will make history in a different overseas nation.
Cowboys release head coach effective immediately
Foundation Cowboys NRLW coach Ben Jeffries has been released from his contract with the club effective immediately.
Hastings provides update on injured ankle
The early mail isn’t good for Jackson Hastings, with the Knights halfback in serious doubt for Saturday’s trip to New Zealand.
Ponga scare, star’s injury sour Knights’ epic finals win
The Knights are through to week two of the finals but face adversity with Kalyn Ponga copping a scary head knock and Jackson Hastings injured.
Star’s shocking act mars ‘greatest final ever’
A Canberra Raiders star has been placed on report after a stunning allegation in the elimination final defeat to Newcastle.
Target practice: Raiders told to ignore refs, target injured Ponga
Ex-NRL enforcer Ben Te’o has declared the Raiders must risk of giving away penalties to ‘reaggravate’ Kalyn Ponga’s shoulder injury and keep their finals dream alive.
Club wipe CEO’s sexist remark from site
Newcastle Knights CEO Philip Gardner has come under fire after making a sexist remark during the club’s annual awards night.
Late Mail: Panthers lose star centre
Penrith’s Izack Tago has been ruled out of the finals clash against the Warriors, while the Sharks and Roosters have provided big injury updates.
Mr September: The secret weapon for every NRL finals team
They’re the men ready to blow the NRL finals wide open. BRENT READ crunches the stats to reveal who your team will rely on to be successful in September.
Tallis: Broncos secret weapon to end Storm hoodoo
The odds and hoodoo are stacked up against the Broncos when they take on Melbourne in week one of the finals but Brisbane legend Gorden Tallis believes the side’s secret weapon is in the coach’s box.
NRL finals form guide: Burning questions, selection rumblings
The first week of the NRL finals series is locked and loaded. Dean Ritchie has all the team news as the competition catapults towards the first weekend in October.
Run to the NRL GF: Which outsider can shock top four?
History suggests the NRL premiership is down to four teams as soon as finals start. Can any of Cronulla, Newcastle, Canberra or the Roosters defy the odds and make a title run?
Buzz’s 2023 NRL awards: ugliest feuds, best fight, ‘up yours’
Phil Rothfield looks back at the highs and lows, feuds and fade-outs, blunders and blow-ups after 27 rounds of the high drama that is rugby league. Check out the Monday Buzz season awards.
NRL finals fixtures confirmed: Top 8 puzzle solved
The 2023 NRL finals series is locked and loaded following a wild finish in the last game of the regular season. See the week one finals schedule here.
‘Try of the year’ stuns NRL world
Dominic Young has left the NRL with their jaws on the floor after an incredible try as the Knights romped home for a 17-year first.
Former footy star turned prisoner dead after grim jail find
A young prisoner and former star footy player who was at the centre of a dramatic arrest in which six cars were damaged has been confirmed dead after he was found “unresponsive” in his cell at a Queensland jail.
Every NRL club’s top prospects: Which stars scored early debuts?
These are the young guns lining up to make the jump to NRL level and the stars who will make their debut in round 27. Here are the top 34 first-grade ready talents at each club.
NRL Run Home: Final ladder predicted, finals match-ups
The race for the minor premiership and top eight spots will be decided in the final round of the season. See where every team is set to finish and who plays who in week one of the finals.
Scans reveal bad news for NRL superstar
The Knights have suffered a major blow, with Kalyn Ponga sidelined by a shoulder injury on the eve of the finals.
Ponga nightmare realised in Knights win
The Knights have recorded their eighth-straight win, but will sweat on scans to fullback Kalyn Ponga.
Booms and busts: Your NRL club’s best and worst of 2023
For every Reece Walsh breakout season, there’s been a Josh Schuster down year. These are the players who have soared to a new level and the big guns who have failed to meet expectations.
Knights eye big-money moves as cross-code star released
Newcastle’s failed Kalyn Ponga experiment has forced cross-code star out of the club, freeing up half a million in salary cap space for two of the Knights’ biggest stars.
NRL run home: Finals match-ups; best, worst ladder finish
With two rounds of the NRL regular season remaining, we reveal every club’s best and worst ladder finish and the week one finals scenarios.
Axed: NRL dumps senior refs over Souths-Knights farce
One of the game’s leading referees has been dumped for three matches for his role in the eight-tackle set debacle that helped land a hammer blow on South Sydney’s finals hopes.
NRL run home: Danger game set to shake up finals race
With two rounds to go in the NRL regular season there are a host of possibilities for the top four and top eight — and a key battle could decide a number of lader spots. See where every team is set to finish.
NRL investigating illegal try in Knights win
NRL powerbrokers are reportedly set to review a crucial try which occurred off an extra play in Newcastle’s crucial win over South Sydney.
‘Can’t be’: Ball hits ref in try controversy
NRL fans and commentators have been left scratching their heads over a try controversy as the Knights all but secured their place in finals.
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