October
Panthers beat Storm for fourth consecutive premiership
Penrith have won a historic fourth consecutive NRL premiership, defeating Melbourne 14-6 in the grand final
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- Scott Bailey
June
Queensland win Origin I after NSW’s Suaalii sent off
Queensland romped to their biggest ever win in Sydney and within one victory of a third straight series success in Sydney.
- Scott Bailey
October 2023
Bookmaker may be buying time on historic payout, racing CEO says
The top Queensland racing executive and ex-Ladbrokes CEO said the delay of Betr’s record payout could limit how many people withdraw cash from accounts.
- Mark Di Stefano
Bookmaker asks for more time to process largest gambling payout ever
After the Pies and Panthers victories in the AFL and NRL over the weekend, online bookmaker Betr has begun the largest payout in sports gambling history.
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- Mark Di Stefano and Sam Buckingham-Jones
Cleary steers Penrith to third straight NRL title
Penrith became the first team in 40 years to win three straight National Rugby League titles in a grand final thriller on Sunday.
- Reuters
September 2023
Bookmaker faces largest payout in sports gambling history
Sunday might be payday for tens of thousands of gamblers who have been sitting on potentially lucrative 100-1 bets on the Panthers for almost a year.
- Mark Di Stefano and Sam Buckingham-Jones
‘Bleeds for Broncos’: how the NRL’s richest club came back
Only three years after hitting rock bottom, the Brisbane Broncos are again chasing rugby league’s biggest prize.
- Michael Pelly
July 2023
Penrith debuts its first luxury hotel: A $110m 5-star complex
Penrith is giving the west’s economic-powerhouse City of Parramatta a run for its development money by opening a new-build hotel and conference facilities.
- Fiona Carruthers
September 2022
The battle to become ‘Kings of the West’
Sunday’s match pits the Paramatta Eels, a team on the brink of financial ruin six years ago, against the reigning premiers, the Penrith Panthers, in a sold-out match that marks the game’s return to Sydney.
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- Edmund Tadros
- Opinion
- NRL grand final
Rugby league’s battle of western Sydney tells Australia’s story
The ugly duckling to Sydney’s inner suburbs for half a century, the region is steadily shedding its cultural cringe.
- Tanveer Ahmed
‘The people’s beer’ owned by Nathan Cleary, Tai Tuivasa
A new brewery will open in late 2022, with two UFC fighters big shareholders alongside the Penrith Panthers star who has an 8 per cent stake.
- Simon Evans
‘He’s magnetic’: Bunnies bank on Latrell to deliver glory
Like the most magnetic player in the AFL, Buddy Franklin, there is a lot of showman in South Sydney’s Latrell Mitchell.
- Michael Pelly
October 2021
Virus cloud lingers over NRL grand final
In a season disrupted by COVID-19, it’s perhaps no surprise that the grand final weekend will be played out under the shadow of the virus.
- Michael Pelly
September 2021
‘It’s a family event’: NRL final in lockdown not so bad
Nick Pappas and Nick Hatzistergos have spent 20 years barracking for the Rabbitohs side by side, but will be apart for Sunday’s grand final.
- Joanna Mather
NRL takes $30m relocation hit, but saves on meals
Feeding and icing hundreds of players notwithstanding, the NRL still expects to deliver a strong surplus after another pandemic-disrupted season.
- Michael Pelly
August 2021
Former Penrith Panther joins the Hunters Hill set with $12m house
NRL star-turned-developer Lou Zivanovic has joined the colourful cast of home owners on the exclusive Sydney peninsula.
- Lucy Macken