Nathan Cleary
Analysis
NRL 2024
If there is a rugby league God, maybe he wears the Panthers No.7
Six days ago, the Panthers finally looked like they’d run out of puff. Turns out the joke was on us.
- by Adam Pengilly
Latest
‘No needles’: Coach Cleary says son Nathan ready for Crichton challenge
Ivan Cleary says minor-premiers Melbourne deserve the tag of premiership favourites heading into the finals.
- by Adam Pengilly and Emma Kemp
Everything you need to know about the NRL finals
Sydney’s east and west will collide, the 2016 grand final combatants will renew their rivalry and the Bulldogs will play finals for the first time in eight years.
- by Adam Pengilly
Opinion
NRL 2024
Glasshouses, goons and gladiators: The best and worst of NRL 2024
Some players put their names up in lights, others just put themselves under the spotlight. We rate all the defining moments of the season.
- by Michael Chammas
Opinion
NRL 2024
Can’t win the NRL title outside the top four? If it’s ever going to happen, Manly is the team
I’ve put the red pen through the Roosters after their horror injury run and the Panthers don’t seem quite right. This might be the year when NRL history gets turned on its head.
- by Andrew Johns
Panthers could farewell traditional home with Friday finals blockbuster
Ivan Cleary’s record breakers are favourites to kick off the finals series, pending last-round results. But they also have their eyes on how to get back to their new home as quickly as possible in 2026.
- by Adam Pengilly
Penrith 34 Souths 12
Match report
After the hardest week of his life, a South Sydney Indigenous star stands tall
His teammates knew how much just being there meant to the club after the death of his mother – and it might be a valuable lesson for the Rabbitohs’ most influential star.
- by Adam Pengilly
Opinion
NRL 2024
I’m backing the Eels to dash top-eight dreams of inconsistent Dragons
There are so many permutations over the last two weeks, but I suspect the race for the last spot in the top eight is a race in two - which doesn’t include the Dragons.
- by Andrew Johns
Updated
Around the clubs
Why one Sea Eagle’s ban helped another avoid suspension in the same tackle
Taniela Paseka seemed to do more damage in the heavy shot on a Tigers rookie, but it’s his teammate facing time on the sidelines.
- by Adam Pengilly, Christian Nicolussi, Dan Walsh and Billie Eder
Nathan Cleary wins games – then cleans the dressing sheds
If you need a hint as to why it’s Penrith first, Melbourne second and daylight third in the NRL, look no further than this.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Opinion
NRL 2024
There’s no excuse for biting. Kyle Flanagan should have copped longer than four weeks
The game has gone down a treacherous path with wrestling and the Dragons star was in a bad position, but the video evidence was damning.
- by Andrew Johns
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