There is no hiding a poor start to the NRL season can break your club’s year – but there’s a flip side to that coin. We predict every club’s ladder position through the first six rounds of the competition.
Box office appeal, a team full of villains, potential for drama – just what makes NRL teams in 2024 watchable? TRAVIS MEYN on why Jackson Hastings and Joey Johns will keep us glued to the Knights.
Dragons coach Shane Flanagan lit a fire under Zac Lomax as round 1 of the NRL season fast approaches and positions are cemented. PAMELA WHALEY looks at every club’s form guide, SuperCoach insights and injury updates out of the Pre-season Challenge.
The Penrith Panthers are the kings of the NRL but they were given a harsh reality check with a poor display in a rare loss in England.
Graham Annesley has weighed in on the World Club Challenge drama as an NRL great slammed the decision to award the winning try.
Phil Gould has torched the decisions that “robbed” the Panthers on Sunday with one detail leaving him flabbergasted.
There is outrage across Australian rugby league after Penrith was “robbed” in the World Club Challenge against Wigan.
He’s won three premierships, played in four grand finals, won two Clive Churchill medals, and been a part of three State of Origin series wins. What’s left for Nathan Cleary to achieve in the game?
Penrith will be without second-rower Scott Sorensen for Sunday morning’s World Club Challenge clash against Wigan while a returning star is a confirmed starter.
Ivan Cleary has rejected suggestions his relationship with Panthers five-eighth Jarome Luai is strained as his bid to keep the Tigers-bound superstar in Penrith is explained to MATT ENCARNACION.
Ahead of the World Club Challenge, Wigan Coach Matt Peet has heaped praise on Panthers star Nathan Cleary – but is it all just mind games?
The Panthers have received a boost ahead of their bid to win their first World Club Challenge, but hooker Mitch Kenny is still facing punishment over his ‘Boxing Day lines’ Instagram post.
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.
The inclusion of Liam Henry means Penrith could boast as many as seven players from regional NSW for the World Club Challenge clash against Wigan.
They’re the dominant forces in their respective worlds, and Penrith have found some common ground in addition to winning bucketloads of trophies and titles.
Panthers youngster Jack Cole looks set to continue a growing list of five-eighths to come out of Orange, including Jack Wighton, James Maloney and Daniel Mortimer.
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.
Forgotten flyer Taylan May has revealed how a number of Panthers stars have taken up the carnivore diet in a bid to distinguish themselves from their NRL competition.
Desperate to get one-up on your mates this NRL season? Download your tipping chart and full 2024 schedule and turn friends into foes!
Since 2021 Penrith have lost enough players to fill the salary cap twice over. Now the reigning premiers are calling on the NRL to help ensure local talent remains at home.
A Boxing Day social media post has come back to bite a Penrith premiership star, after the NRL issued Mitch Kenny a breach notice for bringing the game into disrepute. SEE THE POST
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.
Penrith’s preparations for the World Club Challenge have hit a snag with premiership hero Mitch Kenny issued a breach notice by the NRL.
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.
It takes a lot to win three titles on the trot, and the Panthers have decided to take fans into their inner sanctum with a new series that launches next week.
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
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.
Could these gun juniors – signed by the Dolphins, Broncos, Titans and Cowboys – be Queensland’s next-generation Origin Maroons? We also uncover four ripper Roosters.
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.
This is the never-before spoken about elite program that had a 100 per cent success rate in its first year. FATIMA KDOUH takes an exclusive look inside Penrith’s ‘Pearls’ program.
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.
Jarome Luai hasn’t given up on playing in next month’s World Club Challenge, but his absence could signal who Penrith have in mind to replace their star five-eighth in 2025.
The boys had just one question when Panthers players visited the Cobham Youth Justice Centre, but Jarome Luai’s real message had nothing to do with his impending move to the Tigers.
Isaiya Katoa quit Penrith because he was stuck behind superstars Nathan Cleary and Jarome Luai. Now the Dolphins sensation has made a call on a potential Panthers return.
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.
Grayson Waller has made a name for himself as one of the best trash talkers in the WWE, and he’s got a message for Panthers players as well as critics of the three-time champs.
The Panthers have been good at replacing lost stars but they face their biggest test with one move leaving a gaping hole on the bench.
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.
Despite going under the knife after Penrith’s grand final victory over Brisbane, the Panthers are hopeful superstar five-eighth Jarome Luai will be fit and firing when they take on Wigan next month.
After months of speculation, the Wests Tigers have finally got their man, snaring PNG international Justin Olam as part of a player swap deal with the Melbourne Storm.
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.
Penrith have defied unrelenting raids on their playing ranks, but next season looms as their toughest task to do the unthinkable and win four-straight premierships. FATIMA KDOUH explains why.
With Jarome Luai confirmed to be heading to the Tigers in 2025, the Panthers are set to keep their use the extra salary to extend a number of their key players.
Jarome Luai is the latest big name to announce they are leaving the Panthers, following his ‘brothers’ Stephen Crichton and Spencer Leniu out the door. Is this the end of the NRL’s tightest bond?
A Penrith Panthers star has not held back when asked about Aussie golden couple Nathan Cleary and Mary Fowler.
Jarome Luai’s Wests Tigers signing has created a massive halves puzzle for the two clubs. One certainty is the Penrith five-eighth’s starting position in 2025.
A post by the Wests Tigers announcing the signing of Jarome Luai was deleted, and it highlights the NRL’s most awkward problem.
Jarome Luai got two big things right with his snap press conference to reveal his future. However, the Wests Tigers inflamed tensions with the Panthers over a crucial error.
Success is starting to catch up with the Panthers, with salary cap pressures costing them another player, as Jarome Luai confirmed he was off to the Wests Tigers next year.
Jarome Luai has scheduled his own press conference just hours after a huge twist in his contract saga came to light.
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