Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga has admitted he is bitterly disappointed by Kalyn Ponga’s decision to pull out of contention for the Pacific Championships in a bid to prioritise his focus on the Newcastle Knights.
Josh Addo-Carr’s time as a Bulldogs player is all but over, after the club granted the winger formal permission to talk with rival clubs.
The NRL is set to to take a deeper look at Kalyn Ponga’s shock Kangaroos withdrawal, amid concerns over the ramifications his snub could have on Test football.
The Bulldogs have been offered a shock player swap deal for under fire star Josh Addo-Carr, as the NRL comes down hard on the winger over a positive roadside cocaine drug test.
There is peace at last in rugby league, after Peter V’landys and the ARL Commission brokered a $200 million funding deal which will guarantee the code’s expansion plans can proceed.
Melbourne chair and owner Matt Tripp believes an NRL storm will wipe through the city to “break every record” as the state prepares to host an all-interstate showdown in the AFL grand final.
Three victorious NSW Origin stars are in line for Test debuts, while Mal Meninga has a serious selection headache due to the form of a Maroons star in the back-end of the season. See the latest Test selection news.
The result of Tolu Koula’s search-and-destroy mission on Jared Waerea-Hargreaves from the kick-off of Manly’s sudden-death final against the Roosters hung over them like a dark cloud, writes BRENT READ.
Despite pouring hundreds of millions into the game in Sydney, and most notably the western suburbs, AFL is still a niche sport in the city, drowned out by rugby league’s beating heart.
Manly fullback Tom Trbojevic’s shoulder injury means agonising pain when he drives, sleeps, or even reaches for his cereal in the morning. He reveals what it takes to get him through each game.
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