As they prepare for a brutal Pacific Championship clash against PNG, Fiji have taken the extraordinary step of running an unconventional opposed session against the Tongan women’s side.
Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has returned to rugby league after officially joining the Fijian Bati for the side’s Pacific Championship campaign.
The man Paul Gallen once labelled a “dog and coward” is the bait to get the former NRL star out of boxing retirement – with the Cronulla and NSW legend eyeing unfinished business.
Clint Gutherson is a Parramatta club legend that is being treated like some D-grade wannabe. He isn’t just a player – he’s a leader and inspiration who deserves better than a club that’s slowly eroding his status, writes DEAN RITCHIE.
An English import who became famous for his creativity and ball-playing ability for a forward, Brian Lockwood, who played for Canterbury and Balmain in the 70s, has died.
Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson and his wife Sandra have been airlifted to hospital following a gas explosion accident in the Hunter Valley.
The NSW Blues’ coaching options are dwindling fast with Penrith premiership coach Ivan Cleary the latest big-name candidate to withdraw from the race. See the contenders to replace Michael Maguire.
A mobile and committed player and trainer who gave 100 per cent in every game, Peter Ford, a member of the Parramatta 1986 side which went on to win the premiership, has died.
Heamasi Makasini, a powerful 17-year-old centre, has rejected the bundles of cash offered to him by rugby union scouts to sign a massive new deal with the Wests Tigers.
At the risk of being made look foolish again, DEAN RITCHIE claims 2025 will mark the end of the Penrith Panthers dynasty, with the tyranny of travel and lack of home ground just the start of the issues that club must conquer.
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