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NRL 2025
Mam facing nine-game ban from NRL over drug driving charge
The NRL have issued Ezra Mam with a notice for allegedly breaching the game’s code of conduct.
- by Christian Nicolussi and Michael Chammas
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Move over Cliff and Des. Brisbane’s Reynolds and Hunt could become oldest halves pairing of all time
You have to go back almost 30 years to find an older halves pairing than Brisbane’s likely round one combination of Adam Reynolds and Ben Hunt.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Updated
NRL 2024
Tonga reject Cowboys criticism over Taumalolo injury as young gun ruptures ACL
Jason Taumalolo could miss the opening month of the NRL season after surgery on an injury suffered playing for Tonga. And in a further blow to the Cowboys, Heilum Luki will miss the entire the season after breaking down at training.
- by Christian Nicolussi
What every NRL team wants in their Christmas stocking
Clubs will need deep pockets, and deep stockings, to get what they want for Christmas. PLUS bonus quiz.
- by Billie Eder and Christian Nicolussi
Sam Konstas can clearly bat. But at just 19, he has one trait very few cricketers have
The 19-year-old NSW sensation is being talked of as a Test debutant this summer, but it’s not just his ability at the crease that has caught the eye of an Ashes-winning coach.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Analysis
NRL 2024
Bulldogs players rank coaching staff best in the NRL … 12 months after Topine sacking
Former Canterbury forward Jackson Topine is suing the club over a controversial wrestling punishment. On Tuesday, his former teammates voted the Bulldogs coaches the best in the business in a RLPA poll.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Analysis
NRL 2024
Homosexuality is illegal in PNG. The NRL is all about inclusivity. How do they square the two?
Ian Roberts, still the only openly gay Australian rugby league player in the past 30 years, sees the new PNG NRL franchise as an opportunity to change attitudes in the Pacific nation.
- by Christian Nicolussi
100,000 fans will hit streets in protest if Tigers kicked out of merger, says Balmain legend
Ben Elias and Garry Jack have slammed talk of the Wests Magpies replacing the Wests Tigers. Meanwhile, marquee recruit Jarome Luai has met Tigers fans for the first time.
- by Christian Nicolussi
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NRL 2025
Steaks, eggs, sea moss and bone broth: The diet driving Cleary’s Vegas quest
Nathan Cleary hit the ground running on his return to pre-season training, and the Panthers star said an unusual diet had aided in his recovery from shoulder surgery.
- by Christian Nicolussi, Roy Ward, Michael Chammas and Dan Walsh
The All Stars match looks set to remain in February. That’s good for Latrell Mitchell
The Indigenous All Stars game looks set to remain at the start of the year – and that should be good news for Latrell Mitchell.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Roosters playmaker pleads guilty to negligent driving
Sandon Smith will face sentencing in Downing Centre Local Court on December 13.
- by Riley Walter, Adrian Proszenko and Christian Nicolussi
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