NRL 2025
Analysis
NRL
‘One of the best I’ve seen’: The fight to become Walsh’s understudy
The Broncos have a three-way contest for the right to play understudy to Reece Walsh. An underdog may possess something his competitors do not.
- by Nick Wright
Latest
‘Put the fear of God into me’: Inside coach’s bid to vanquish Bennett curse
If the Dolphins thought a Wayne Bennett preseason was gruelling, apparently it is nothing compared to what Kristian Woolf has dished up.
- by Nick Wright
Updated
NRL player movements
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
‘He certainly will’: Why Wallabies convert has been tipped to take over NRL
A Wallabies convert looms as Kieran Foran’s successor at the Titans. But he may have to bide his time.
- by Nick Wright
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
Opinion
Indigenous culture
Welcome to Country isn’t for every occasion. Good on you, Melbourne Storm
This debate is not black and white. Let’s not lose sight of what we’re trying to achieve for Indigenous Australians.
- by Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
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
Melbourne Storm discusses future of Welcome to Country and acknowledgment ceremonies
Melbourne Storm have attempted to pour cold water on reports they will scrap the Welcome to Country ceremonies at home games.
- by Peter Ryan and Carla Jaeger
Exclusive
Wests Tigers
‘Their ambition is to see the Magpies replace the Wests Tigers’: Director’s stunning claim
A director of the Wests Tigers’ majority owner has raised fears fellow board members are plotting to reinstate the Western Suburbs Magpies at the expense of the joint venture.
- by Michael Chammas
Trbojevic faces switch to halves with Cherry-Evans’ future in doubt
Superstar fullback Tom Trbojevic may play five-eighth when veteran playmaker Daly Cherry-Evans hangs up the boots.
- by Michael Chammas
Analysis
Pacific diplomacy
‘Better than a veto’: NRL soft power play packs a secret punch on China
The announcement of a new NRL team was about so much more than a new NRL team. The setting of the press conference told the story.
- by Matthew Knott
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