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NRL contests are considerably more physical than Americans are used to.

‘We don’t wear pads or helmets, brother’: Is the bloody biff the trick to finding NRL fans in the US?

American aren’t used to seeing their footballers take the heat without padding or helmets. They secretly like it.

  • Jordan Baker

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Blake Mozer celebrates scoring for the Broncos against the Dragons.

‘I haven’t spoken to any other clubs’: Broncos star reveals long-term intent

The man long considered the future of Brisbane’s spine has shut down reports he has spoken with rival clubs, as he moves to secure his NRL future.

  • Nick Wright
Nicho Hynes and Nathan Cleary will feature in Las Vegas this weekend.

‘The Sharks will get them’: How our experts see the Las Vegas clashes playing out

Rugby league reporters Michael Chammas, Adrian Proszenko and Billie Eder unpack the matches in Las Vegas this weekend.

  • Billie Eder, Adrian Proszenko and Michael Chammas
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Michael Chammas and Andrew Johns dissect the week in NRL

  • Jane Hutchinson
Max Plath has extended his tenure with the Dolphins through to the end of 2028.

‘Didn’t cross my mind’: Why breakout star turned down lucrative expansion chance

One of the NRL’s brightest young stars has been taken off the table for the newest club, but he could be in the mix for State of Origin.

  • Nick Wright
Stephen Crichton, Benji Marshall and Latrell Mitchell: All 213 NRL games predicted before the season starts.

They said it couldn’t be done. But we’ve predicted the entire 2025 NRL season

Mad with power? Yes. Method to the madness? Also, yes, as we dust off the algorithm to predict who wins all 213 NRL games this year.

  • Dan Walsh and Dominic Brock
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Nathan Cleary’s Vegas bound.

NRL doubles down in Vegas with risky play of razzle-dazzle

To critics, rugby league’s push into the American sports market is a weird and wild waste of time. But many say it’s a not-so-crazy idea that just might work.

  • Jordan Baker
Three young Titans players

Inside Titans’ plans to replicate Storm, and unleash ‘excitement machines’

The Titans have played just two finals games since 2010. But a bold ploy has shown promising signs, and could help them follow in the footsteps of an NRL giant.

  • Nick Wright
Last of a kind: Daly Cherry-Evans is the last remaining NRL player born in the 1980s

Party on, dude: DCE is the last survivor of the 1980s

The Manly halfback is in a unique position as the new season starts.

  • Christian Nicolussi
Kieran Foran watches on with fears he has torn his bicep.

‘It won’t be the end of me’: Fears 18th surgery awaits luckless star

As two of the game’s biggest names made long-awaited returns from injury, one of its most luckless warriors faced another career setback.

  • Nick Wright

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