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James Tedesco

‘That scoreline is too big’: Alarm bells ring for Roosters after trial tribulations

After losing a host of stars in the summer, the Tricolours could be without Spencer Leniu for round one after the prop was reported for a high shot in a 48-10 defeat to Newcastle.

  • Robert Dillon

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Roosters outside back Mark Nawaqanitawase in pre-season training.

The Roosters have lost $1.5m of centre star power. Here’s how they’ll fill the void

Joey Manu and Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii have been lost to rugby, but ex-Wallaby Mark Nawaqanitawase has powered through his first full NRL pre-season.

  • Dan Walsh
Dragons five-eighth Kyle Flanagan.

NRL trials as it happened: Dragons halves breathe fire; Bulldogs youngsters aim up

Kyle Flanagan has led a Dragons smash up of the Roosters while Canterbury’s largely second-string side held off the Tigers tyros.

  • Dan Walsh and Jonathan Drennan
Indigenous All Stars debutant Blake Steep.

Blake Steep heard his dad’s last words in the middle of the ocean. Then he saved his life

The rising Indigenous All Stars forward swam 1.6 kilometres back and forth through sharky seas after his father suffered a heart attack underwater.

  • Dan Walsh
Roosters Chad Townsend and Sandon Smith

The Roosters have been decimated. Can a journeyman and a youngster lead them to glory?

On Sunday, Chad Townsend and Sandon Smith will play together for the first time. Are the Roosters halves up to it?

  • Adrian Proszenko
Roosters captain James Tedesco.

The Roosters have lost $6m and 1200 games of star power. But don’t tell Teddy they’re rebuilding

The Tricolours skipper is happy to be written off before a ball is kicked, but expects “everyone to still be talking about us either way.”

  • Dan Walsh
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NRL trials: Cameron Ciraldo, Latrell Mitchell and Jarome Luai

What your club is hoping to learn from the NRL trials

Houses have been trained down and cliches trotted out after every single player’s pre-season has been the toughest in the long, sweaty history of tough pre-seasons. Now the games begin.

  • Dan Walsh and Adrian Proszenko
NRL players fighting for their futures composite

Inside Broncos’ five-man dilemma, and those fighting for their futures

A Bronco who was told he could leave has dug his heels in again, headlining our list of every NRL club’s players out to keep their careers alive.

  • Nick Wright
NRL breakout stars 2025 composite

The breakout players for your club in 2025 – and why a 205cm beast will rise

We break down the players ready to make their name in the NRL, and why one of the game’s biggest men must rise to the occasion.

  • Nick Wright
NRL comeback kings graphic

The NRL stars casting turmoil aside – and why one comeback will be most crucial

We break down every player your club dearly missed in 2024 through their injury heartaches, and how they will return in 2025.

  • Nick Wright

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