Stranded Cowboys ask NRL for charter flight to avoid finals farce
The North Queensland Cowboys risk missing Friday night’s final against the Sharks after the club failed to secure seats on one of the two direct flights to Sydney.
The North Queensland Cowboys risk missing Friday night’s final against the Sharks after the club failed to secure seats on one of the two direct flights to Sydney.
“It’s you not us’’ was the cry when Anthony Seibold was effectively shown the door in Brisbane. Maybe, ROBERT CRADDOCK writes, it was the Broncos all along.
Bulldogs superstar Josh Addo-Carr has been summoned to front the NRL integrity unit as he fights to save his career following a positive cocaine test.
Welcome to do or die rugby league. This is how the next three weeks looks for every team still alive in the NRL finals. PAM WHALEY predicts the 2024 premiership winner.
Captain James Tedesco has slammed the narrative that the Sydney Roosters’ premiership window is about to close on the back of a player exodus.
In his first-up meeting as South Sydney coach, Wayne Bennett took aim at Rabbitohs players’ work ethic, commitment, speed and fitness. Inside Wayne’s brutal assessment of the playing squad.
Nicho Hynes, the Sharks’ highest paid player and Dally M medal-winning halfback, has been at the centre of calls for change amid a finals form slump for the Sharks that dates back to 2018. HAVE YOUR SAY.
Luke Brooks can now call himself a finals winner, with the Sea Eagles star revealing the scrum play for Daly Cherry-Evans’ try has never come off at training.
Our exclusive NRL player poll shows only half of players trust their agents – a huge problem considering how influential they are in the industry. SEE THE NUMBERS
The Roosters have never fully recovered from the loss of champions Mitchell Aubusson, Boyd Cordner, Cooper Cronk and Jake Friend – and it’s only going to get worse for the club, writes DAVID RICCIO.
A second grade-three hip drop charge has been dished out from the weekend’s games, effectively ending the season of Rooster Eliza Lopamaua. Plus, the Broncos have been hit with a major injury blow and more in The NRLW Tackle.
As brilliant an individual as Kalyn Ponga is, he can’t do it all by himself for Newcastle, which is why the Knights must target another running threat in the off-season to complement their superstar fullback. That and more in The Tackle.
Brisbane’s NRL and AFL teams were both minutes from winning last year’s grand finals — and then the Lions and Broncos abruptly changed course. ROBERT CRADDOCK analyses why.
Matty Johns believes Nathan Cleary is already at the same level in the hall of greatness as his brother Joey and Johnathan Thurston. BUZZ ROTHFIELD asks if GOAT status is inevitable for the Panthers star?
Cronulla’s 2024 finals charge was left in tatters before it even started — but that was just the beginning of the carnage which continued after the match, as BRENT READ reveals.
Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo conceded the sideshow around Josh Addo-Carr may have had an impact on their shattering finals exit, as the star winger preapres to front Canterbury officials.
He had more tape on him than an Egyptian mummy, then copped another blow in his first tackle of the game. Here’s how Tom Trbojevic fought through two pain-killing injections to help seal Manly’s miracle victory. WATCH THE VIDEO
Tom Trbojevic needed a needle before the game and at halftime on his troublesome shoulder injury, but the Manly superstar got the job done and has reassured fans he’ll be ready for Saturday’s semi-final against the Roosters.
Manly has kept its season alive after a thrilling win over Canterbury, but it doesn’t get any easier from here. Check out the week two NRL finals schedule!
The integrity of the NRL’s scheduling was debatable all year, but now the level of unfairness has carried over to finals with the Sharks’ stadium snub. BUZZ ROTHFIELD reveals his highs and lows from the week in sport.
Manly claimed a classic finals victory over Canterbury to advance to week two of the NRL playoffs, but who starred and who struggled? Check out our player ratings and have your say!
Cronulla’s bid to host their home final at PointsBet Stadium has fallen on deaf ears, with the NRL locking in Allianz Stadium as the host of the sudden-death blockbuster with the Cowboys.
A boom rugby league rookie and a powerhouse teenager with one of the most famous surnames in NRL could be playing footy side-by-side for Australia next month – in rugby.
Over 450 NRL players responded to the exclusive News Corp poll run in conjunction with the RLPA. Today we reveal the most underrated player in the league, the best rookie, the ground they hate to play on and more.
Former Roosters prop Siosiua Taukeiaho’s proposed NRL return is back on, with the coach of a Sydney team expressing their interest bringing the 33-year-old to the club. MARKET WATCH.
With wild 40km/h winds set to have their say in the Bulldogs-Sea Eagles elimination final, Matt Burton is poised to wreak havoc with his devastating aerial attacks. See the inside story of the making of Burton’s lethal kicking arsenal.
Bulldogs captain Stephen Crichton has a message to NSW Police as Canterbury prepares for wild celebrates should the club win through the NRL grand final qualifier.
Jacob Kiraz was rocked when he was let go by the Bulldogs, the devout man of faith questioning why God would put him in this position. But a ‘gamble’ by Phil Gould saved his Bulldogs dream.
Former Cowboys star Kalyn Ponga was one play away from knocking North Queensland out of the NRL finals … enter the blue-collar battler from Mackay. Watch the moment that decided the all-time classic finals game.
The Cowboys fought back from the brink to claim a famous victory over Newcastle after Kalyn Ponga went within a whisker crashing the party in North Queensland. RE-LIVE ALL THE ACTION
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