Who were the Maroons’ raiders embedded deep in enemy territory playing in the SG Ball and Harold Matthews competitions? Revealed here, along with Queensland’s best female teens at Sydney clubs.
The new look St George Illawarra spine will get their first proper hitout together, when the Dragons take on Manly in a private game simulation to shake-off the pre-season cobwebs.
For teams like the Tigers, Eels and Dragons, there are plenty of fresh faces set to transform their line-up in 2025. We reveal every NRL club’s best 1-17 for the upcoming season.
The NRL will launch a crackdown on several controversial areas of the game, with the governing body warning players referees and the Bunker won’t tolerate players ‘diving’. See the full list of areas under the microscope.
Focus should be on planning how to crack into the top eight in 2025, but the Eels and Dragons are among those being distracted by player contract headlines. See the full NRL off-season power rankings.
Dragons coach Shane Flanagan has lifted the lid on how the Ben Hunt contract saga will unfold, revealed where Valentine Holmes will play and addressed links to Eels star Clint Gutherson in a wide-ranging interview.
The Dragons have settled on Jamie Soward’s replacement, with a member of the Queensland women’s Origin coaching staff to take over the NRLW team next year.
Maroons and St George Illawarra star Ben Hunt is on the outer at the Dragons, and while the Titans and Cowboys have been priced out of his services there remains one Queensland club in the running.
Ben Hunt has been given permission to immediately start plotting his exit with claims he won’t play another game for the Dragons.
St George Illawarra privately insist they won’t be pressured into tabling a contract extension to captain Ben Hunt as they prepare to hold talks with a $900,000 free agent.
Ben Hunt has sensationally claimed the St George Illawarra club he captains “doesn’t seem overly keen to keep me” as he prepares to hit the open market.
Damien Cook has revealed halfback Ben Hunt is a “big reason” why he’s joining the Dragons in 2025, launching an appeal for the star veteran to not quit the club as it eyes a drought-breaking finals berth.
Ben Hunt’s relationship with the Dragons has been further strained with new details of his infamous meeting with Shane Flanagan emerging.
Twenty five years on from one of the most dramatic grand finals in rugby league history, the stars break down the controversial 1999 decider, and the infamous Craig Smith penalty try.
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