Phil Rothfield looks back at the highs and lows, feuds and fade-outs, blunders and blow-ups after 27 rounds of the high drama that is rugby league. Check out the Monday Buzz season awards.
The 2023 NRL finals series is locked and loaded following a wild finish in the last game of the regular season. See the week one finals schedule here.
Their fate is out of their hands, but the Roosters have one eye on the NRL finals, after holding off a Rabbitohs onslaught to end their bitter rivals’ season.
They were the best team in the competition heading into the Origin period, but the Rabbitohs won’t play finals footy after one of the most stunning collapses in premiership history.
South Sydney’s Cody Walker is sure to be named the five-eighth of the year, writes Paul Crawley, but has he done enough to break the Rabbitohs’ Dally M drought?
A finals showdown with Penrith is the beginning of the end at the Rabbitohs for South Sydney captain Adam Reynolds, who has declared how confident his team is.
Benji Marshall is 36, but the veteran playmaker says he feels like a teenager again coming off the bench for South Sydney.
The old-school backyard magicians with creative instincts hardwired by a 1000 games with mates are back in vogue … if only clubs could find more of them.
From Ricky Stuart to Andrew Johns, Darren Lockyer and Greg Bird, history is littered with absentees that can mean the difference between winning and losing a premiership, says PAUL KENT.
A key message from coaches and the return of a superstar teammate are behind the form surge that has put Penrith back on the NRL premiership path.
The call on whether to expand the NRL to a 17th team is weighing heavily on the minds of ARL commissioners.
To celebrate the run to the NRL grand final we have created a series of souvenir finals posters. Click here to download your “heroes” poster.
He’s yet to make a final call but Wayne Bennett is leaning toward toward one particular option as Latrell Mitchell’s fullback replacement for Saturday’s blockbuster final against Penrith.
A second-string Rabbitohs outfit proved far too strong for the Dragons, who finish the regular season on an eight-game losing streak.
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