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NRL 2025
Warriors score after the full-time siren to break Newcastle hearts
Miracle try by back-rower Leka Halasima denies Newcastle two much-needed competition points.
- by Robert Dillon
Opinion
NRL 2025
The special Ponga father-son bond at the heart of an unusual league family
- by Danny Weidler
Wests Tigers 21 Gold Coast 20
NRL 2025
Doueihi’s ice-cool match-winner seals contest worthy of Spoonbowl
- by Dan Walsh
Flanagan fumes after Galvin delivers match-winner for Bulldogs
- by Billie Eder and Christian Nicolussi
Insight & Analysis
Rebel rugby raid on stars as real as a PNG corruption scandal
Rebel rugby competition R360 needs to sign 200 players by September, and NRL stars are in its sights at the same time rugby league needs even more players as it expands from 17 to 19 teams
Neil Breen
National sports editor
Ponga won’t win Newcastle a title, so let him leave. This 20-year rot is the real issue
Putting it politely, Newcastle’s roster is a complete mess. Kalyn Ponga and Adam O’Brien can’t solve it, because the problems run so much deeper at my club.
Andrew Johns
League columnist
Until Blues find their own Wayne Bennett they won’t get Origin
Can the NSWRL find someone who can deliver true passion to the Blues’ cause – and stop the rot?
Neil Breen
National sports editor
More News
‘Sick of being kicked in the guts’: Under-siege O’Brien committed to Knights
The Newcastle coach says he is focused on the team and not questions about his coaching future.
- by Christian Nicolussi
‘I never doubted his hunger’: Taylan May returns after 436 days out of NRL
It will be an emotional day for the May family when Taylan makes his long-awaited return to the NRL with Wests Tigers on Sunday.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Analysis
NRL 2025
The Knights are burying their head in the sand when it comes to Ponga, but who cares?
- by Michael Chammas
Ciraldo backs Galvin-Burton pairing to leave rivals at sixes and sevens
- by Robert Dillon, Billie Eder, Dan Walsh and Michael Chammas
Extras
Origin was born 45 years ago on this night. Here are the forgotten stories
- by Dan Walsh, Robert Dillon and The Visual Stories Team
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