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Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett.

Bennett says club coaches should be in running for Kangaroos job

Wayne Bennett says a club coach should be able to coach Australia as well, and didn’t rule out putting his hand up to replace Mal Meninga as the next Kangaroos boss.

  • Billie Eder, Roy Ward, Robert Dillon and Adrian Proszenko

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 28: Blues fans cheer ahead of game one of the Men’s State of Origin series between Queensland Maroons and New South Wales Blues at Suncorp Stadium on May 28, 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Ratings bonanza as Origin becomes most watched TV show of 2025

The opening State of Origin game has trumped the ABC’s election coverage as the most watched television program of the year.

  • Adrian Proszenko and Christian Nicolussi
Highlights of Parramatta Eels recruit Joash Papalii.

Panthers tyro becoming a beacon of hope for a small country town

Blayney once had the Bears flying the flag for the town in Group 10, now they have Liam Henry.

  • Robert Dillon, Adrian Proszenko and Billie Eder
Zac Lomax after scoring against Newcastle.

Lomax admits he’ll be ‘devastated’ if he misses Origin I team

Zac Lomax was a standout for the Blues as they won a memorable State of Origin series in 2024. Has he done enough in one game to keep his spot?

  • Robert Dillon, Dan Walsh, Adrian Proszenko, Michael Chammas and Christian Nicolussi
Manly champion Tom Trbojevic has scored seven tries in eight games against Cronulla.

Why Trbojevic is the difference between Manly winning and losing

The Sharks have a good reason to fear Tom Trbojevic when they take on the Sea Eagles at Brookvale on Sunday.

  • Robert Dillon
Rare areas: Penrith’s struggles in 2025 have them sitting second last on the ladder.

Cleary insists all is not lost for last-placed Panthers

A win over the in-form Broncos at Magic Round would prove the perfect tonic for the ailing four-time premiers.

  • Robert Dillon and Adrian Proszenko
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Roosters playmaker Sandon Smith.

Seventy minutes, 22 points and a sin bin: Smith’s ‘awesome’ rollercoaster game

Sandon Smith gave a performance for the history books in the Roosters’ epic Anzac Day win against the Dragons.

  • Billie Eder, Adrian Proszenko and Robert Dillon
Josh Schuster is eyeing a return to the game.

Schuster set for first game in a year; Manly prepare two-year deal for Fogarty

The Rabbitohs recruit is eyeing his first game of rugby league in a year as the Sea Eagles line up Daly Cherry-Evans’ replacement.

  • Adrian Proszenko, Dan Walsh, Christian Nicolussi and Robert Dillon
Dragons fullback Clint Gutherson.

Ryles defends decision to let Gutherson leave ahead of Dragons clash

For 10 seasons, he was Parramatta’s heart and soul. On Saturday Clint Gutherson will face his former teammates for the first time since he joined the Dragons.

  • Billie Eder, Christian Nicolussi, Dan Walsh, Adrian Proszenko and Robert Dillon
Charlie Gallico has been Reggie the Rabbit for two decades.

‘I was in the wrong’: Reggie the Rabbit apologises for pushing nine-year-old

Charlie Gallico - the 80-year-old inside the South Sydney mascot’s costume - met with the boy and his mother on Tuesday and admitted his actions at Shark Park “were not right”.

  • Billie Eder and Robert Dillon

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