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Rugby League Players Association president Ian Prendergast believes a pay deal must be struck before the NRL finals, as strike action continues to loom over the game. Almost 300 players …

It’s the season-opening nightmare that has driven Penrith to the cusp of a history-making assault on this year’s NRL premiership. With just two games left in the regular season, Panthers …

He won’t be part of it for much longer but Sean McMahon reckons there is “something special” brewing in the current crop of Wallabies. The 23-year-old is playing in what …

The ARU’s decision to reject Andrew Forrest’s $50 million offer will hurt grassroots rugby all over Australia, according to the Rugby Union Players’ Association. Forrest made the extraordinary financial offer …

Dane Coles will play his 50th Test and is the only change to the All Blacks’ starting side who will try to lock away the Bledisloe Cup for another year …

A RugbyWA board member claims ARU chairman Cameron Clyne agreed to let the Western Force back into the Super Rugby competition — only to later renege on the offer. But …

Western Force have claimed the Australian Rugby Union agreed to let them back into the Super Rugby competition — only to renege on the offer. RugbyWA board member David Vaux …

Former Sydney captain Jarrad McVeigh is keen to play on next year, even if it means leaving the AFL club he’s spent almost half his life at. Talks are ongoing …

Gold Coast fullback Jarryd Hayne has launched a stinging attack on sacked coach Neil Henry, despite denying the pair were ever involved in a feud. The under-fire Hayne claimed the …

Apprentice Ben Allen is considering relinquishing his rides at Moonee Valley to ride at the Memsie Stakes meeting. Allen was hit with an eight-meeting careless riding ban at Sandown on …

A NSW Supreme Court judge who’ll decide the fate of the Western Force rugby union team didn’t want to hear about claims the axed club had been ”dudded” during a …

Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper reckons booking a genuine Bledisloe Cup warm-up game could help rid the team of future rustiness. Despite a gruelling four-week pre-Rugby Championship training program designed to …

PREVIEW OF NRL ROUND 25 MATCHES (ALL TIMES AEST): THURSDAY, Aug 24 Brisbane v Parramatta at Suncorp Stadium, 7.50pm Head to Head: Broncos 31 Eels 20 drawn 1 Last clash: …

Almost six years after watching local junior Wade Graham leave the foot of the mountains, Penrith have unearthed a rookie replica in Tyrone May. That’s the belief of a number …

Jarryd Hayne says the tipping point in his relationship with sacked Gold Coast coach Neil Henry was a media report which said the mentor didn’t support signing him. Surprising journalists …

Fremantle coach Ross Lyon insists he’s not wobbling despite copping a wave of criticism in the wake of consecutive 104-point AFL losses. The Dockers’ rebuild was showing promise earlier this …

Forget moving the coach, Gold Coast should pack up and move to Brisbane. That’s the opinion of rugby league guru Phil Gould, who also believes Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga would …

Josh Jackson has rubbished suggestions uncertainty over the future of large swathes of the Canterbury playing group has contributed to their forgettable NRL season. The Bulldogs are believed to be …