After successive NRL preliminary final fadeouts, coach Michael Maguire believes it is a matter of tweaking, rather than reinventing, his South Sydney team as they chase that increasingly elusive 21st …

St George Illawarra have recruited as extensively as any team ahead of the new NRL season and coach Steve Price finally has a side he can call his own. But …

Wigan coach Shaun Wane’s enthusiasm for the World Club Challenge remains undimmed by his side’s comprehensive defeat by Sydney Roosters. Wane took the gamble of taking his team to Australia …

Melbourne Storm face playmaking dramas for their NRL season kick-off after off-season recruit Ben Roberts was placed on report in their Charity Cup loss to Canterbury on Sunday. With coach …

The Bulldogs finished their NRL pre-season with a grinding 20-10 Charity Cup victory over Melbourne Storm which has left Krisnan Inu nursing a jaw injury. Despite being their own worst …

Key Penrith recruit Jamal Idris is set to miss the start of the NRL season due to a hamstring injury. Idris suffered a suspected grade one hamstring tear in the …

Coach Trent Robinson says the Sydney Roosters risk going into their NRL premiership defence underdone despite their convincing World Club Challenge win over Wigan. The Roosters cruised to victory against …

Halfback Shaun Johnson played a starring role as the Warriors retained the Trans-Tasman Cup when they overwhelmed the Brisbane Broncos 48-4 at Forsyth Barr Stadium. Johnson contributed 12 points with …

Michael Morgan is firmly in the frame to start the NRL season in the No.1 jersey for North Queensland. Cruelled by the loss of Lachlan Coote – who had been …

Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson has called on the NRL to do more to help grow the World Club Challenge after the tricolours were crowned world champions on Saturday night. …

As proud as he was watching his North Queensland teammates win the club’s first NRL senior silverware, co-captain Johnathan Thurston won’t be putting his hand up to play in their …

Cronulla halfback Jeff Robson will miss the opening few rounds of the NRL season after being diagnosed with multiple facial injuries. Robson was taken from the field after 25 minutes …

Parramatta coach Brad Arthur has confirmed halfback Chris Sandow will have to take the long road back to an NRL return in 2014. Luke Kelly has been confirmed as the …

Newcastle will consider playing Darius Boyd at five-eighth in a revamped backline after losing star playmaker Jarrod Mullen during the week to a serious hamstring injury. The Knights romped to …

The Sydney Roosters have started the new season in the same way they finished the last, with more silverware in the trophy cabinet courtesy of some Michael Jennings brilliance. A …

North Queensland’s perfect pre-season is complete with the Cowboys beating Gold Coast 28-12 on Saturday night in front of a packed house in Toowoomba. The Auckland Nines champions welcomed back …

Manly are sweating on a shoulder injury to winger Jorge Taufua after they surged home to beat a Will Hopoate-inspired Parramatta 28-24 in their NRL trial on Saturday night. It’d …

In-demand NSW and Australian prop Andrew Fifita raised his asking price with a typically barnstorming display in Cronulla’s 28-22 trial loss to Wests Tigers on Saturday night. Fifita, who is …