Veteran Warriors loose forward Micheal Luck is to hang up his boots at the end of the 2012 NRL season. Luck, in his seventh season with the Auckland club, is …

NSW may have finally found a group of players capable of ending Queensland’s six-year State of Origin reign, although it might be another five years before any of them graduate …

Cronulla have rewarded coach Shane Flanagan with a two-year contract extension following his side’s strong start to the NRL season. On the back of the Sharks winning their past five …

South Sydney mystery man Nathan Merritt admits he is unlikely to reclaim his No.1 jersey this season, despite scoring a try in a successful return from a toe injury for …

In an ominous warning for NSW Origin coach Ricky Stuart, Johnathan Thurston says he and new representative halves partner Cooper Cronk have only scratched the surface. Thurston and Cronk combined …

Whether it was by design or not, New Zealand coach Stephen Kearney could not have picked a better time to plead his case for NRL referees to control the mid-year …

City halfback Mitchell Pearce admits he’s still “dirty” about last year’s 18-12 defeat by the Country Origin side and is desperate to finish up on the winning team in Mudgee …

Life without Darren Lockyer proved just as seamless as life with it for Australia as the men charged with replacing him continued the Kangaroos’ mid-year domination of New Zealand with …

Australian debutant James Tamou couldn’t stop his knees from shaking on the interchange bench at Eden Park on Friday night. He had just stared down the Kiwi haka – a …

Cameron Smith celebrated his first Test as Australia’s fulltime skipper with the match-winning try as the Kangaroos held off a persistent but error-riddled New Zealand 20-12 at Eden Park on …

The ARL Commission will stand by an NRL team on the Gold Coast, with beleaguered Titans managing director Michael Searle to be given first crack at saving the financially crippled …

South Sydney flyer Nathan Merritt will make his long-awaited return to rugby league on Saturday for feeder team North Sydney. The winger hasn’t played an NRL game this season because …

Newcastle NSW Cup coach Rip Taylor has been given strict instructions from Wayne Bennett on how to use Willie Mason in his return to rugby league on Sunday. Mason hasn’t …

NSW assistant coach Trent Barrett has challenged players involved in Sunday’s City-Country rugby league clash to force their way into Ricky Stuart’s State of Origin plans. Having lost the past …

Melbourne centre Dane Nielsen says his side learnt a lot out of their gutsy last-round NRL win over Canterbury and he’s certain their Anzac Day opponents, the Warriors, did too. …

Tom Learoyd-Lahrs knows more about being injured than most NRL players, but the NSW forward says the prospect of seeing Canberra teammate Terry Campese battle back from yet another knee …

Greg Bird admits the ongoing saga surrounding the Gold Coast Titans has caused some concern amongst the players, but the NSW star is confident the embattled NRL club will survive. …

Parramatta halfback Chris Sandow has been ruled out of Sunday’s NSW Cup match for Wentworthville due to a shoulder injury. The former South Sydney playmaker was ordered to play reserve …