The NRL is the tonic Australia needs to endure the deadly coronavirus, according to NSW Deputy Premier John Barilo. With the ARL Commission on Thursday set to decide on when …

Project Apollo committee member Don Furner has promised to uphold the integrity of the NRL competition if the game is cleared to return at a meeting with the Australian Rugby …

Rugby league guru Phil Gould has warned players shouldn’t be kept “like greyhounds” in bubbles for an extended period as the NRL looks at ways to restart the season as …

Banned former Canterbury players Corey Harawira-Naera and Jayden Okunbor will appeal their indefinite NRL ban after the Bulldogs’ schoolgirl sex scandal. Both players was deregistered by the NRL last week …

Keep the points, but scrap the competition’s name and trophy. That’s the left field call by Paul Gallen, who wants the 2020 NRL season to be rebranded if it resumes …

Sadly, long suffering NSW fans knew it all along. But Queensland great Darren Lockyer has finally come out and said it – the Maroons would not have launched a State …

Former Canterbury winger Jayden Okunbor will appeal his indefinite NRL ban after the Bulldogs’ schoolgirl sex scandal. Okunbor was deregistered by the NRL last week after it emerged he’d invited …

Melbourne NRL coach Craig Bellamy may not agree with Cameron Smith but has defended his skipper’s right to resist moves to resume playing in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. …

It has been strongly opposed by Cameron Smith but South Sydney hooker Damien Cook has backed a plan for players to live in a “bubble” in a bid to resume …

Opening a new NRL season with State of Origin will tarnish the image of rugby league’s showpiece according to former stars Corey Parker and Braith Anasta. Parker, who played 19 …

South Sydney legend Sam Burgess has called on NRL clubs to drop their egos and give up points earned in the first two rounds as the game pushes towards a …

After twice missing a chance to win a title with Manly, Paul Gallen admits he used NSW State of Origin camps to recruit players for Cronulla in a desperate bid …

The easy option would have been to stay out of it, but Manly and Queensland skipper Daly Cherry-Evans was determined to ask the tough questions during pay negotiations with the …

Welfare officers will be needed “more than ever” if players are isolated from families for over two months, according to a senior NRL club wellbeing expert. All 16 teams could …

Facing a backlash from angry NRL clubs and fans, ARL Commission chairman Peter V’landys has stepped in to abort a plan to start the 2020 competition from scratch when it …

Barely 24 hours after pitching it, ARL commissioner Wayne Pearce has rejected a proposal to scrap the NRL’s opening two rounds when the competition resumes. The innovations committee was initially …

Twenty years ago cheeky NSW forward Bryan Fletcher launched a State of Origin “hand grenade” that still reverberates through Queensland rugby league circles. But ex-Maroons skipper Darren Lockyer believes the …

Splitting the NRL competition into two conferences would be unfair for some teams, according to former Kangaroos star Gorden Tallis. A radical proposal to isolate two ‘bubbles’ of teams, in …