Parramatta youngster Reed Mahoney has declared himself ready to channel his inner Jake Friend and punch out a full 80 minutes for coach Brad Arthur this NRL season. Mahoney is …

St George Illawarra skipper Gareth Widdop is confident he can maintain his dangerous play-making combination with Ben Hunt even with his switch to fullback. Hunt and Widdop were among the …

Still looming large over AAMI Park, retired superstar Billy Slater is backing Melbourne to continue their reign of NRL success without him. Slater has had the northern stand of the …

Jack de Belin’s Federal Court fight to overturn an NRL ban is unlikely to spill into round one, with St George Illawarra not expected to play the star lock against …

Cooper Cronk knows the end is near and will make a call on his stellar NRL career in the next two to three months. The Sydney Roosters’ grand final hero …

Melbourne fullback Jahrome Hughes has nothing to fear from Brisbane in the NRL season opener on Thursday night after surviving a Craig Bellamy blast on returning to Storm pre-season training …

Canberra have embraced working with a sports psychologist as they look to turn around a dire record in tight NRL games. The Raiders have lost 16 games by six points …

They say Mal Meninga was one of the toughest players to bring down. But Sydney Roosters NRL star Latrell Mitchell has invited comparisons after setting himself the audacious task of …

Canterbury forward Corey Harawira-Naera says he had no concerns about being investigated by the NRL integrity unit over the Penrith sex tapes scandal. The former Panthers player was interviewed by …

Manly lock Jake Trbojevic says his frustrated brother Tom keeps pestering medical staff about returning to training but the star fullback won’t be back on the NRL field before round …

The NRL is confident the SCG’s surface won’t prove an issue for Friday’s round-one blockbuster between Sydney Roosters and South Sydney, with immediate replacement work beginning on the turf. Work …

Melbourne forward Joe Stimson is in doubt for the Storm’s NRL season opener against Brisbane with a lower-back injury. Melbourne didn’t name in a provisional 21-man squad by at a …

EACH NRL TEAM’S OPENING MONTH FROM TOUGHEST TO EASIEST: 1. BRISBANE (vs Melbourne, North Queensland, St George Illawarra and Sydney Roosters): Play last year’s two grand finalists as well as …

Brisbane’s opening-round nightmare road-trip destination of Melbourne will be compounded by the toughest opening month to the season of any team in 2019. The Broncos kick off their campaign on …

Cronulla captain Paul Gallen has rebuked Cameron Smith’s calls for Melbourne’s stripped NRL premierships to be reinstated, arguing the Sharks’ salary cap breaches pale in comparison to the Storm’s. Smith …

Sydney Roosters captain Boyd Cordner knows as well as anyone that his men are going to become the hunted this season after winning last year’s NRL title. And for those …

The NRL’s new no-fault stand-down policy is one step closer to being enacted with ARL Commissioners to meet on Monday to approve the rule. Just a day after the Federal …

Tom Trbojevic is ready to take his game to new heights this NRL season after coming under the tutelage of his Manly No.1 predecessor Brett Stewart. “The Prince of Brookvale” …