While only an NRL trial, it’s a game that’s been five years in the making for Melbourne Storm winger Sandor Earl. The 29-year-old will run out in the Storm’s senior …

If Gold Coast youngster Max King was unsure about returning to the crash and bash of rugby league it would be understandable. Only 21, King has undergone four shoulder reconstructions …

George Burgess will remain at South Sydney for 2019 with the Rabbitohs indicating they won’t release the star prop despite him being linked to Parramatta. Off-contract at the end of …

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak insists he still has a future in Penrith’s No.1 jersey even if Dylan Edwards is named fullback for their season-opener against Parramatta. Brought to the Panthers as a …

Tyrone Roberts will captain a young Gold Coast trial team in his return to Titans colours a year after leaving the NRL club. The 27-year-old playmaker has been named skipper …

Manly winger Jorge Taufua has spent more hours than usual on the physio’s table this summer but hopefully for all the right reasons this time. One of the most destructive …

Brisbane boss Paul White hopes a club-imposed, four-game suspension will only disadvantage Payne Haas, not the Broncos’ title hopes, as he backs other young forwards to step up. Chasing their …

Cronulla’s fate over their salary cap scandal will be decided by next week while Dylan Napa will learn his sanction before the start of the NRL season. After a summer …

Warriors hookers Issac Luke and Nathaniel Roache have both defied the odds to be on track for the NRL season start. Kiwis veteran Luke was regarded as only an outside …

Brisbane spent months trying to convince teenager Payne Haas to speak to the NRL’s integrity unit and say they had no choice but to suspend him for four games and …

North Queensland coach Paul Green will overlook promising youngster Jake Clifford to open the NRL season in favour of experienced halves Michael Morgan and Te Maire Martin. Clifford was tipped …

Brisbane star Payne Haas has been suspended for the first four rounds of the NRL premiership and fined $20,000 for failing to co-operate fully with the NRL integrity unit. The …

Kalyn Ponga’s Maori All-Stars showing is irrelevant to the style of football he’ll play for Newcastle at five-eighth this year, Knights coach Nathan Brown insists. Ponga played in the No.6 …

Broncos prop Payne Haas has been fined $10,000 and will be stood down for the start of the premiership for refusing to co-operate with the NRL integrity unit, it has …

KEY POINTS FROM NRL TRIAL SIDES * MELBOURNE (vs Warriors) Scott Drinkwater gets the retired Billy Slater’s fullback spot ahead of Jahrome Hughes, who is named on the bench. Brodie …

Curtis Sironen harbours no fear of the Lottoland turf despite having his 2018 NRL season ended amid a spate of injuries on the beleaguered surface. Sironen will make a big …

Robert Jennings looks set to sign with the Wests Tigers after the joint venture was reportedly told they could fit him under their salary cap. The Tigers’ salary cap for …

Jack de Belin’s return to the NRL field has been delayed for at least a week after he was ruled out of St George Illawarra’s trial against Newcastle with the …