New Zealand Maori rugby league coach Stacey Jones says he can’t help but be impressed by playmaker Kalyn Ponga as they prepare to take on the Indigenous All-Stars in Melbourne. …

Brandon Smith says the lessons learnt at Melbourne under Cameron Smith are the reason he’s happy to play second fiddle to the Storm skipper. Young Smith is the first-choice hooker …

The relationship between Latrell Mitchell and Will Chambers has evolved all the way from pitched battle to something of a rugby league love-in ahead of Friday night’s All-Stars clash. Mitchell …

The players who brought home the State of Origin trophy for NSW last year will have dibs in Brad Fittler’s 2019 team so long as their form holds up. Origin …

Latrell Mitchell says skipping the Sydney Roosters’ World Club Challenge match against Wigan to play for the Indigenous All-Stars was a matter of following his heart. Mitchell will be the …

The Rugby League Players’ Association says suspending Dylan Napa over the leaking of explicit videos would be unfair and could encourage blackmail or exploitation of players. The Canterbury recruit is …

South Sydney will play a testimonial match for 2014 premiership captain and NRL veteran John Sutton. The Rabbitohs’ most capped player is in his 16th and final year with the …

Wigan have delivered a first Super League win for interim coach Adrian Lam to wipe out the points they were docked for breaching the salary cap. The 34-16 win over …

Corey Norman insists he has left his chequered history behind him as he prepares for a fresh start at St George Illawarra this NRL season. That outlook was in doubt …

Could Parramatta be about to unleash the new Semi Radradra? While most Fijian wingers are saddled with the unfair comparison to the former Eels phenom, in the case of Maika …

Canberra may have found the player who will allow Jack Wighton to switch from fullback to five-eighth. Wighton has made the Raiders’ No.1 jersey his own during the past four …

After being anointed Josh Morris’ Canterbury successor by the former NSW and Australian star himself, Morgan Harper is starting to believe his NRL dream is within reach. Harper’s star has …

Josh Kerr has yet to even have a taste of the NRL, but he already knows the significance of playing in an All Stars match. Kerr will become just the …

Canberra’s Jack Wighton is on his last chance at the NRL club, with the Raiders prepared to sack him if he misbehaves again. The 26-year-old narrowly avoided jail time last …

St George Illawarra youngster Zac Lomax craves the centre stage but admits he might have to wing it to play NRL this season. The retirements of club legend Jason Nightingale …

They’ve been pegged as wooden-spoon favourites but Lachlan Lewis predicts Canterbury will be the new entertainers this NRL season. After rattling a few cages in the back-end of an otherwise …

Mitchell Moses is using his own experience as a teenage NRL debutant to mentor likely new Parramatta halves partner Dylan Brown. Despite being just 18, Brown is expected to fill …

Warriors playmaker Blake Green has played down the extent of a hamstring injury, saying he’ll be fit well before the NRL season begins. Green shapes as the key player this …