Gold Coast signing Brenton Lawrence has announced his retirement before playing another game for the Titans, amid speculation Penrith prop Leilani Latu is bound for the NRL club. Three months …

Benji Marshall has hailed Tui Lolohea’s World Cup campaign and says he shapes as the answer to the Wests Tigers’ fullback conundrum. Marshall described Lolohea as being Tonga’s second best …

England have enough depth to cover the absence of Sean O’Loughlin should the inspirational skipper be ruled out of Saturday’s Rugby League World Cup final, according to prop Chris Hill. …

Cameron Smith is set to finish his historic rugby league season on top of the rugby league world when the annual Golden Boot award is announced on Wednesday. Smith is …

Benji Marshall has brushed off retirement talk as he revealed he was twice knocked back by the Wests Tigers before being granted a fairytale return for the 2018 NRL season. …

Kangaroos prop Aaron Woods is adamant there won’t be any grudges between him and James Graham in Saturday’s Rugby League World Cup final against England. Woods faces off against Graham …

Gold Coast coach Garth Brennan maintains the NRL club’s recent appointment of assistant coach Luke Burt and other former Parramatta support staff was not done simply to appease Jarryd Hayne. …

New Wests Tigers playmaker Josh Reynolds has taken a swipe at his former NRL club Canterbury, suggesting they mishandled their halves puzzle. Reynolds is in familiar territory at the Tigers …

Manly are still involved in “meaningful discussions” with NRL target Mitchell Pearce, according to the club’s new chief executive Lyall Gorman. The Sea Eagles, Cronulla and Newcastle shape as the …

Cameron Smith’s form is too good for him to consider representative footy retirement at the end of the Rugby League World Cup, according to his Kangaroos teammates. Smith has refused …

Tonga rugby league fans have turned out for a second night of protest in Auckland. On Sunday evening, fans marched through the city’s centre protesting Mate Ma’a Tonga’s 20-18 loss …

Canberra’s Josh Hodgson remains bullish about appearing in a lime green jumper in 2018 while the NRL has knocked back the club’s request for salary cap dispensation for their injured …

The cricketers aren’t the only Australians ready to meet England head on. After two days of rest, the Kangaroos have declared themselves fully fit to take on the old enemy …

Furious Tonga rugby league fans have turned out for a second night of protest in Auckland. On Sunday evening, fans marched through the city’s centre protesting Mate Ma’a Tonga’s 20-18 …

Cronulla have locked down rookie hooker Jayden Brailey until the end of the 2020 NRL season after signing him to a two-year contract extension. The Sharks warded off any poaching …

England veteran James Roby insisted he is ready to step into the gaping hole left by Josh Hodgson’s absence for Friday’s Rugby League World Cup final against Australia. Roby is …

Kangaroos star Boyd Cordner insists a “complete” England present a worthy opponent in next Saturday’s Rugby League World Cup final. The traditional rivals are the last two nations standing after …

Tongan coach Kristian Woolf says he’s dumbfounded by referee Matt Cecchin’s failure to check a disallowed last-gasp Andrew Fifita try in his side’s 20-18 Rugby League World Cup semi-final loss …