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South Sydney coach Jason Demetriou has downplayed his move to axe Lachlan Ilias from the halves as Souths look to turn their season around in a must-win Sydney derby amid a raft of off-field issues causing distraction.
Brisbane prop Payne Haas will undergo an arthroscopy on his knee and is set to miss up to six weeks. The injury comes at the worst time for the Broncos as they take on Penrith in the grand final rematch on Thursday.
Zac Lomax might not want to be at St George Illawarra but he's excelling in his new position on the wing and could force his way into the NSW Origin team, his captain Ben Hunt says.
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Brisbane prop Payne Haas will consult a specialist and undergo further scans after a knee injury forced him to miss the grand-final rematch against Penrith.
Five-eighth Kieran Foran's return from a hamstring injury has given the Gold Coast a boost in the showdown with his former club Canterbury.
Andrew Abdo boss says he is comfortable with the way the NRL has handled Latrell Mitchell's swearing saga, while several pundits say the league cannot rein in one of its biggest name stars.
Melbourne look set to be without their star halves pairing with Jahrome Hughes to serve a one-game ban game for pushing a referee despite the NRL club believing it was an unavoidable accident. Cameron Munster is also doubtful for round three through injury.
Craig Bellamy says Xavier Coates is one of the hardest Storm trainers and practices scoring aerial tries like the one that sealed their win.
Penrith's defeat of arch-rivals Parramatta has come with injury concerns after losing a key forward to a suspected shoulder injury.
Cronulla have won two games to start an NRL season for the first time since 2008, triumphing against a valiant Canterbury outfit 25-6.
Brisbane will take a cautious approach with captain Adam Reynolds after he aggravated an earlier injury in Thursday's 28-18 win over South Sydney.
Benji Marshall has rejected a report questioning his work ethic before he has even coached an NRL game as he also defended his decision to blood young star Lachlan Galvin in the struggling club’s first official NRL game of 2024.
Fullback Reece Walsh outplayed Latrell Mitchell in Brisbane's 28-18 win over a woeful South Sydney as Broncos captain Adam Reynolds re-injured his knee.
St George Illawarra star Jack Bird says playing out of position is all part of making it in the NRL and insists out-of-sorts Zac Lomax can flourish out wide.
Matt Burton will remain Canterbury's five-eighth but coach Cameron Ciraldo says he needs to ‘get more involved’ as the Bulldogs take on Cronulla without star winger Josh Addo-Carr due to injury.