NRL

DANE ELDRIDGE: With the Newcastle Knights capturing the nation’s imagination for Sunday’s NRL grand final, Australia is once again unifying in hate against the Sydney Roosters, even more so than usual. 

Nathan Cleary has taken the extraordinary step of defending Phoenix Crossland on social media over the hip-drop tackle that ruined the Penrith star's season.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: The Chooks have hit top form and look almost unstoppable ahead of the grand final.

The superstar promises to be back after undergoing his first round of surgery.

The Penrith superstar’s mum was in tears from the sidelines in what was ‘a very sad moment for the game’.

Nathan Cleary has been hit with a shock late change as the Panthers fight for a place in the NRL grand final.

Peter V'landys has officially been appointed as the NRL's new executive chairman, making him the most powerful player in the sport in 30 years.

The things I read and heard about Trent Robinson in the lead up to the weekend’s semifinals had Spudd Carroll doing a double take.

Ivan Cleary has provided an update on his injured son, with a respected medical voice warning that Nathan Cleary may not play in the prelim.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: Supercoach Bennett echoed my thoughts on the Bunker exactly after his Rabbitohs were beaten by Newcastle on Friday. But here’s the solution.

Panthers superstar Nathan Cleary has learned his fate over a dangerous contact charge ahead of Penrith’s preliminary final.

An irate Wayne Bennett has lashed the NRL's bunker system after two video referee calls swung against South Sydney in their finals exit to Newcastle.

Only a handful of weeks ago, the four-peat bullies had sucked the rest of the competition in to believing this year’s premiership race was actually wide open. 

Roosters and Rabbitohs fans came together to pay tribute to Jai Arrow as the MND-stricken forward chalked up his 100th South Sydney game.

Queensland have tapped another former hero to lead the team after Johnathan Thurston and Cameron Smith opted against taking on the job.

PNG's signing spree has met its first major hurdle, with the NRL to push back on the offer that was expected to be made to Canberra star Hudson Young.

Watching the NRL experiment with the new kick off rule, while still dealing with the fallout from its expanded six-again interpretation, it is fair to ask whether the game is becoming unnecessarily complicated.

DANE ELDRIDGE: Finding the promised land wouldn’t only reward the club for rescuing the game, it’d go a long way to dispelling its reputation as being known solely for fun and wild mullets.