NRL

The Eels confirmed the blockbuster contract on the eve of the season.

Here are the rookies to watch, the top Dally M contenders and where your team will finish by season’s end.

Nathan Cleary has come to the defence of the Matildas and partner Mary Fowler after an on-air trolling from Marty Sheargold about Australia's national women's football team.

Two hours after the game was supposed to start, officials had to pull the plug.

KIERSTEN DUKE: With the start of the NRL season just days away here are the seven footballers you have to watch this year. The stars that did not make the cut will surprise you.

The 22-year-old has admitted he was ‘very nervous’, and revealed why is fiancée was ‘angry’.

Cameron McInnes has opened up on the next step in his playing career as Cronulla prepare to take on NRL premiers Penrith in Las Vegas.

He was one of the club’s greats who played a pinnacle role in breaking a long-standing drought at Belmore.

The Panthers have made a surprise call on who will play in the halves with Nathan Cleary, while one of their best attacking weapons will watch the game against the Sharks from the sidelines.

One of the most famous, and equally infamous, surnames for the Sea Eagles will again be on this year’s team sheet after the youngest member edged out his rivals for a spot in the backline.

Two NRL stars have fronted the press to apologise for brawling with an inflatable baseball bat in the elevator of their Las Vegas hotel.

Two NRL players have been given a strong talking to by their club after a fight in Las Vegas involving an inflatable baseball bat.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: There is nothing like the build-up to the footy season and as a young boy in Queensland it was the Cronulla Sharks, not the Brisbane Broncos I loved to get behind. Here’s why.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: I am making three big calls before round one kicks off. Who will win it all, who won’t come last and the team you think would make the eight but won’t.

Spencer Leniu will miss at least two games for his high shot on Phoenix Crossland, adding to the Roosters' woes after a weekend to forget.