62 h. ago How rugby league is using kabaddi to get the south Asian community on side

This year’s Multicultural Round celebrates the record 65 national heritages across the NRL and NRLW. Can the code win the contest for fans in new communities?

Sport

8 d. ago ‘I genuinely believe he hasn’t made a decision’: Seibold says he doesn’t know if DCE will play on

Anthony Seibold confirmed he has known since December his skipper was planning to leave Manly at the end of the season. But what he will do next is a mystery even to the Sea Eagles coach.

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9 d. ago Anthony Seibold knows that love is a battlefield with rugby league

Success with South Sydney, quitting in Brisbane and now dealing with the DCE fall-out. The Sea Eagles coach has experienced all the highs and lows the game has to offer.

Sport

1 week ago The 1982 ‘horror story’ that became one of rugby league’s greatest days

The Newtown Jets and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs made history 43 years ago today, when the teams played out the only scoreless match in professional rugby league.

Sport

1 week ago It’s 172 days since Accor Stadium last hosted football. This is what’s happened in between

Rugby league returns to Homebush tonight after a long hiatus. Timelapse footage shows how Accor was transformed from concert arena to motor racing track, and back to a footy venue.

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1 week ago DCE is a $1.5m halfback who can play until he’s 40. So who is getting a bargain?

Rugby league’s changing nature and Daly Cherry-Evans’ rare ability as an elite playmaker makes him worth his weight in gold.

Politics

1 week ago Making a Marky Mark: The rugby skills that create a rare NRL threat

High-profile code-hopper Mark Nawaqanitawase has hit the ground running in rugby league, but his biggest weakness is still a work in progress.

Events

2 w. ago Rugby league gets weird as Bulldogs storm Parramatta fortress

Penalties for impersonating the referee, relentless heckling of Josh Addo-Carr and defensive steel from the Eels at last all featured in Canterbury’s derby win

Sport

2 w. ago COVID shut down rugby league on this day five years ago. It was the wake

League’s powerbrokers recall what happened the day COVID forced the competition to halt – and how the pandemic changed the game forever.

Sport

2 w. ago ‘Ugly truths’: Why Marlee Silva is tackling rugby league and family violence

The Wide World of Sports reporter hopes her documentary Skin in the Game can drive a change in attitudes towards women during an epidemic of gendered violence.

Sport

2 w. ago ‘Everything started going downhill’: The incredible adversity overcome by American NRL hopeful

The odds are against Adam Channel, who has never played rugby league, making it in the NRL. But the 28-year-old is used to proving people wrong.

Politics

2 w. ago Freddy’s MASSIVE call for Origin overhaul: Freddy & the Eighth

Join Rugby League legends Brad Fittler and Andrew Johns as they break down the week that was in the NRL. Freddy issues a massive call for Origin to be revamped. Joey condemns certain clubs for their ‘terrible’ start to 2025. Street Talk makes a hilarious comeback as Millie Elliot takes to the streets of Newcastle, all that and more on another edition of Freddy & the Eighth.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘I’m locked in for 10 years’: Brown has no options in $13 million deal

Dylan Brown reveals why he couldn’t turn down the most lucrative contract in the history of rugby league.

Economics

4 w. ago As he nears league return, Jarryd Hayne opens up on an NRL comeback and what he really wants to do in the game

Jarryd Hayne will play his first serious game of rugby league in seven years when he runs out for Wentworthville in the Ron Massey Cup next weekend.

Sport

4 w. ago Does size matter? In the NRL, it’s not as much as it used to

How much does physique really matter in rugby league? And what else is important? We looked at every team’s top 17 to find out.

Politics

last month If the Wallabies want their own Antoine Dupont, he’s playing league. It isn’t Nathan Cleary.

Nathan Cleary and Kalyn Ponga are the names on the lips of rugby fans when attention turns to league. They aren’t the code’s best option.

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