The Canberra Raiders will get a chance to test their premiership credentials in the opening two weeks of the season when they play the last two NRL champions in a brutal start to their campaign.

The gulf between the NRL and its club bosses reached crisis point on Wednesday after four club chairmen stormed out of a meeting at League Central, defiantly claiming a proposed club funding model for 2018 and beyond would now be negotiated on their terms.

Blake Green was lured to be his former teammate Trent Barrett's eyes and ears on the field - and the rugby league journeyman is hoping his landing on the northern beaches will make Daly Cherry-Evans feel just as comfortable as the second year coach.

The Raiders will wait to hear from Dave Taylor and the NRL integrity unit before making a decision on the forward's NRL future.

Cronulla captain Paul Gallen can't see Sharks teammate Valentine Holmes making it in the NFL and suspects his cross-code dalliance is a ploy to bump up his NRL value.

It was the freak fishing injury that threatened to derail his NRL pre-season, but the only pain for Peter Wallace was the embarrassment of telling the story.

NRL star Jarryd Hayne has escaped punishment over the video of him partying with an alleged bikie on the Gold Coast.

The ARLC chairman returns from a frosty England to a frosty reception in Sydney at what could be a heated meeting with the heads of the 16 NRL clubs.

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Let the speculation of an NRL return begin, Chris Sandow has walked out on Warrington and possibly the English Super League, effective immediately.

SYDNEY, Nov 21 AAP - NRL stars Jason Taumalolo and Valentine Holmes have reportedly travelled to the US to participate in secret NFL trials.

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Kangaroo Tours are back.

Australian Bob Cutmore is part of the Papua New Guinea delegation in Liverpool working on the game's international calendar between 2018 and 2025 .

Mark Geyer would be able to tell you what it's like to play rugby league at Anfield – had he not lost his passport in 1991.

Dally M medallist Jason Taumalolo believes his decision to shun Queensland and Australia is still an issue for the Kangaroos, who he predicts will mention it among themselves before the Four Nations final.

The diplomatic aplomb with which Australia skipper Smith speaks to whistlers again came to prominence last weekend when England's Sam Burgess revealed he told Robert Hicks about the penalty count, which soon evened up.

Sam Kasiano, despite a change in eligibility rules that makes it easier to do so, can't bring himself to pull on a Maroons jumper.

There is a strong belief among the Kangaroos brains trust that Wayne Bennett won't be coaching England for much longer. Bennett

Peni Terepo is the latest leaguie set to make his professional boxing debut, but he is not new to the fight game.

It is a signing the Wests Tigers hope will lead to a slew of player re-signings. Kelly Egan, the right-hand man of Des Hasler for almost a decade, will join the joint-venture outfit as its new general manager of football.