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Canberra Raiders recruitment guru Peter Mulholland is targeting New Zealand's rugby union young guns.

Dylan Walker, a centre again after Manly aborted the playmaker experiment, has heard the comparisons with Michael Jennings.

Unable to officially farewell two of the club's biggest legends at their first NRL home game, Manly players are vowing to continue the legacy of Brett Stewart and Steve Matai throughout the 2017 season.

After a troubled end to his spell across the ditch, Kieran Foran is back in New Zealand. And it's a "breath of fresh air" for the Warriors signing.

The sin bin is back.

The NSWRL will launch its own investigations into an AVO application against long-time staffer Matt Parish before determining whether he will play a role in this year's State of Origin series.

Nate Myles concedes he performed "well below par" in his first season at Manly and has put his representative ambitions on the backburner in a quest to regain his best form.

When the NRL club presidents and the two state representatives walk into Friday's AGM of the ARLC, they will be in broad agreement on three issues – constitutional change is dead; NRL clubs will receive 130 per cent of the salary cap in funding and John Grant has another year as commission chair.

New captain Daly Cherry-Evans admits Manly used the excuses afforded to them for their poor season last year, but won't be doing so under his watch.

Parramatta superstar Corey Norman has had to live with the regret of a night out that he knows cost him the honour of captaining the club he's grown to love. Michael Chammas reports.

Former Gold Coast teammate Aidan Sezer says the Coal Train will be invaluable if he signs on.

They've been sworn enemies for more than a decade, but Paul Gallen and Cameron Smith will put aside a long-standing rivalry to launch the 2017 NRL season on Thursday.

NRL's top 10 questions heading into Round 1.

New captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has played a key role in the Warriors' five-try 26-6 NRL trial win over Gold Coast in Palmerston North.

Six key notes from the final round of the NRL trials.

North Queensland winger Antonio Winterstein is in doubt for the Cowboys' season opener against Canberra, paving the way for young star Kalyn Ponga to return to the NRL.

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A Joe Burgess hat-trick has helped Wigan claim a first World Club Challenge success since 1994 with a 22-6 win over Cronulla at the DW Stadium.

Cronulla forward Sam Tagataese will return to Sydney this week without a world championship medal - but with Faith.

​Penrith coach Anthony Griffin has backed unlucky prop Sam McKendry to come back from what could be his second knee reconstruction in seven months.