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Former Canberra Raiders workhorse says no hard feelings as he begins life in North Queensland.

The tricks the Canberra Raiders are using to cope with the heat and humidity and end their FNQ losing streak.

Nathan Cleary's introduction to rugby league was enough to turn most away from the game for life. At a local park in Auckland six years ago, a scrawny 13-year-old son of a gun picked up a football for the first time - taking on bearded men in an open age game that would be the making of a teenage prodigy.

The Brisbane forward says Cronulla will be highly competitive but are about to find out why no team has been able to complete the double since the early 1990s.

They've potentially lost their State of Origin halfback for the first month of the season, but the Rabbitohs have no qualms with a journeyman No.7 coming off a serious knee reconstruction filling Adam Reynolds' boots.

The immediate playing future of Parramatta Eels star Kenny Edwards is in doubt on the eve of the NRL season after he pleaded guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend.

NRL match review committee chairman Michael Buettner admits the game's new judiciary system could have a teething period.

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The former Knights winger has launched legal action against his old club for a series of concussions that ended his career

A decade ago Cooper Cronk helped a young Greg Inglis learn the five-eighth role for the Melbourne Storm.

The Rugby League Players' Association has thrown its support behind former Newcastle and NSW State of Origin winger James McManus after he launched a civil case against the Knights in the NSW Supreme Court.

He's yet to play a minute with new halves partner Mitchell Pearce but refreshed Sydney Roosters signing Luke Keary is confident they'll gel quickly.

Quizzed in the wake of the Tim Simona bet scandal, Greenberg says the governing body is working hard to maintain "a really strong balance" between the sport's integrity and catering for thousands of supporters who enjoyed punting.

Brett Morris knows this wasn't the way the story was meant to go. Signed to the Bulldogs as a representative player on a long-term deal to wear the No.1 jersey, things haven't gone to script for one of the most prolific try-scorers of the modern era.

Is the schooner for your club half full or half empty?

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Former NSW State of Origin winger James McManus is taking legal action against the Newcastle Knights over the club's handling of his concussions in a landmark case that will have huge ramifications for Australian sport.

With James McManus launching proceedings against the Newcastle Knights for breaching his duty of care with regard to concussions, rugby league is entering similar waters that the NFL has sailed.

There is a concern that Bennett is rudderless and some in the rugby league fraternity are wondering if he is in danger of withering on the coaching vine.

The 2017 season is upon us and fans are full of hope again. How will your team go? Phil Gould runs his eye over the 16 NRL clubs.

James McManus says it was never his intention to become a trailblazer, but hopes his historic concussion case will result in better protections for players suffering head knocks in the future.