James Segeyaro has credited a new-found love of Pilates with helping to save his season.

Most players can only dream of achieving what Luke Lewis has in rugby league. And on Friday night he will add another accolade to a glittering career.

Gold Coast halfback Ash Taylor has orchestrated a 30-10 victory over defending NRL premiers Cronulla, mastering atrociously wet conditions at CBus Super Stadium.

Cronulla halfback Chad Townsend believes the rivalry between the Sharks and Melbourne would not be a factor in Cronulla's pursuit of Storm No.7 Cooper Cronk.

Adam Clydsdale could soon be lacing up the boots against the Canberra Raiders.

Breathe, Laurie. Deep breath in, deep breath out. Open those eyes too, if you want. Your battered Blues - at least a third of them - are intact. Oh yeah, the Sharks look the real deal again this year after belting the Roosters.

James Maloney loves his racehorses, which is good because one of the nags he owns is named Mad Pirate - co-incidence much? - and has a cash grab lined up on Saturday.

Canberra Raiders back-up hooker Adam Clydsdale is set to join Edrick Lee at Cronulla for the rest of the season.

Cronulla has snared Canberra's Adam Clydesdale just before the June 30 transfer deadline closed to help the premiers overcome their hooking crisis.

A desperate Jack Bird wants to be NSW's State of Origin X-factor in the middle after being restricted to just 51 minutes in the opening two games.

Ben Barba has failed to have his 12-match rugby league ban overturned, cruelling his chances of playing for St Helens until August.

They began the NRL season with four hooking prospects, but Cronulla will now enter Saturday's clash against the Sydney Roosters without a recognised rake.

Manly's million-dollar man reminded Queensland coach Kevin Walters it's never too late for an 11th-hour backflip.

New Cronulla Sharks chairman Dino Mezzatesta opens up on his vision for the club's future in his first interview.

Luke Lewis believes Tom Trbojevic is the NRL's next superstar.

Andrew Fifita, one of the NRL's most damaging forwards, has resisted the lure of testing his value on the open market and signed a four-year extension at the Sharks.

St Helens hope to expedite Ben Barba's rugby league return after the English Super League club confirmed it would appeal his 12-game cocaine ban.

One-time Parramatta poster boy Daniel Mortimer emerged from the NRL wilderness to lead the Sharks to a last-gasp win over a patched-up Tigers, who plunged to the NRL cellar after a dramatic loss at Southern Cross Group Stadium on Saturday night.

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