Gold Coast have confirmed hooker Mitch Rein will reunite with new coach Garth Brennan for the 2018 NRL season.

Manly have a significant issue brewing in their ranks with five-eighth Blake Green, who is due back at training tomorrow. And it all stems from the way his agent Isaac Moses has been dealing with the club.

Ivan Cleary believes his son, Nathan, should be in the frame for State of Origin selection next year, but only if the Blues are prepared to pick and stick with the teenage halfback.

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Penrith have confirmed the release of star Matt Moylan to take up a deal with Cronulla.

Wade Graham believes Matt Moylan will become the latest Panther to regain their mojo in the Shire, predicting the troubled playmaker's best football is ahead of him.

Josh Mansour wasn't going to participate in the Rugby League World Cup. That is, until his wife intervened.

Manly will turn its attention to disgruntled Roosters Mitchell Pearce after missing out on the signature of Matt Moylan.

The former Panthers lower grades coach will have to hit the ground running to whip the Titans into shape after a shocking season that saw them finish second last and sack coach Neil Henry in the wake of a fall-out with their star player.

The Panthers big man and new Australian representative has already met one of his front row heroes. He's promised to hug the other one if they finally cross paths.

Josh Mansour says he will put the pending birth of his first child ahead of the Kangaroos, vowing to be by his wife's side for the expected arrival of his daughter on November 2.

Anthony Griffin will guide Penrith until the end of the 2020 NRL season after club boss Phil Gould confirmed a two-year extension for the head coach at their end-of-season awards night.

The Sharks are on the verge of luring Matt Moylan to Cronulla on a four-year $3.6 million contract.

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The Penrith Panthers have moved to deter rival clubs from circling Matt Moylan, placing a landmark transfer fee on the five-eighth if he was to ask for a release from the final four years of his contact.

The Sharks have ramped up their pursuit of Matt Moylan in the hope the representative star will be granted a release from the Panthers.

The situation at the Panthers is messy – but not all is as it seems.

Panthers coach Anthony Griffin denies his side missed Matt Moylan in key moments of their finals exit at the hands of the Broncos, but Penrith's reliance on their skipper might never be greater given the injury fears they hold for rookie five-eighth Tyrone May.

A late flourish wasn't enough against a determined Brisbane defence, with the Broncos winning at home and setting up a preliminary final against the Storm in Melbourne.

The referees are back in the headlines after another contentious decision denied Penrith the opportunity to score a certain try in Friday night's 13-6 semi final loss to Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium.

Peter Wallace assures there's a dry sense of humour buried somewhere within Anthony Griffin, which is good when all anyone wanted to ask the Panthers coach about on the eve of his back to Brisbane homecoming was the man who made him redundant for a season.