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Mark Geyer in the 1996 jersey for the Western Reds.

NRL 2021

WA powerbroker says talk of second Kiwi league team in NRL is ‘immoral’

Western Australian league officials are angry that New Zealand appears to have jumped above them in the NRL expansion debate.

1 hour ago
by Adrian Proszenko

Analysis

NRL 2021

‘I hope I don’t get the tap’: Cherry-Evans admits fear of Sea Eagles exit

59 minutes ago
by Danny Weidler

A devastated Brett Morris leaves the field injured.

Knights 4 Roosters 38

Match report

Brett Morris’ career may be over as serious knee injuries sour win for Roosters

by Phil Lutton

Maika Sivo celebrates one of his two tries.

Bulldogs 10 Eels 32

Match report

Bulldogs struggle to stay in touch with Eels despite conference call

by Adrian Proszenko

Adam Reynolds is looking at up to six weeks on the sidelines.

NRL 2021

Reynolds set to miss up to six weeks after tearing ligaments in his thumb

by Christian Nicolussi

Insight & Analysis

Rugby suffers from financial struggles in New Zealand, so how would a new NRL team survive?

Andrew Mehrtens

The great majority of NRL teams are propped up by millions of dollars a year by the NRL, so I just can’t see the value of a second team in New Zealand.

Threatened species: How size and cut-and-paste coaching are smothering creative halves

Andrew Webster

It’s a halves market in the NRL with players in the twilight of their careers getting paid millions. Why has the production line of quality playmakers dried up?