NRL

Some of the posters promoting the Denver Test in 2018.

Analysis

What the NRL must do to avoid a repeat of the Denver debacle

Empty seats and unpaid players marred rugby league’s last visit to America. This is what the NRL must do to ensure there is no repeat in Las Vegas.

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by Adrian Proszenko

Nick Politis has a vision for the future of rugby league.

Why Politis’ two-conference vision for the NRL includes Perth, not PNG

by Michael Chammas

Ethan O’Neill is poked in the eye on Saturday

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‘My eye was on fire’: Son of Queensland legend suffers facial fracture

by Christian Nicolussi

Sivo headshot rocks Eels: Every big name missing for round one

by Dan Walsh and Billie Eder

Rabbitohs fan and global superstar Kid Laroi with Cody Walker and Jai Arrow.

Sin Bin in Sin City

‘The Rabbitohs are in my blood’: Bunnies’ Hollywood hangout with The Kid Laroi

by Michael Chammas

Insight & Analysis

‘I still don’t know what to believe’: Inside story of the Burgess feud that broke the Bunnies

The key figures implicated in the saga that led to Sam Burgess’ messy exit from his beloved Rabbitohs last year share their emotions on the ordeal that rocked the club.

Poll reveals how clubs really feel about the NRL’s Las Vegas expedition

The survey asked club bosses if taking games to Las Vegas over the next five years would yield a big financial benefit for the sport. This is what they said.

Recency bias and a lopsided competition: Breaking down the NRL’s top 50

Playing positions, the form of your team and indeed who that team is all weighed heavily when Nine and Herald experts sat down to map out their list of the game’s best.

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All the tricks: Ben Hunt with a flourish after his second try.

NRL trials: New-look Dragons breathe fire; Broncos eye $100,000 prize

The Dragons looked like a different team against the same old bumbling Tigers, while the Dolphins fear a Queensland star has torn his ACL and Brisbane’s youngsters edged closer to a six-figure payday.

by Dan Walsh

NRL 2024

‘Once I can get a premiership ring, that pain will go away’: The agony driving Payne Haas

Brisbane, NSW and Australia front-rower Payne Haas is one of the game’s highest-paid big men. On the surface, he appears to have it all – but there are some glaring omissions on his CV.