Penrith Panthers confident of 2025 Las Vegas ticket as NRL clubs jostle for launch spots
Dolphins, Raiders and Cowboys among teams interested in US trip as league says metrics from 2024 point to early success of strategy
December 2023
Rugby league mourns Origin star Carl Webb felled by Motor Neurone Disease age 42
Australia and Queensland Origin star, who played 187 NRL games with Broncos, Cowboys and Eels and one Test for Australia, dies after four-year fight with MND
April 2023
Calls for gambling ad bans on Australian match-day jerseys after action from world’s biggest football clubs
As UK Premier League clubs agree to ban front-of-shirt betting ads from 2026, David Pocock says we must ensure children are not being exposed to ads
October 2022
NRL player Luciano Leilua will challenge domestic violence allegations, Sydney court hears
North Queensland Cowboys forward was charged after allegedly assaulting a woman known to him
Luciano Leilua stood down by NRL over domestic violence charges
Under the no-fault stand-down policy, the Cowboys second-rower is ruled out of representing Samoe at the Rugby League World Cup
NRL player Luciano Leilua charged with domestic violence offences
The North Queensland Cowboys say they are liaising with the NRL Integrity Unit after police were called over an alleged incident
September 2022
NRL admits forward-pass error in Eels’ preliminary-final win over Cowboys
Head of football Graham Annesley has conceded Parramatta’s first try in their 24-20 victory should not have been awarded
Parramatta outlast North Queensland to book first NRL grand final since 2009
The Eels’ quest to end a 36-year NRL premiership drought remains alive after a 24-20 preliminary-final win in Townsville
Valentine Holmes the hero as Cowboys hunt down Sharks to win NRL golden point thriller
North Queensland beat Cronulla 31-30 in extra-time to send the Cowboys through to the preliminary final
March 2021
Have NRL rule changes gone too far in 2021? Not based on round one
Matt Cleary
The feel of games while watching on TV or live from the stands was, by and large, how it has always been
August 2020
Johnathan Thurston says he discovered his mother was part of stolen generations at crunch time in career
NRL roundup: Canberra sneak home against the Cowboys
June 2020
NRL roundup: Raiders fall to golden-point defeat against Eels
Canberra coach Ricky Stuart admits his team will never be the same as the one that made a fairytale run to last year’s grand final
NRL roundup: James Tedesco concussed as Roosters inflict first defeat on Eels
Sydney Roosters star James Tedesco suffered a worrying concussion in their 24-10 over NRL leaders Parramatta at Bankwest Stadium
NRL roundup: Manly denied final-minute win as Sharks overcome temperature check drama
Manly were denied a thrilling final-minute win over Parramatta after controversially being pulled up for a forward pass
March 2020
Indigenous investigations
Mining giant given millions in grant by Coalition from fund for Indigenous disadvantage
Fortescue Metals, Wesfarmers and the Brisbane Broncos NRL team received grants approved by Nigel Scullion
November 2019
Valentine Holmes secures NRL return with lucrative Cowboys deal
Valentine Holmes will return to the NRL in 2020 after signing with North Queensland on a six-season deal
February 2019
North Queensland Cowboys sack Super League Man of Steel Ben Barba
Ben Barba has been sacked by North Queensland for a breach of his NRL playing contract without playing a single game for the club
April 2018
Vintage Johnathan Thurston proves doubters wrong
The veteran Cowboy’s displays suggest the greater group think that he has ‘gone one year too long’ is off the mark
March 2018
Todd Carney set for NRL return with Cowboys offering one-year deal
North Queensland are set to hand Todd Carney an NRL lifeline by offering the controversial playmaker a one-season contract
