Category: NRL
Bumper club-by-club preview to the 2022 NRL season
BRISBANE BRONCOS Home Venue: Suncorp Stadium Capacity: 52,500 Premiership winners: 1992, 1993, 1997 (Super League), 1998, 2000, 2006 2021 Finishing Position: 14th Head Coach: Kevin…
NRL in rude health and set to start with a bang
By IAN HOWE The 2022 NRL season will no doubt start with a bang this week for what will be the 115th season of professional Rugby…
Talking Rugby League: NRL enjoying a financial boom
With the season about to get underway in the NRL next week, I was interested to read in The Australian newspaper that the NRL generated…
Former NRL and Salford Red Devils star jailed for drug importation
Former New Zealand winger Manu Vatuvei has been sentenced to three years and seven months in prison for importing methamphetamine. Vatuvei, a World Cup winner…
NRL clubs get ready to lure top British talents
NRL clubs will use this year’s World Cup to decide whether or not to launch bids for a string of top Super League stars. Huddersfield’s…
Rugby League Heroes: Barry Muir
The man who annoyed the Cockroaches Barry Muir was the Australia scrum-half from 1959 to 1964. He toured the UK on three occasions – in…
When Rugby League went to war
MARTYN SADLER reviews a book about the struggle for the soul of Australian Rugby League The year 1997 was perhaps the most important year in…
England international to make NRL move
England hooker Josh Hodgson has signed a two-year deal to join Parramatta Eels from the start of the 2023 season. The 32-year-old has been playing…
Former St Helens star Kevin Naiqama signs for NRL club
Three-time Super League winner Kevin Naiqama has signed a deal with Sydney Roosters for the 2022 season following his departure from St Helens. Naiqama left…
Former St Helens and Hull KR star retires aged 29
Former St Helens and Hull KR fullback Adam Quinlan has retired from Rugby League at the age of 29. Quinlan left Rovers at the end…