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How Chiefs target healed family feud after Storm snub
Marcus Bai has explained how he and son Cooper moved past the rift that fracture...
George Clarke (AAP) 22 Oct 2026
Rising star arrives in PNG, set to join expansion club
Cooper Bai is shaping as the next recruitment coup for PNG's NRL side after the...
'Historic moment': PNG Chiefs unveil logo ahead of NRL entry
Papua New Guinea and rugby league fans have their first glimpse of what the Chie...
Jarred Cross 21 Oct 2026
Best and Fifita to make Kangaroos debuts, Dodd back for Jillaroos as teams look to continue winning ways at World Cup
David Fifita and Bradman Best's wait for a first cap in an Australian jumper is...
Jarred Cross 21 Oct 2026
The 110kg reason Leniu made Parramatta switch
Spencer Leniu says the chance to model his game off evergreen front-rower Junior...
George Clarke (AAP) 19 Oct 2026
Judge sides with NRL over NZ Rugby on Chiefs name

New Zealand's High Court has knocked back an application for an interim injunction on the PNG Chiefs NRL franchise using its name in the country.

'Will be great for us': Sua'ali'i welcomes Nawaqanitawase

Wallabies superstar Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i wants Mark Nawaqanitawase on the spring tour and is welcoming the selection threat his fellow code-hopper will pose on his return to rugby.

First Nations stars return, make historic debuts as Rugby League World Cup campaigns kick off

Latrell Mitchell is back in the green and gold after a four-year wait, with dual Indigenous and Māori All Star Dane Gagai swapping the Australian jumper for the Kiwis' strip as sides are confirme...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Oct 13, 2026
Battle for use of Chiefs NRL team name headed for court

The battle for the NRL's Papua New Guinea expansion side to be called the Chiefs is set to be decided by a judge with New Zealand Rugby (NZR) filing proceedings in the NZ High Court.

Parramatta sign four-time champ Leniu to lead the line

Spencer Leniu has signed a four-year deal with Parramatta just days after winning his fourth NRL premiership with the Sydney Roosters. Leniu finished his three-year stint at the Tricolours on a high a...

'One of the greats': Tupou signs off on Roosters career

Trent Robinson says Daniel Tupou will be remembered as one of the Sydney Roosters' all-time greats, after the four-time premiership-winning winger announced his retirement from the NRL.

Why sons of PNG legends were forced to skip World Cup

A hamstring injury has denied Gold Coast forward Cooper Bai the chance to play for Papua New Guinea at the Rugby League World Cup. Bai, the son of Kumuls legend Marcus, is one of the major absences fr...

Knights stars to make Kiwis debuts in squad of brutes

Kalyn Ponga and Dane Gagai are poised to reprise their Newcastle finals heroics for New Zealand after both were selected to debut for the Kiwis at the Rugby League World Cup.

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Joel Gould (AAP) Oct 7, 2026
Saifiti boosts Bati forward depth for World Cup

The run to the grand final by Newcastle has set prop Jacob Saifiti free to play the World Cup opener for Fiji in a huge boost to the Bati. Saifiti was named in the Mick Potter coached 23-man squad by...

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Joel Gould (AAP) Oct 6, 2026
'Freak' catches Wallabies' eyes before Bledisloe battle

After marvelling at Mark Nawaqanitawase's sparkling NRL grand final display, the Wallabies are adamant that he'll help bring out the best in their team once he re-enters the rugby union fray.

Roosters' wing convert changed game: Robinson

Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson has lifted the lid on the generational talent of premiership-winning Mark Nawaqanitawase and expects the rugby-bound winger to return to the code.

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Joel Gould (AAP) Oct 5, 2026
Indigenous stars feature strongly in Australian squads for rugby league World Cup

First Nations stars feature heavily, with potential debutants amongst them, in Australia's squads named for a home rugby league World Cup beginning next week.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Oct 5, 2026
Gagai cleared for World Cup allegiance switch

Dane Gagai could be in line for a spicy reunion with Latrell Mitchell in the Rugby League World Cup opener, with the Newcastle veteran cleared to switch allegiance from Australia to New Zealand.

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