Rugby League
Parramatta's marquee off-season recruit Spencer Leniu is poised to miss the first two games of the 2027 campaign - including the Eels trip to Las Vegas - after being sinbinned in Samoa's World Cup sem...
The Cook Islands are behind newly adopted rugby league national team eligibility rules to support small nations to have a larger pool of players at their disposal to pull on the jumper.
Kristian Woolf won't rush into a decision on his coaching future with Tonga as the Pacific nation faces up to more World Cup heartbreak. Woolf has been at the helm of Tonga's rise as a genuine world p...
Payne Haas is playing down talk he can prove the Daly Cherry-Evans-like missing link that propels South Sydney from finals also-rans to NRL premiers in 2027.
A broken arm isn't the only thing Kalyn Ponga has overcome in recent weeks as he looks to steer New Zealand to Rugby League World Cup glory. The Kiwis fullback has for years come under the microscope...
A Stacey Waaka hat-trick has helped secure New Zealand their place in the Women's Rugby League World Cup final. The Kiwi Ferns were rarely threatened in their 32-0 victory over an inexperienced Fetu S...
The Pacific has risen, but rugby league's new breeding grounds must still go to another level in order to take a World Cup away from the sport's traditional powers.
New Zealand are into their first World Cup final in 13 years after Kalyn Ponga returned from a broken arm to power the Kiwis past Tonga in a 34-10 win.
Jillaroos coach Jess Skinner has pressed for Australian rugby league to have a pre-game ceremony that honours Indigenous culture. The First Nations woman has admired the way Pacific teams in the tourn...
A backflipping Reece Walsh has helped put Australia within touching distance of their fourth-straight World Cup crown as the Kangaroos dismantled Samoa 44-12 in their semi-final.
A controversial eligibility tweak has robbed code-hopping sensation Mark Nawaqanitawase of the chance to become the first winger crowned as rugby league's world player of the year.
Kalyn Ponga is set to make a remarkable return for New Zealand's semi-final with Tonga, 23 days after the Newcastle captain suffered a broken arm.
He has at least two significant Samoan designs inked on his super-sized body but NRL star-turned boxer Nelson Asofa-Solomona says he never seriously considered representing the Pacific Islanders.