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Boars, Butterflies or Bees? Competition opens to name NRL’s new PNG team

The NRL’s Papua New Guinea franchise has launched an international call-out for team name suggestions, giving fans two weeks to come up with ideas

The Guardian - AU

How a controversial hand gesture divided opinion in the NRL

The ‘khawd’ given by Wests Tigers players that attracted a storm of attention can be interpreted as anything from ‘an ugly sign of hatred’ to ‘just a bit of banter’

The Guardian - AU

Panthers trainer banned and club fined $50,000 by NRL for controversial blunder

Penrith have been fined $50,000 and will be without trainer Corey Bocking until the NRL finals after a controversial blunder late in their win over Gold Coast

The Guardian - AU

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Sport England to meet RFL over concerns with rugby league funding at stake

Sport England will meet the Rugby Football League to air their concerns over developments at the governing body

The Guardian - UK

Super League votes through expansion to 14 teams for 2026 but tricky next steps await

Super League will extend to 14 teams in 2026 after clubs approved to increase the competition by two

The Guardian - UK

Ben Te’o: ‘Guys were fighting for spots. After too many drinks sometimes that spills over’

The Brisbane Broncos assistant coach talks to Gerard Meagher about the Lions, union’s struggle in Australia and that World Cup fight

The Guardian - UK

Architect of PNG’s successful NRL bid steps down amid corruption allegations

Businessman Wapu Sonk stands down from new rugby league franchise board at prime minister James Marape’s request

The Guardian - AU

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Lions still on red alert despite gaping holes in Australia’s team sheet

Andy Farrell may look at ease but he knows his team need to be in physical and mental control for the first Test

The Guardian - UK

RFL calls crisis talks as Salford players reportedly consider strike

The club have been operating under crippling salary cap regulations since the start of the season.

The Independent UK

Emotion-charged Maroons have reason to lift in Origin series decider against NSW Blues

The buildup to Game 3 has been muted after the death of Queensland captain Cameron Munster’s dad while NSW focus on correcting past mistakes

The Guardian - AU

Ex-NRL flyer 'relieved' after cops drop drug, cash case

A former NRL star is looking forward to getting on with his life after drug and stolen property accusations against him were tossed out of court.

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Broncos’ Chelsea Lenarduzzi: ‘It’s burnt me every year that we haven’t won’

Ahead of the 2025 NRLW season the Brisbane forward can still taste the bitter ending to last year’s campaign but knows you have to stick to the process

The Guardian - AU

New PNG franchise will offer NRL players a ‘permanent holiday’, says Peter V’landys

The Australian Rugby League Commission chair has promised ‘resort-style’ accommodation attractive to the talent required for the club to be competitive

The Guardian - AU

Pressure mounts on Queensland with State of Origin history on NSW’s side

The Maroons have never won two matches on the road to turn around an Origin series and the Blues hold all the cards ahead of Game 2 in Perth

The Guardian - AU

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Origin star stops 'creepy' NRL teammate groping woman

Ex-NRL Brisbane player Teui "TC" Robati has been acquitted of two rape charges but admitted a sexual assault while on a night out with his then-teammates.

The Independent UK

Black sports trailblazer Billy Boston, 90, becomes rugby league's first knight

Billy Boston, who blazed a trail for Black sportspeople in Britain during the 1950s and ’60s, has become the first rugby league player to receive a knighthood in a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace

Evening Standard

Rugby league star Sir Billy Boston’s knighthood ‘a little bit late’, says son

The 90-year-old was knighted by the King in a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday after a campaign to get the player honoured.

Evening Standard

Billy Boston set to become rugby league’s first knight in special investiture

Boston scored 478 tries in 488 matches for Wigan after making the switch from rugby union to league in 1953.

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The Independent UK

Billy Boston to become rugby league’s first knight

The 90-year-old blazed a trail for black sports stars and finished his career with a British record 571 tries to his name.

The Guardian - UK

Wigan great Billy Boston knighted in historic first for rugby league

Billy Boston, 90, is not only one of rugby league’s greatest players, but one of the pioneering black figures in British sporting history

The Guardian - UK

Hull KR are out of the darkness and ready to end 40-year wait in Challenge Cup final

Close calls in the past couple of years point to a team on the up and Hull KR are favourites to beat Warrington

The Guardian - AU

Footballer, Bachelor star … fantasy writer? The TikTok furore over Luke Bateman’s book deal

His book is expected to be about a boy battling hardships in a magical world, but the deal has sparked real world debate about power and privilege

The Guardian - AU

‘A great privilege’: Mal Meninga locked in as Perth Bears’ inaugural NRL coach

NRL Immortal Mal Meninga says it is a ‘great privilege and responsibility’ to be appointed head coach of the Perth Bears

The Independent UK

Former England coach says Australia humbling in Las Vegas did ‘a lot of damage’

Craig Richards led England to the World Cup semi-finals in 2022.

The Guardian - AU

Billy The Kid looks out of bullets as Maroons face another Origin defeat

Billy Slater is still revered in Queensland but he may have to consider personnel changes after a one-sided opening defeat to NSWBlues

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