Tributes are flowing after the unexpected death of popular Queensland rugby league legend Darryl Van de Velde. Van de Velde was a famous administrator, a successful coach and also a star player who represented Queensland. Word of his sad death quickly spread around the rugby league world on Tuesday. He was 72. Stream 7NEWS for … Read more
Peter V’landys has trumpeted ticket sales in excess of 33,000 for the NRL’s Las Vegas double-header as the risky five-year deal where “a lot of things could go wrong” faces its first test. The recently re-elected ARL Commission chairman flew out of Australia on Tuesday ahead of Sunday’s season-opening matches at Allegiant Stadium, where the … Read more
Penrith coach Ivan Cleary has conceded the gap is closing between the NRL and Super League after Wigan denied his team a maiden World Club Challenge title. A controversial second-half try for Warriors centre Jake Wardle, accompanied by a gritty defensive display, sealed the hosts a record-equalling fifth title in a 16-12 win at their … Read more
Trent Robinson has lauded Jared Waerea-Hargreaves as one of the greatest players in Sydney Roosters history after the tough-as-nails prop called time on his NRL career. The Roosters confirmed on Tuesday that Waerea-Hargreaves will leave at the end of the 2024 season after 15 years with the club. The New Zealand international’s decision to move … Read more
The Aberglasslyn Ants rugby league club has been rocked by the death of another player less than 12 months after tragedy hit during a game. The suburban club was conducting a pre-season training session at its home ground near Maitland on Tuesday night when a 31-year-old player collapsed. He was rushed to hospital but died … Read more
The NRL’s integrity unit is in talks with Brisbane after vision emerged of senior Broncos players Pat Carrigan and Adam Reynolds involved in a scuffle with each other on a night out. Less than three weeks out from the NRL season-opener in Las Vegas, footage appeared on social media on Monday of Broncos captain Reynolds … Read more
Former footballer Jarryd Hayne will again try to overturn his rape convictions after being jailed in his third trial. The 35-year-old former rugby league star was found guilty on two counts of sexual intercourse without consent for an incident at a woman’s home near Newcastle on the night of the 2018 NRL Grand Final. Hayne … Read more
NRL great Nathan Cleary has gone Insta official with Matildas star Mary Fowler after several months dodging the inevitable. A photo of the couple together at a beach sat third in a gallery of photos uploaded by the Penrith Panthers halfback on Tuesday. And fans all had one thing to say when the post went … Read more
Brisbane hooker Billy Walters will pick Tom Brady’s brain about the secrets to sustained success when the NFL legend meets one-on-one with the Broncos squad. Hearing from the seven-time Super Bowl winner later this month will be a perfect lead-in to the Broncos trip to the United States, where they will play the Sydney Roosters … Read more
Wests Tigers have sacked recruitment boss Scott Fulton just days after the NRL club secured their biggest building block yet in Jarome Luai. Fulton joined the joint-venture midway through the 2023 season in an appointment that proved immediately controversial. Then coach Tim Sheens and his second-in-charge Benji Marshall had been kept in the dark by … Read more
