NRL

Veteran Warriors winger Manu Vatuvei is back in the starting lineup for the club's round 3 NRL game against the Bulldogs in Dunedin on Friday night.

Warriors coach Stephen Kearney has labelled his side's 26-10 defeat to Melbourne a wonderful lesson on what the NRL demands of its top sides.

Wests Tigers centre Tim Simona has been deregistered by the NRL for a range of rule breaches, including betting against his team winning.

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The Warriors veteran wing Manu Vatuvei will miss the first game of the 2017 National Rugby League season against the Newcastle Knights at Mt Smart Stadium on Sunday.

Kieran Foran is reportedly keen to ditch the Warriors after a just one year and is eyeing a move to Brisbane for the 2018 NRL season.

Warriors boss Stephen Kearney admits too much has been expected of halfback Shaun Johnson in the NRL side's five years of finals failure.

NRL boss Todd Greenberg has empathised with Parramatta fans hurting over the decision to allow Kieran Foran back to the game in round three.

Former Warriors flop Sam Tomkins admits his two-year stint in the NRL was a disappointment but has no regrets about his time in Auckland.

The NRL has requested more information from Manly on the potentially career- ending injury to New Zealand centre Steve Matai.

The Cronulla Sharks have re-signed their grand final-winning full-back Ben Barba just two months after his contract was terminated by the rugby league club for testing positive to cocaine.

Semi Radradra's move from the National Rugby League to French rugby union Toulon has been confirmed.

Kiwis rugby league player Jordan Kahu could block Benji Marshall's path to a full-time NRL return at Brisbane.

Australian halfback Cooper Cronk has capped a stellar year by winning his first Golden Boot Award as the world's best rugby league player.

Former Newcastle Knights forward Alex McKinnon, who was left paralysed by a dangerous tackle against the Melbourne Storm in 2014, is reportedly suing the NRL in a multi-million dollar lawsuit along…

Cronulla prop Andrew Fifita has been hit with an National Rugby League breach notice over his show of support for convicted killer Kieran Loveridge.

The Parramatta Eels chief executive Bernie Gurr is insisting Semi Radradra will remain playing in the National Rugby League.

Troubled National Rugby League star Semi Radradra will join Toulon in the French Top 14 rugby competition next year.