Parramatta,Canterbury,Brisbane and the Tigers have the most players who can test their value on the open market come November 1.
New Zealand hero Shaun Johnson has the chance for the perfect sign-off to his rugby league career after coming out of retirement to replace Jahrome Hughes.
The New Zealand prop will leave Penrith with the primary purpose of learning more about his lineage and becoming a family leader in his Northland village of Kohukohu.
From off-field dramas to being plagued by injury,each of the nine teams have reasons for not playing finals this year.
Some players put their names up in lights,others just put themselves under the spotlight. We rate all the defining moments of the season.
Warriors halfback brought the curtain down on his 13-year NRL career with a “touch footy highlight” from his teenage days. For his next trick,he wants to start up a playmaking academy and teach young halves to do the same.
The South Sydney skipper will ask for the annual Prime Minister’s XIII game to be included as part of his ban so he can play for Australia at the start of the Pacific Championships.
It’s a staple of American sports – and now two of the game’s most influential club bosses want the NRL to aim sky-high before Perth and Papua New Guinea teams enter the competition.
The NRL is poised to take action after Stephen Crichton was allowed to remain on the field for an offence that players were sin binned for just 24 hours earlier.
Manly beat the Warriors at 4 Pines Park on Friday night,despite coming up against a powerful Warriors outfit.
Newcastle and the Dolphins did their finals hopes no harm with home wins on Sunday.