At 80kg with 100 straight games and counting,is this the NRL’s toughest player?

At 80kg with 100 straight games and counting,is this the NRL’s toughest player?

He lives in the land of giants as a featherweight rugby league hooker,but Blayke Brailey is putting together a remarkable streak in a typically unremarkable manner.

  • byAdam Pengilly

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The NRL will go up against the Swans in Sydney. But not the AFL grand final in Melbourne
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NRL 2024

The NRL will go up against the Swans in Sydney. But not the AFL grand final in Melbourne

The NRL is happy to go head-to-head with the Sydney Swans on Friday night. But when it comes to AFL grand final day,the league will adopt a different strategy for the Storm’s preliminary final.

  • byAdam Pengilly
If there is a rugby league God,maybe he wears the Panthers No.7
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NRL 2024

If there is a rugby league God,maybe he wears the Panthers No.7

Six days ago,the Panthers finally looked like they’d run out of puff. Turns out the joke was on us.

  • byAdam Pengilly
His debut album failed to soar. But the Kid Laroi has grander things in sight

His debut album failed to soar. But the Kid Laroi has grander things in sight

He zigged when many thought he should zag,but through hits and misses,the Kid’s all right still.

  • byRobert Moran
Bulldogs have had a great season – but this is why the party is about to end
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NRL 2024

Bulldogs have had a great season – but this is why the party is about to end

This is one of the best weekends of the year – and I think the biggest winner will be one few are expecting.

  • byAndrew Johns
Everything you need to know about the NRL finals

Everything you need to know about the NRL finals

Sydney’s east and west will collide,the 2016 grand final combatants will renew their rivalry and the Bulldogs will play finals for the first time in eight years.

  • byAdam Pengilly
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NRL shifts Bulldogs final to Sunday afternoon,dodging AFL Homebush clash

NRL shifts Bulldogs final to Sunday afternoon,dodging AFL Homebush clash

The NRL has avoided a head-to-head clash with its rival code by moving the Canterbury-Manly clash away from Saturday night at Olympic Park,where the Giants are playing Brisbane.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Can’t win the NRL title outside the top four? If it’s ever going to happen,Manly is the team
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NRL 2024

Can’t win the NRL title outside the top four? If it’s ever going to happen,Manly is the team

I’ve put the red pen through the Roosters after their horror injury run and the Panthers don’t seem quite right. This might be the year when NRL history gets turned on its head.

  • byAndrew Johns
Panthers could farewell traditional home with Friday finals blockbuster

Panthers could farewell traditional home with Friday finals blockbuster

Ivan Cleary’s record breakers are favourites to kick off the finals series,pending last-round results. But they also have their eyes on how to get back to their new home as quickly as possible in 2026.

  • byAdam Pengilly
I’m backing the Eels to dash top-eight dreams of inconsistent Dragons
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NRL 2024

I’m backing the Eels to dash top-eight dreams of inconsistent Dragons

There are so many permutations over the last two weeks,but I suspect the race for the last spot in the top eight is a race in two - which doesn’t include the Dragons.

  • byAndrew Johns
NRL fastest man race highlight of ‘mini Olympics’ on grand final day
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NRL 2024

NRL fastest man race highlight of ‘mini Olympics’ on grand final day

Who is the fastest man in rugby league? There are plans to end the age-old debate as part of a “mini-Olympics” on grand final day.

  • byAdrian Proszenko