Glasshouses,goons and gladiators:The best and worst of NRL 2024
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NRL 2024

Glasshouses,goons and gladiators:The best and worst of NRL 2024

Some players put their names up in lights,others just put themselves under the spotlight. We rate all the defining moments of the season.

  • byMichael Chammas

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Latrell wanted an answer from the NRL. He got it:‘No’

Latrell wanted an answer from the NRL. He got it:‘No’

The NRL will make Latrell Mitchell serve a one-match ban next year – not Friday night against the Sydney Roosters.

  • byChristian Nicolussi
‘We’ll make it happen’:The meeting with Rusty that united all four Burgess brothers at Souths

‘We’ll make it happen’:The meeting with Rusty that united all four Burgess brothers at Souths

The curtain comes down on the 15-year Burgess era at South Sydney tonight,as the last remaining brother,Tom,plays his final game for the club.

  • byChristian Nicolussi
Rabbitohs make audacious bid for Mitchell to play against Roosters

Rabbitohs make audacious bid for Mitchell to play against Roosters

The Rabbitohs’ star player will now wait until round one of next year to sit out a match,but his club still believe he’s fit enough to take on the Roosters this week.

  • byAdam Pengilly,Roy Ward andChristian Nicolussi
After the hardest week of his life,a South Sydney Indigenous star stands tall
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After the hardest week of his life,a South Sydney Indigenous star stands tall

His teammates knew how much just being there meant to the club after the death of his mother – and it might be a valuable lesson for the Rabbitohs’ most influential star.

  • byAdam Pengilly
NRL to ask Rabbitohs for Mitchell’s medical records over suspension row

NRL to ask Rabbitohs for Mitchell’s medical records over suspension row

South Sydney hit their highest-paid player with a record $100,000 fine as he runs out of chances at the club. But it’s still no clearer when he’ll serve his one-game ban from the NRL.

  • byAdam Pengilly,Billie Eder andChristian Nicolussi
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Latrell Mitchell ‘doesn’t really know’ what he was doing in white powder photo

Latrell Mitchell ‘doesn’t really know’ what he was doing in white powder photo

The Rabbitohs superstar was summoned to an early morning meeting at South Sydney’s headquarters to explain his off-field behaviour.

  • byMichael Chammas
Footballer or Indigenous activist? Latrell Mitchell can be both – with the right attitude

Footballer or Indigenous activist? Latrell Mitchell can be both – with the right attitude

As the South Sydney fullback fronts the club’s board over the “white-substance” scandal,it’s clear he needs to take responsibility for his own career.

  • byAndrew Webster
Adam Hills turned down King Charles’ birthday party to go to footy training

Adam Hills turned down King Charles’ birthday party to go to footy training

The comedian will be the first Australian to take on a prestigious rugby league role in the United Kingdom.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Mitchell accepts one-match ban,$20k fine from NRL over white substance photo
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Mitchell accepts one-match ban,$20k fine from NRL over white substance photo

South Sydney fullback has accepted the sanction proposed by the governing body – but the question of when he will serve his suspension remains unanswered.

  • byMichael Chammas andChristian Nicolussi
The controversial precedent that could help Latrell Mitchell’s NRL case

The controversial precedent that could help Latrell Mitchell’s NRL case

The NRL’s decision to allow Taylan May to play in the 2022 finals series polarised opinion. Now Rabbitohs officials will use it in their case to have superstar available for the 2025 season opener.

  • byAdam Pengilly