‘Maybe Panthers had something to do with it’:St Helens’ agonising 55-hour trip home

‘Maybe Panthers had something to do with it’:St Helens’ agonising 55-hour trip home

The long,long wait for World Club Challenge glory was nothing compared to the 55-hour journey home for St Helens - plus the Rooster they have looked at.

  • byChristian Nicolussi

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‘Everyone wrote us off’:St Helens stun Panthers to claim World Club Challenge
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NRL 2023

‘Everyone wrote us off’:St Helens stun Panthers to claim World Club Challenge

A Lewis Dodd field goal in golden-point extra time handed the Super League champions another treasured piece of silverware.

  • byAdrian Proszenko
522 games,41,760 minutes,23,000 tackles:Meet the ‘GOAT of the Super League’

522 games,41,760 minutes,23,000 tackles:Meet the ‘GOAT of the Super League’

The man wearing the St Helens No.9 jersey on Saturday evening will run out for game No.523 for the club. So what keeps James Roby going,and going,and going?

  • byChristian Nicolussi
Saint James:Why English legend passed on playing NRL - twice

Saint James:Why English legend passed on playing NRL - twice

James Roby has played a mind-boggling 522 Super League games for St Helens,a period in which he attracted plenty of interest from NRL clubs.

  • byChristian Nicolussi
Slip,slop,St Helens:UK champs confident they can handle heat

Slip,slop,St Helens:UK champs confident they can handle heat

The miserable conditions back home in the north of England were a distant memory for St Helens players as walked the Manly promenade under brilliant sunshine.

  • byChristian Nicolussi
Divided rugby league fell 25 years ago – but united has it conquered?
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Divided rugby league fell 25 years ago – but united has it conquered?

Monday is the 25th anniversary of the creation of the National Rugby League – the organisation born out of the Super League-ARL war. In that quarter of a century,has the game learnt anything?

  • bySteve Mascord
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NRL puts US game on ice,Dragons to face Super League champions
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NRL 2023

NRL puts US game on ice,Dragons to face Super League champions

The NRL remains keen to take a competition game to the United States,but ran out of time to do so for 2023.

  • byAdrian Proszenko
Penrith to host World Club Challenge reboot but big names could sit out

Penrith to host World Club Challenge reboot but big names could sit out

Panthers officials were informed on Monday they will host the World Club Challenge against St Helens in February.

  • byChristian Nicolussi
Former NRL bad boy faces long ban for Super League tackle

Former NRL bad boy faces long ban for Super League tackle

Two decades after John Hopoate copped a 12-match ban for actions described as ‘disgusting’,Corey Norman has been hit with Super League’s most severe charge.

  • byJames Polson
‘I threw up three times’:English winger on pain of ‘exploded testicle’

‘I threw up three times’:English winger on pain of ‘exploded testicle’

English winger Jack Johnson,who had to have a testicle removed after a training ground accident,says he’d love to play league in Australia after he recovers.

  • byChristian Nicolussi
Cars,rugby league and a grenade:Inside the life of billionaire Nick Politis

Cars,rugby league and a grenade:Inside the life of billionaire Nick Politis

He helped save rugby league and turned one car dealership into a $2 billion fortune. But it’s never been just about the money – it’s also about loyalty.

  • byAnne Hyland