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Improving Dragons won't win this week; Cowboys, Raiders should
The NRL season has reached the State of Origin period, with plenty of byes and key players missing. It makes tipping easier and yet tougher at the same time.
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Midweek mail: Crichton passed fit, Victor set to inflict
The teams are in for State of Origin and Isaac Issa has all the news from inside Blues camp. Meanwhile in the NRL, the Origin period is poised to throw up some intriguing changes.
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Magic Round 11: Wahs on fire, 'Dogs continue miserable run
The NRL's annual festival of football saw the Storm continue their recovery, the Bulldogs slump to another awful loss, the Cowboys shock the Roosters, and the Panthers have a tougher than expected battle with the Dragons.
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Gather Round vs. Magic Round: Which footy extravaganza is better?
Gather Round or Magic Round? AFL or NRL? No matter which side of the Barassi Line you call home, you've heard of both of these football festivals. But which one is better?
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NRL mail: Another Warriors exit? Gus meets with Titans hooker at Magic Round
The 2026 NRL season rolls on to Round 11, where the misfiring Bulldogs and Dragons can't avoid the ever sharpening spotlight.
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Cleary confirms 2027 season last as Penrith coach
Ivan Cleary has confirmed the 2027 NRL season will be his last as Penrith Panthers coach.
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A Magic upset for the Broncos? Panthers the surest of sure things
The NRL season has reached Magic Round, with plenty of exciting games lined up for the festival of rugby league at Suncorp Stadium.
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Manly's budding barber Joey Walsh is showing he can cut it in the NRL
Manly looked set to hit an NRL speedbump when veteran halfback Jamal Fogarty went down with injury earlier this month. Instead, rookie sensation Joey Walsh has helped keep the Sea Eagles rolling.
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- NRL teams: Ciraldo sticks, Fuller to 'Phins No. 1
- Tedesco Origin recall, NSW name six debutants
- Walker to be halfback, Walsh left out of Maroons
- Panthers beat Dragons to close Magic Round
- Boyd suffers suspected ACL tear in Warriors blow
- Bragging rights for Holbrook, Knights top Titans
- Manly winger Hopoate banned for pushing ref over
- Munster mashes Eels to hit Origin camp in form
- Cowboy outshines Roosters No.7 in Maroons trial
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State of Origin: The all-time records and statistics
The State of Origin series started in 1980 and since that very first encounter we have witnessed 133 games and seen plenty of amazing rugby league.
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Benji said it best, but deep down Luai is yet another Wests Tigers heartbreak
At a moment in time when Tigers fans were happier than they have been for many long years, Jarome Luai's announcement comes as yet another kick in the teeth for the battling merger club.
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Peter V'Landys, expansion, rule changes: Is the NRL heading in the right direction?
With the NRL charging ever onwards, we pause to ponder; where does the game we all love currently stand?
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