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NRL 2026 team-by-team season preview
With the 2026 NRL season rapidly approaching, we take a thorough look at each of the teams battling it out for the premiership title.
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NRL teams: Lineups for the Las Vegas season launch
The 2026 NRL season is set to kick off, once again under the bright lights of Las Vegas.
TOP HEADLINES
The Tigers must break the routine of heartbreak
DEFENDING CHAMPS
Reynolds: Brisbane are now the hunted
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NRL Preseason was a challenge to watch
Makasini, Walsh make moves up the rankings
STATE OF ORIGIN
V'landys finds the solution to a State of Origin problem that didn't really exist
With the ARLC announcing a change to the State of Origin eligibility rules to allow top-tier internationals to play, the question must be asked: Why?
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Internationals now eligible for league's Origin
The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) has announced changes to the State of Origin eligibility rules which could see Tier 1 international players lining up for the Blues and Maroons this year.
NRL 2026 trial games: Spotlight on marquee recruits
Failure is not an option after Rabbitohs sign once-in-a-generation player Haas
Top Headlines
- NRL teams: Brown to make Knights debut at half
- Eels rising star investigated by club, NRL
- Lomax legal wrangle ends Storm boss's Vegas trip
- JAC grounded: Eels flyer to miss start of season
- Nathan Cleary free to play NRL round one
- Titans belt Storm as Hannay era builds momentum
- Hull KR stun Broncos to win Club Challenge
- Manly keep in-demand centre on five-year deal
- Warriors ace sinbinned in trial loss to Dolphins
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ESPN's way-too-early NRL predictions
ESPN's NRL experts have turned their attention to 2026 for their way-too-early predictions.
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Must-see games of the first four rounds of the 2026 season
The 2026 NRL draw has been released. So, to whet your appetite for the upcoming season, we've picked out the must-watch games from the opening four rounds.
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Rugby's rebel league explained: Everything you need to know about R360
R360's start date has officially been kicked down the road to 2028. Perhaps now we will start to see some of the detail it currently lacks. So what exactly do, and don't we know about, it?
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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 129 games and seen plenty of amazing rugby league.
