The former Man of Steel has not played for 16 months after a drugs ban but is ready to make the right kind of headlines at WiganIt is a crisp January morning at Wigan’s training ground and Zak Hardaker is in his “happy place”. The 27-year-old has come …
New measures come after Cowboys’ Scott Bolton admitted touching a womanNRL club North Queensland will employ minders for players after forward Scott Bolton admitted to drunkenly touching a woman’s upper thigh in a Sydney court this week.Cowboys coach P…
Super League’s chief executive has big plans for 2019 and beyond and does not mind if he has to ruffle a few feathers along the way“Super League needed to freshen up, and that’s probably putting it modestly.” Barely five minutes have passed since the D…
• Catalans refusing to pay £500,000 cash bond to RFL• Would be first time Challenge Cup does not involve holdersThe Challenge Cup could take place without the reigning champions for the first time in rugby league history after the holders, Catalans Dra…
In an anonymous poll, players asked for better marketing, more promotion, stronger leadership and a bigger say in decisionsBy Gavin Willacy for No Helmets RequiredAlmost all of our top rugby league players want a change in leadership at the RFL, fewer …
Cronulla coach has until end of January to respondClub fined $800,000, half suspendedCronulla coach Shane Flanagan has been de-registered by the NRL for dealing with the club while suspended in 2014 and the Sharks fined $800,000 – half of which was sus…
Cronulla coach has until end of January to respondClub fined $800,000, half suspendedCronulla coach Shane Flanagan has been de-registered by the NRL for dealing with the club while suspended in 2014 and the Sharks fined $800,000 – half of which was sus…
The 27-year-old Blues and Dragons forward was arrested and charged after presenting himself at Illawarra police stationThe NRL player Jack de Belin has been charged with allegedly sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman over the weekend.The 27-year-old…
• Former Arsenal player made contacts through Sporting Chance• Charity has helped more than 400 rugby league playersTony Adams, the former Arsenal and England footballer, will become the new president of the Rugby Football League next summer. Adams, wh…
If the sport wants a mainstream audience, it has to prioritise its relationship with the BBC and coverage of the England teamBy Gavin Willacy for No Helmets RequiredDoes rugby league take the BBC for granted? And are the RFL flogging a dead horse with …
24-year-old NRL star involved in alleged domestic violence incidentManly NRL star Dylan Walker has been stood down from training after being charged with assault following an alleged domestic violence incident involving his partner on Sydney’s Northern…
‘I’ve got a clear conscience,’ says new Souths coachSacking paved way for him to take over at RedfernWayne Bennett says he was “happy to be sacked” by Brisbane after beginning his reign as South Sydney’s NRL coach on Tuesday when he took charge of his …
Australian sport loses one of its colourful characters, but the last chapter for Anthony Mundine may not yet be writtenAnd just like that, it’s done. One left hook to the face and the eminently colourful 25-year journey of Anthony Mundine, from NRL gra…
David Hughes says the London club can do more than survive in Super LeagueThe year is 1996. Britpop is dominating the airwaves, football is coming home and rugby league is undergoing the most significant transformation since its formation a century ago…
Once one of Australia’s biggest sporting stories, Jarryd Hayne has seen his star wane as serious allegations loom once againIn the heady days around his debut for San Francisco 49ers, September 15, 2015, Jarryd Hayne drew as much press in Australia as …
Cronulla winger to chance his arm in USHopes to follow in Jarryd Hayne’s footstepsCronulla will meet Valentine Holmes in the coming days with the star fullback reportedly wanting to quit the NRL to try to make the NFL. Holmes has told Cronulla he hopes…
The Great Britain and Irish Lions are back after a 12-year hiatus to face Tonga, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa and Papua New GuineaBy Gavin Willacy for No Helmets RequiredSo farewell England, welcome back Great Britain – or maybe the Great Britain and Irela…
Woman told police she suffered injuries during a sexual encounter with the out-of-contract NRL star on grand final nightJarryd Hayne’s immediate NRL future appears even more uncertain with the out-of-contract star reportedly being investigated over all…
Catalans Dragons created history, John Bateman was a force at Wigan and the Shaun Wane story had a very happy endingBen Barba may have won the Man of Steel award, but it is hard to imagine Wigan going all the way to Old Trafford and lifting the Super L…
• England 0-34 New Zealand• Kodi Nikorima orchestrates six-try victory in final TestThis has been a year of encouraging, perhaps unprecedented, progress for England but this was a firm reminder the job is far from complete in terms of desire to become …
