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The NRL headlines that caught our eye in 2024
With the year coming to an end, we have taken a moment to look back on the headlines that most caught the eye during another astonishing NRL season.
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TOP HEADLINES
ESPN's 2025 crystal ball predictions for all major Australian codes
AUSTRALIA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL ATHLETES
Aussie athlete Power Rankings: Who tops the list for 2024?
It's that time of year again! Who are Australia's biggest, best, and most influential athletes for 2024? Taking into account onfield and offield influence, star power, potential, longevity, and talent, we've whittled the list down to a top 25.
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How did we get here? Behind ESPN's top 25 Aussie athlete Power Rankings
Cue the discussion! Always a hot topic, ESPN's annual Aussie athlete Power Rankings is out, and as usual, will be debated until the cows come home. Here's how our writers and editors came up with the list.
Stocking fillers: What's on your NRL club's Christmas wish list?
PLAYER MOVEMENTS
Player signings: The golden rules of NRL's silly season
The NRL silly season is finally winding down as Christmas rapidly approaches and we take a look back on some of the key lessons.
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2025 SEASON DRAW
Six must-see clashes in the first month of the 2025 NRL season
The 2025 NRL draw has been released. So, to whet your appetite for the upcoming season, we've picked out six must-watch games from the opening month of action.
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PACIFIC CUP
FINALS
International rugby league can be everything we want it to be - and today showed why
Australia claimed the Pacific Championship title, but a sea of red at CommBank stadium showed just how good international rugby league can be.
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Real league fans will be cheering new Wallabies' starter Suaalii on
Culture is vital to NRL success: Why Addo-Carr, Hunt and Gutherson had to go
Top Headlines
- Mam unable to count All Stars in ban
- Broncos' Mam issued breach notice by NRL
- Sullivan released from Wests Tigers with a catch
- Dragons' Flanagan father-son duo extended to '27
- Concussion findings a wake-up call for NRL
- Warriors lure Olympic sevens champion to NRLW
- Albanese confirms NRL expansion into PNG
- Roosters lock in Tedesco until end of 2026
- Reason behind Upton's shock NRLW release
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Culture is vital to NRL success: Why Addo-Carr, Hunt and Gutherson had to go
Rugby league is the ultimate team sport, individual brilliance might win the occasional game, but alone it can't win a title.
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There is no doubt, Panthers are the best ever
With four premierships in a row, and no possible way to denigrate them, it's inarguable, this is the best team of all time, and we're lucky to have witnessed it.
