Jon Healy

Halfback Mitchell Moses ends the game on the sidelines as a 32-16 loss to South Sydney sends Parramatta crashing back into last place on the NRL ladder.

As 22,000 fans let out a "Queenslander" chant to drive their heroes home in the first Women's State of Origin decider, it became clear how immense 2023 could be for rugby league in Australia. 

The Women's State of Origin shield will stay in Queensland for another 12 months after the Maroons scored a comprehensive win over the Blues in the decider in Townsville.

New South Wales has the momentum after putting Queensland to the sword in State of Origin II in Melbourne, but the Maroons do not have to think too far back for the last time they bounced back from a loss like this.

NSW scores six tries in a record-breaking first half to set up a dominant victory over Queensland in State of Origin II and send the series to a decider.

Afghanistan beats Bangladesh in their thrilling Super Eight showdown to progress to its first World Cup semifinal at the expense of Australia.

The Titans and Tigers score more than 100 points, Souths continue their resurgence, and Jahrome Hughes might be the best player in the NRL. Here's this week's NRL Round-Up.

The Tigers run riot at Campbelltown, running in eight tries to hammer Canberra 48-24 and get just off the bottom of the NRL ladder.

Melbourne has been left counting the cost of a 38-point loss to Collingwood on the King's Birthday public holiday after star midfielder Christian Petracca was taken to hospital following a nasty rib injury.

The players turn up in the clutch and fans turn up in the crowd as a thrilling Game II gives us a historic Women's Origin decider. Here are five quick hits from a sodden game in Newcastle.

A field goal in atrocious conditions delivers Queensland one of the finest wins in women's State of Origin history as the Maroons downed New South Wales to keep the series alive.

Naming Selwyn Cobbo on the bench for State of Origin I could have been disastrous for Billy Slater and Queensland, but it ultimately paid off in the most predictable way imaginable.

New South Wales' new era gets off to a shocking start, with Joseph Sua'ali'i sent off after just eight minutes following a dramatic high hit on Queensland fullback Reece Walsh in State of Origin Game I at Sydney's Olympic stadium.

Cortnee Vine is among four debutants in Australia's women's football team heading to Paris without seven-time Olympic goalscorer Sam Kerr.

There were only five games in the Origin-shortened round 13 in the NRL, but that still left room for plenty of drama. Here are the biggest talking points from every game.

After missing the past two series, Latrell Mitchell says he is available for the NSW Blues but his form has not been good enough for Michael Maguire to pick him for State of Origin I.

Two hip-drop tackles receive different punishments, the ladder leaders get belted by the premiers, and a famous name at Brookvale Oval shines again. Here's this week's NRL Round-Up.

When selectors had a chance to introduce new blood to the men's Test team over the summer, they chose instead to stick with the guys they had. Could that strategy come back to bite them as the current team ages out?

The outsized spotlight on Caitlin Clark has prompted some to suggest others in the WNBA are jealous of her, but two champions of the league say that is nonsense.

The Bulldogs finish a 44-12 thumping of the Dragons on a run of seven unanswered tries as they kick off NRL Indigenous Round on Burramattagal and Wann-gal land.

The tumultuous and at-times tempestuous 2023 Ashes is the subject of the third season of docuseries The Test, with cameras given access to the Australian locker room during the drama-filled contest.

Another Magic Round delivers action aplenty, with Cameron Munster's worrisome injury, some hip-drop drama and more proof the Sharks are the real deal. Here's this week's NRL Round-Up.

Melbourne and Queensland superstar Cameron Munster aggravates his groin injury in the Storm's thumping win over Parramatta, casting his State of Origin participation into doubt.

The Sharks beat the Roosters 38-30 in a Magic Round blockbuster after Knights centre Bradman Best becomes the latest Blues player hit by the hamstring curse, unable to play the second half of Newcastle's 28-24 win over the Titans.

The opener to the first three-game Women's State of Origin starts with a bang thanks to Jaime Chapman and finishes poetically with Caitlan Johnston sealing NSW's victory. Here are five quick hits from Game I at Lang Park.