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We want you back: NRL clubs’ returning heroes
So your club’s favourite player or coach has left the building, but that doesn’t mean the door should be slammed shut on them forever.
24 Oct 2018
What will rugby league look like in 2032?
There will be 22 teams in the National Rugby League, the Adelaide Tiger-Sharks will meet the Perth Rooster-Bunnies in the grand final, and the NRL CEO will be Jarryd Hayne.
18 Oct 2018
The all-time great rugby league books
The 1980s and 1990s witnessed a serious boom in rugby league book publishing, with everyone from Wayne Pearce to Ray Price putting their life stories and footy journeys down on paper.
11 Oct 2018
What's life like for an NRLW player?
In the build-up to the grand final of the inaugural National Rugby League Women’s competition, we recently asked the Senior Manager of the NRL’s Elite Women’s Program, Tiffany Slater, for an insight into the lives of rugby league’s newest pioneers.
27 Sep 2018
Koori Knockout evokes Ella boys’ start in rugby league
Mark Ella went on to become one of the all-time legends of Australian rugby union, but it was the 13-man code he and his brothers grew up playing.
27 Sep 2018
NRL Dead In Goal Podcast: The Interviews
In case you’ve missed any of the interviews we’ve aired on our weekly rugby league podcast in 2018, here’s a list of links to episodes which have featured chats with those in and around The Greatest Game Of All.
20 Sep 2018
Farewell Sydney Football Stadium
Since 1988 this iconic 40,000-seat Moore Park venue, known to so many as simply “The Footy Stadium”, has been the setting for some of the most dramatic moments in rugby league history.
18 Sep 2018
Royce fights back from injury to win 1991 grand final
For many Penrith fans, the image of inspirational figure Royce Simmons embracing the Winfield Cup after fulltime remains the most powerful memory of the club’s finest moment. But it almost didn’t happen for the great man.
13 Sep 2018
Why back to back premierships are so rare
Winning a footy title is bliss; going back to back is just really, really hard. In the AFL, you basically need a dynasty, while it’s proven downright impossible in rugby league of late.
13 Sep 2018
Ultimate guide to being a rugby league fan
Yes, you’ve paid your hard-earned to get into the ground, but that doesn’t give you the right to get loose and start with the spiteful, verbal tirades if things go pear-shaped. Or does it?
31 Aug 2018
Ugliest rugby league brawl of all-time
Feathers flew and jet engines burnt out as Newtown and Manly exchanged pleasantries just minutes into their 1981 semi-final.
10 Aug 2018
Fatty mistakes Ben Ikin for autograph hunter
Teenager Ben Ikin’s introduction to the Queensland Maroons camp back in 1995 is one of the all-time great rugby league stories.
8 Aug 2018
Nathan Cleary: It’s all about respect
The Penrith Panthers halfback discusses the values which he has picked up on his rugby league journey and which have helped him become one of the biggest stars in the NRL.
27 Jul 2018
1991 was end of long, hard road for fans: Brandy
Here, rugby league commentator Greg Alexander celebrates Fox League's “Retro Round” by looking back on his beloved Penrith Panthers’ debut premiership win in 1991 ...
25 Jul 2018
Inside the Penrith Panthers Rugby League Academy
Inside Sport was recently given an in-depth guided tour of the Panthers’ home base. We discovered the facility is much more than a factory for producing quality footballers.
19 Jul 2018
Inside Sport's August 2018 edition on sale now
Penrith has long been a hotbed of NRL players. In this tradition, the August 2018 edition of Inside Sport takes you inside the Penrith Panthers Rugby League Academy, set up to develop young talent.
19 Jul 2018
NRL Dead In Goal podcast: local juniors edition
Spend all the salary cap money you want chasing that off-contract superstar. In the end, of course, a club is built on its local junior players. On Dead On Goal this week, we salute them.
18 Jul 2018
Belcher’s bruising welcome to Sydney first grade
Queensland boy Gary Belcher will never forget his introduction to Sydney rugby league. Growing up, he knew nothing about how they did things footy-wise in the harbour city. He did, however, receive a very quick education upon arrival into the NSWRL.
17 Jul 2018
Docherty kicks Steelers to Tooheys Challenge glory
The Illawarra Steelers’ victory over a star-studded Brisbane Broncos outfit in the final of the 1992 Tooheys Challenge Cup at Dubbo’s Apex Park remains one of the great matches for rugby league trainspotters.
12 Jul 2018
The fullback life chose me: Billy Slater
As Billy Slater prepares for the final State of Origin game of his illustrious career, what can the Queensland Maroons legend share with us mere mortals about the occult art of fullback?
10 Jul 2018
League Legends Roundtable
In February 2017, Inside Sport caught up with Paul Langmack, Laurie Daley and Peter and Graeme Wynn at the Dry Dock Hotel in Balmain. Here, we release the full version of our amazing interview from that day.
6 Jul 2018
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