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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Rugby League articles  Rugby League
    Brisbane prop Payne Haas will reunite with coach Wayne Bennett at South Sydney after signing a three-year contract, a development that has the NRL world in shock
     8 February 2026
    Brisbane prop Payne Haas will reunite with coach Wayne Bennett at South Sydney after signing a three-year contract, a development that has the NRL world in shock
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    A monumental signing in the NRL, with arguably the game's best prop to shift clubs after the upcoming season
    8 Feb: A monumental signing in the NRL, with arguably the game's best prop to shift clubs after the upcoming season... more
    Breakers coach Petteri Koponen is refusing to let recent results diminish their intensity ahead of tonight's fixture against Illawarra in Auckland
    7 Feb: Breakers coach Petteri Koponen is refusing to let recent results diminish their intensity ahead of tonight's fixture against Illawarra in Auckland... more
    A court spat over NRL player Zak Lomax could mean the Melbourne Storm end up with a hefty legal bill instead of the star winger
    7 Feb: A court spat over NRL player Zak Lomax could mean the Melbourne Storm end up with a hefty legal bill instead of the star winger... more
    Melbourne Storm coaching supremo Craig Bellamy has signed a contract extension until the end of the 2028 NRL season
    7 Feb: Melbourne Storm coaching supremo Craig Bellamy has signed a contract extension until the end of the 2028 NRL season... more
    The Indigenous All Stars have confirmed South Sydney superstar Latrell Mitchell will miss the annual fixture against the Maori for the second straight year
    6 Feb: The Indigenous All Stars have confirmed South Sydney superstar Latrell Mitchell will miss the annual fixture against the Maori for the second straight year... more
    New Zealand has made an epic start to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy
    6 Feb: New Zealand has made an epic start to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy... more
    Former Kiwi Tony Kemp has applauded Australian Rugby League Commission chair Peter V'landys for his ambition, as State of Origin looks poised for Auckland's Eden Park in 2027
    5 Feb: Former Kiwi Tony Kemp has applauded Australian Rugby League Commission chair Peter V'landys for his ambition, as State of Origin looks poised for Auckland's Eden Park in 2027... more
    Proposed changes to the kick-off in league's NRL for the 2026 season have been kicked into touch
    4 Feb: Proposed changes to the kick-off in league's NRL for the 2026 season have been kicked into touch... more
    Sam Ruthe's coach Craig Kirkwood is refusing to put a limit on the teenage phenom's future in middle-distance running
    2 Feb: Sam Ruthe's coach Craig Kirkwood is refusing to put a limit on the teenage phenom's future in middle-distance running... more

     Most Popular Recent Rugby League News
     10 Jan: The threat of a cyclone in Far North Queensland has forced the postponement of Cairns Taipans Australian basketball league game against rivals Brisbane today ++++++++++++
     16 Jan: Former Kiwis and Melbourne Storm prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona is donning the gloves for the first of his nine contracted boxing matches tonight, against fellow former league player Jeremy Latimore +++++++++++
     17 Jan: An array of personal bests and maiden titles have been claimed at the Potts Classic athletics event in Hawke's Bay ++++++++++
     16 Jan: The abrupt exit of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has laid bare the unforgiving nature of professional sport ++++++++
     21 Jan: The Warriors first NRL match at the new One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch has sold out, five months in advance ++++++++
     17 Jan: Nelson Asofa-Solomona has made an explosive professional boxing debut against ex-rugby league journeyman Jeremy Latimore ++++++++
     27 Jan: Warriors centre Rocco Berry can't catch a break +++++++

     Rugby League NewsLinks
      8 Feb: Excess baggage: why the bulldogs will pay for two extra players to travel to vegas (Sydney Morning Herald)
      7 Feb: The nrl can do nothing to stop rugby’s raids. and the worst may be yet to come (Sydney Morning Herald)
      30 Jan: Nick politis wants to grow rugby league in america. look who he’s sending to vegas (Sydney Morning Herald)
      26 Jan: Kangaroos or wallabies? the tough decision looming for angus crichton (Sydney Morning Herald)
      25 Jan: How two ex-origin stars are giving back to the game that exiled them (Sydney Morning Herald)
      23 Jan: My 'party boy' days are over, says kiwi league star brandon smith (RadioNZ)
      22 Jan: Kiwis rugby league ‘party boy’ reveals he spent month in rehab (Stuff.co.nz)
      21 Jan: Crichton explains code switch decision (Sydney Morning Herald)
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