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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Rugby League articles  Rugby League
    A blow for the Sydney Roosters for their NRL league season-opener away against the New Zealand Warriors on March 6
     20 February 2026
    A blow for the Sydney Roosters for their NRL league season-opener away against the New Zealand Warriors on March 6
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    Super League champions Hull Kingston Rovers have held off the NRL-winning Brisbane Broncos 30-24 in league's World Club Challenge
    20 Feb: Super League champions Hull Kingston Rovers have held off the NRL-winning Brisbane Broncos 30-24 in league's World Club Challenge... more
    Kiwi league halfback Jahrome Hughes hopes mercenaries don't take advantage of State of Origin's new eligibility rules
    19 Feb: Kiwi league halfback Jahrome Hughes hopes mercenaries don't take advantage of State of Origin's new eligibility rules... more
    Tiger Woods could be a contender for the US Ryder Cup golf captaincy next year
    18 Feb: Tiger Woods could be a contender for the US Ryder Cup golf captaincy next year... more
    Briton Nikora is the latest Kiwis international to put his hand up for State of Origin duty
    18 Feb: Briton Nikora is the latest Kiwis international to put his hand up for State of Origin duty... more
    Former Bulldogs winger Matt Utai is in a serious but stable condition after a drive-by shooting in Sydney
    18 Feb: Former Bulldogs winger Matt Utai is in a serious but stable condition after a drive-by shooting in Sydney... more
    Warriors coach Andrew Webster is conflicted by the timing of the NRL All-Stars game
    17 Feb: Warriors coach Andrew Webster is conflicted by the timing of the NRL All-Stars game... more
    Marquee Canterbury recruit Leo Thompson to miss 10 weeks following calf injury
    17 Feb: Canterbury are dealt a hammer blow for their Las Vegas trip and beyond with prop Leo Thompson ruled out for 10 weeks due to a calf injury.... more
    Three Breakers players have been nominated for awards in the Australian basketball league gongs
    17 Feb: Three Breakers players have been nominated for awards in the Australian basketball league gongs... more
    New Zealand Rugby League boss Greg Peters is saluting the fact Kiwi internationals can now play State of Origin
    17 Feb: New Zealand Rugby League boss Greg Peters is saluting the fact Kiwi internationals can now play State of Origin... more

     Most Popular Recent Rugby League News
     09 Feb: Champion halfback Adam Reynolds will finish his stellar career at the end of the NRL season +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     06 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 ++++++++++
     08 Feb: 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 +++++++++
     07 Feb: Breakers coach Petteri Koponen is refusing to let recent results diminish their intensity ahead of tonight's fixture against Illawarra in Auckland +++++++++
     17 Feb: New Zealand Rugby League boss Greg Peters is saluting the fact Kiwi internationals can now play State of Origin +++++++++
     14 Feb: The opening cycle leg is done and dusted for the Longest Day frontrunners in the 2026 Coast to Coast +++++++++
     13 Feb: League of their own: the NRL Indigenous All Stars vs Maori match is much more than a novelty ++++++++

     Rugby League NewsLinks
      20 Feb: Pocock warns nrl’s $600m png push risks undermining rugby in fiji (Sydney Morning Herald)
      16 Feb: Nrl to make landmark change to state of origin eligibility rules (Sydney Morning Herald)
      16 Feb: Huge origin shake-up clears way for kalyn ponga to represent kiwis and queensland (Stuff.co.nz)
      16 Feb: Auckland's eden park to host state of origin match in 2027 (RadioNZ)
      14 Feb: Live nrl pre-season: warriors v manly sea eagles (RadioNZ)
      13 Feb: Frank pritchard, former new zealand and samoa rugby league star, is new fetu samoa coach (RadioNZ)
      11 Feb: ‘america, you have to see this’: first look at how nrl will be sold to americans (Sydney Morning Herald)
      11 Feb: ‘no pads. no armour. no timeouts’: how the nrl will be sold to the us (Sydney Morning Herald)
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