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One of the best players in the game is likely to miss the start of the NRL season

21 February 2026

One of the best players in the game is likely to miss the start of the NRL season

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Four teenagers have been charged by New South Wales Police over the drive-by shooting of former NRL player Matt Utai in Sydney
	21 Feb: Four teenagers have been charged by New South Wales Police over the drive-by shooting of former NRL player Matt Utai in Sydney... more

The Warriors have failed to record a win in their NRL pre-season
	21 Feb: The Warriors have failed to record a win in their NRL pre-season... more

New Zealand Warriors coach Andrew Webster is embracing the team's unfortunate injury-run, as they finish their NRL pre-season against the Dolphins in Sydney tonight
	20 Feb: New Zealand Warriors coach Andrew Webster is embracing the team's unfortunate injury-run, as they finish their NRL pre-season against the Dolphins in Sydney tonight... more

A blow for the Sydney Roosters for their NRL league season-opener away against the New Zealand Warriors on March 6
	20 Feb: A blow for the Sydney Roosters for their NRL league season-opener away against the New Zealand Warriors on March 6... more

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

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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 +++++++++

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22 Feb: Joey, sterlo, sticky: can manly swerve rugby league’s age-old halfback curse? (Sydney Morning Herald)

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)

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