Brett Kimmorley finds new job as Wests Tigers inaugural NRLW coach

The biggest player on the NRL's open market isn't Jarome Luai, Reece Walsh, Addin Fonua-Blake, Ezra Mam or Tom Dearden. It's seven-time premiership-winning coach Wayne Bennett. The old fox with the magic touch when it comes to getting the best out of rugby league players shows no signs of slowing down. Even with his 74th birthday only just around…

Pigs are not flying, hell has not frozen over and please, do not adjust your set because the Gold Coast Titans really are going to be there on grand final day. Gold Coast's NRLW side has become the first team in the club's history to qualify for a grand final The Titans will have a shot at securing the club's first ever premiership when they face…

The 2023 NRLW season has been the biggest yet - the hits have been harder, the football faster and the competition closer with 10 teams battling it out across nine rounds. NRLW players are calling on the league to keep women's competition at 10 teams for now Players say adding new clubs each year makes it harder to come together as a team Chief…

In a historic move, Canterbury will submit an application for an NRLW license on Friday. While the NRL is yet to determine when the next intake of teams will be approved, the Bulldogs say they have invested $1.5m into their women's program. The club has run a series of courses and initiatives over the past 12 to 18 months to advance and develop the…

Jasmin Strange has helped defending NRLW premiers Newcastle to a 32-16 win over St George Illawarra. (Darren Pateman/AAP PHOTOS) Brisbane winger Ashleigh Werner was sent off for biting opposite number Jayme Fressard in a controversial 36-18 win by the Sydney Roosters on the opening day of the NRLW competition. The Broncos were trailing 30-18 on the…

The new-look NRLW competition kicks off this weekend with the expanded ten-team league marking a fresh dawn for the women's game. As a host of the sport's biggest names swap teams and the playing field arguably more level than ever before it promises to be the most unpredictable season yet from the moment the Titans and Cowboys get things started…

This is the second part of a multi-part series on the evolution of Leicester Tigers Women from Year 1 to Year 2 as they prepare for their first season in Premiership Women's Rugby. This is the writing of a new history. You can read Part 1: The Squad here. "Today doesn't have to go perfectly, it just has to go well". Tom Hudson is all about process…

Former Super League and NRL head coach Nathan Brown will join the Parramatta Eels' NRLW staff as coaching advisor for the 2023 campaign. Brown, 49, is currently also the head of elite pathways at the Parramatta Eels and will now lead the women's side in what promises to be an exciting campaign. There is set to be great attention on the NRLW, which…

The Queensland Reds have confirmed their matchday-23 for this Friday night's historic Harvey Norman Super Rugby Pacific Round 8 clash against Moana Pasifika in Samoa. Head coach Brad Thorn has made seven changes to his starting side, with Samoa's Apia Park set to host Moana Pasifika for the first time. Jake Upfield will make his Queensland and…

The boots are being dusted off, the strapping tape bought in bulk, months of pre-season coming to an end, it's time for club rugby! Club Corner returns in 2023, with fans and players alike excited for the year this season will bring them.

Dominic Perrottet gave an impromptu pep talk to his beloved Wests Tigers on Thursday morning as the NSW premier and NRL strugglers try to overcome the odds and celebrate respective victories this weekend. Roughly 12 hours after going head-to-head with Labor leader Chris Minns in the final debate ahead of Saturday's election, Perrottet spotted the…

The NRL season is fast approaching, with plenty of exciting storylines set to play out over the next eight months. Penrith will be looking to make it three-straight premierships, Wests Tigers will be looking to end a lengthy finals drought, while the likes of the Cowboys and Sharks will look to build on the momentum built last year. Elsewhere, the…

From exceptional skill to unreal glory, here are the numbers that proved rugby league delivered in 2022 to maintain its status as the greatest game of all. With the NRL Telstra Premiership season back in full swing post COVID-19 and two NRLW competitions, two Origin series, a World Cup and the return of international rugby league, there was no…

The Wests Tigers are in the final stages of signing-off on a deal to bring English International John Bateman back to the NRL. In a move that could finally drag the Wests Tigers out of the competition cellar, the 29-year-old is eyeing a three-year deal to join a new-look Tigers pack that will include premiership-winning hooker Api Koroisau and Kiwi…

The fifth NRLW Grand Final will not only decide a new Premier but will have a bearing on the make-up of the 24-woman Jillaroos squad for November's World Cup. "It definitely will," said one of three Jillaroos selectors and Harvey Norman NSW Sky Blues head coach, Kylie Hilder. "The squad hasn't been finalised so this game will play a key part in…

The Parramatta Eels could be in for a double premiership victory on Sunday when their men and women's teams face the Penrith Panthers and Newcastle Knights at Sydney's Accor Stadium. It's a chance for the men's Eels team to end their 36-year premiership drought against the reigning champions and a grand final debut for both women's teams. Penrith…

The iPhone photos of game-breaker Seru Uru and Wests' delirious celebrations weren't even possible when the club last won the premiership 16 years ago. The tech staple of modern life was a year off being released when the Bulldogs last toasted a title in 2006 which tells you everything about how long Sunday afternoon's emotions had been…

Parramatta get round 19 underway when they host Brisbane in a game which they've had under lock and key recently. The Eels haven't been beaten by the Broncos in their last five meetings and Brad Arthur's men will be looking to extend that run, as the two sides battle for a position in the top four. Elsewhere, a mouth-watering clash between Penrith…

Write off a champion at your peril. Johnathan Thurston has fleeced a number of current Queensland Maroons players of $50 each after betting them he could still make one of his trademark conversions. Thurston, 39, retired from the NRL after the 2018 season and has worked as a media commentator ever since. He has also been a Maroons assistant coach…

It's now been nearly 25 years since rugby league went to war…with itself. Going into the 1995 season, the ARL had never been stronger. Tina Turner ad campaigns, growing crowds, booming sponsorship and largely successful expansions to Perth, North Queensland and New Zealand had rugby league in better shape than ever. As the games value had boomed,…

Macy Callaghan is in prime form for this week's Australian Open at iconic Manly Beach after capping a sensational summer at Surfest on the weekend. Hot on the heels of the Avoca Boardriders' national championship honours, Callaghan reached the Surfest semi-finals, and ultimately a third-placed finish, in Newcastle in preparation for the Manly…

It used to be the case that being a head coach was the most cut-throat of occupations in the NRL. Not so much now - if a team goes poorly, blame the assistant and claim it's hard to get good help these days. Why take the fall when you have a readymade fall guy? Broncos assistant coach Terry Matterson is the latest right-hand man to be left right…

OVER 3000 supporters were in attendance at the LNER Community Stadium as York held its first ever Rugby League World Cup matches. Women's world numbers one and two, Australia and New Zealand, who have contested the last three finals, began their Group'B' campaigns with two emphatic victories, beating Cook Islands 76-0 and France 46-0 respectively,…

Storm superstar Ryan Papenhuyzen could make his return to rugby league after a year long injury break as soon as this weekend, with a crucial Tuesday fitness test to decide whether he can play 80 minutes. It won't be with Melbourne, however: Papenhuyzen will turn out for one of the Storm's feeder clubs, either the Sunshine Coast Falcons or Brisbane…

Is it wrong to say this NRL season has been the most meh in recent memory? The quality of play on the field has been just fine, the Warriors have been the feelgood story of the year and the Dolphins' hot start ensured the talent dilution which comes with expansion has not been a problem. But this season has been missing an engaging narrative - good…