Eighteen Super League players still without a club for next season

The All Blacks recorded 11 tries in their Pool A win over Nambia in Toulouse. Impressive as the All Blacks' finishing was in their 71-3, 11-try record win over Namibia at the Rugby World Cup, their discipline, including a red card for prop Ethan de Groot, will be a concern as they head into their bye week. The penalty count was 12-7 against the All…

Botia, Toulon outside back and captain Waisea Nayacalevu and Queensland Reds prop have been selected for a third World Cup while Drua frontrower Jone Koroiduadua is the only uncapped player. The major surprises of the 33-man squad, announced on Tuesday by head coach Simon Raiwalui, were the omissions of ex-All Blacks and Crusaders centre Seta…

The Turbos start the national provincial championship at CET Arena on Saturday night, with a big challenge against defending champions and Ranfurly Shield holders Wellington. Manawatū lost every game last year, but things are looking different with Rogers in charge this year and the young players are more experienced. Aside from injuries to Johnny…

Fiji head coach Simon Raiwalui has named 18 players from the Fijian Druan in his 33-man squad for the World Cup next month. After only their second year playing in Super Rugby Pacific, the Drua made the quarter-finals this season and now make up over half of Fiji's World Cup squad. Racing 92 flyhalf Ben Volavola is the shock exclusion from the…

understands that All Blacks selectors Ian Foster, Jason Ryan and Joe Schmidt are weighing up the merits of a pool of players numbering just above 40, with final deliberations to whittle that down to 36. The presence of the uncapped players in that wider group points to a number of new names being read out next Sunday, with Shaun Stevenson, Emoni…

In less than a week Super League clubs can begin negotiations with players in the final year of their contracts. Which player should your side be looking to bring in for 2024? Let's take a look. Castleford Tigers: Sam Wood Jake Mamo undoubtedly left a hole in the Cas squad. Meanwhile, plenty of other outside backs are out of contract. The Tigers…

Shaun Wane has named a 40-man England squad as preparations for the 2025 World Cup take another stride forward. Wane has named a new-look, young group of players that will be a part of his preparations for the upcoming game against France and provisionally for the anticipated Test series with Tonga later this year. There are vast changes. Only ten…

Here is everything you need to know ahead of Super League Round Six, including squad news, television coverage and our predictions. Super League Round Six kicks-off at the John Smith's Stadium this Thursday with the televised match between Huddersfield and St Helens. Wakefield's home fixture against Hull KR this Friday will go ahead as…

Here is everything you need to know about Championship Round Three, including squad news, television coverage and our predictions. Three teams maintain a 100% record heading into Round Three. Toulouse sit at the top of the Championship table with a strong points difference, having run in 82 points and only conceding four so far in 2023. Favourites…

Plenty of World Cup stars had uncertain futures culminating in links to Super League. Two of those were Ireland and Canterbury Bulldogs' Josh Cook a superb number nine and Italy and Melbourne Storm halfback Daniel Atkinson. After signing for St George Illawarra Dragons and Cronulla Sharks respectively they are set to debut in trial matches this…

Leigh Leopards have an outstanding squad going into the 2023 Super League season. And this should translate to a top first choice 17. So here is how they could line-up in 2023. Fullback: Zak Hardaker With Caleb Aekins leaving the club, new signing Zak Hardaker will be their first choice fullback with a chance for the former Leeds and Wigan man to…

It's a mouth-watering prospect, despite the very real chance that it may never see the light of day. The best of the Wallabies and All Blacks, playing in a combined ANZAC team, in a one-off match against the British & Irish Lions at the MCG? To borrow a line from recent KFC, "shut up and take my money!" It appears, however, that Rugby Australia…

Jordie Barrett will start at second-five for the All Blacks against Wales in Cardiff on Sunday morning NZT. Barrett's selection in the No.12 jersey is the most notable - Ian Foster and company electing to pick him for his second start there despite the return to fitness of David Havili and Anton Lienert-Brown, both of whom have been named on the…

Yesterday, a host of players hit the NRL's open market as those without a deal beyond the end of next season became available to for rival teams to approach. England stars Herbie Farnworth and Dom Young are among those now on the market, with suitors in Australia preparing big offers to tempt them away from their current clubs. While Farnworth and…

All you need to know ahead of the one-off test between the All Blacks and Japan at the National Stadium in Tokyo (kickoff at 6.50pm): Fullback Stephen Perofeta and No 12 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck will start a test for the first time when the All Blacks play Japan in Tokyo on Saturday in the opening match of their Northern Hemisphere tour. Until now…

Hello and welcome to Friday's rugby league live news blog. The Rugby League World Cup resumes tonight as New Zealand take on Ireland in round three of the tournament. England play Greece on Saturday with Samoa taking on France for a place in the quarter-finals on Sunday. England head coach Shaun Wane has given nothing away in his 19-man-squad…

Saturday, October 15, Australia v Fiji, Headingley, Leeds, 7.30pm Sunday, October 16, Scotland v Italy, Kingston Park, Newcastle, 2.30pm Friday, October 21, Australia v Scotland, Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, 7.30pm Saturday, October 22, Fiji v Italy, Kingston Park, Newcastle, 2.30pm Saturday, October 29, Fiji v Scotland, Kingston…

FRANCE Team alias: Les Bleus/ Les Tricolores/ The Chanticleers World Ranking: 9th Coach Laurent Frayssinous has predicted his team can defy the odds and do the country proud this month after France was announced last month as hosts for the next World Cup in 2025. With 21 of his 24-man squad drawn from the English Super League, including former…

Schedule: Cook Islands (Leigh Sports Village, Leigh); Tonga (Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens); Papua New Guinea (Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster) World Cup Appearances: 5 (1975, 1995, 2000, 2013, 2017) Best Result: Semi-finals (1995, 2000) Head Coach: John Kear Title Odds: $1001 Now two decades on from one of the golden eras of Welsh rugby league,…

Last Sunday was a very differing Sunday for both Hull FC and Wakefield. Whilst Wakefield almost certainly secured their survival with a shock win over second place Wigan, Hull FC's solid start against St Helens evaporated with the Champions running in 11 tries to claim a 60-6 triumph over the Black and Whites. That was a defeat that leaves Hull…

Saints will be eyeing a record-breaking fourth consecutive Super League crown while a number of clubs will be looking for success with the arrivals of several new coaches. At the bottom end of the table, Toulouse Olympique will be keen to make sure their first year in the top flight does not quickly become their last. Below is the club-by-club…

Havili, who hasn't represented his country since starting at fullback against a French XV in Lyon in mid-November 2017, has emerged as a leading contender to glue the All Blacks' midfield together for the three tests against Tonga and Fiji next month. When All Blacks coach Ian Foster names up to 36 players in his first squad of the year on Monday…

Manawatū have their final pre-season game against Wellington at Levin Domain on Saturday, ahead of the first competition game against Northland in Whangarei next Sunday. This weekend's game was meant to be part of a doubleheader at Ōtaki, with Horowhenua Kāpiti playing Wairarapa Bush, as a fundraiser day for Sam Doyle, a former Wellington, Manawatū…

Stars are being rested left, right and centre among the teams that have already qualified for the top eight, making the final round a tipster's nightmare. Daniel Tupou is the latest name to be pulled, though he isn't being rested: the Roosters winger sustained a posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury in training and will miss the crucial clash…

Three Australian teams in the top six, along with the Chiefs, Hurricanes, and the Blues from New Zealand, has DHL Super Rugby Pacific wearing a different face after two rounds. It is still early days, and the title-defending champion Crusaders demonstrated in their 52-15 win over the Highlanders on Friday that they are back on track, but the Chiefs…