The Newcastle Knights will look to keep their slim hopes of a top four finish alive when they head to Canberra to take on the Raiders. Follow live.

The Raiders are facing a must-win scenario as they host the Knights on Sunday afternoon.

Earlier this week, Cowboys star halfback Tom Dearden pledged his long-term allegiance to the club while labelling speculation that he wanted a release as “a whole lot of nonsense”.

NRL boss Peter V’landys has revealed the game will launch a ‘Global Round’ and take matches to Asia and Europe along with America.

Eels coach Jason Ryles has hit out at the officiating after his side’s narrow loss to the Rabbitohs on Saturday night.

Broncos coach Michael Maguire has described the pain he and his players are feeling as they slumped to another loss at home to leave the club languishing in second-last on the ladder.

The injury-hit Rabbitohs welcome back several big names as they face the Parramatta Eels on Saturday evening.

Manly coach Kieran Foran has slammed his side for lacking a “hard edge” after they blew a golden opportunity to get back into the top eight after losing to Melbourne 42-20 in Perth.

Saturday night’s win in Hamilton moved the Warriors up from fifth to fourth on the NRLW ladder. Andrew Voerman

A late first-half blitz has boosted the Bulldogs’ finals chances, with four tries in 10 minutes setting up a 28-26 victory over the Cowboys.