The Parramatta Eels have contacted the NRL integrity unit after photos were shared on social media of star fullback Isaiah Iongi appearing to smoke a substance.

Eels fullback Isaiah Iongi is seemingly smoking a substance in the photos that have sparked an invesitgation by the NRL and his club. Adrian Proszenko

The Warriors have dropped a bombshell with skipper Mitch Barnett released from the final year of his deal to return to Australia for personal reasons.

Mitchell Barnett is headed back to Australia. Stuff sports reporters

Cowboys prop Matt Lodge has spoken for the first time since touching down in Las Vegas for this Sunday’s blockbuster NRL season opener – describing the week as a path to him finally finding “closure” over the infamous 2015 New York rampage that saw him jailed.

Brandon Smith revealed he has been alcohol-free and checked himself into a rehabilitation clinic. He also attends Alcoholic and Gamblers Anonymous meetings. Lachlan Harper

The Parramatta Eels have been hit with a major injury blow on the eve of the season with Josh Addo-Carr undergoing surgery.

Ivan Cleary's legal prowess comes in handy as his son, Panthers star Nathan Cleary, sees his two-match suspension overturned at the NRL judiciary.

The home locker room at the northern end of 4 Pines Park is a world away from the Brookvale of old. It’s fresh, expansive, and smells of ambition. But just a few hundred meters away, the away sheds remain a relic of a harder era—pokey, cramped, with that famous padding on the low ceilings to keep even the short players from knocking themselves out before they hit the field.

Ex-NRL star Wendell Sailor has pleaded guilty to resisting police following a late-night incident on a Wollongong street late last year.