Fans will get their first taste of NRL action for 2026 in just three weeks when the Witzer Pre-Season Challenge kicks off at Kogarah’s Jubilee Stadium.

The Bears are steadily building their roster ahead of their 2027 NRL entry, but there’s two other players the club should be aiming to recruit.

Broncos star Payne Haas has left his future up in the air with the prop only agreeing to a one-year extension with the reigning premiers.

It’s here.

A pair of unheralded Red V recruits have impressed mightily this off-season, with Shane Flanagan labelling them the favourites to win the Dragons’ two wing spots.

Don’t expect the Melbourne Storm to be the only club to knock on Parramatta’s door to inquire about Zac Lomax.

Shaun Wane stepped down as England rugby league head coach with immediate effect on Wednesday.

Every year the NRL produces the next wave of talented youngsters who announce themselves as potential superstars of the future and 2026 will be no different.

Former Warriors prop Jeremy Latimore is embracing the underdog tag against the much bigger and younger ‘Nelly from Welly’. Sacha Mirzabegian

South Sydney premiership hero George Burgess is already in secret talks to fight Australia’s newest crossover boxing star Nelson Asofa-Solomona, who has also opened up on the stunning details behind a lucrative, new three-year deal with Australia’s No.1 promoter, No Limit.