Tonga’s Pacific Championships campaign gets underway this afternoon at Suncorp Stadium when they take on Samoa, who are aiming to keep their tournament alive.

The NRL have already conquered Las Vegas, but if Peter V’landys has his way, that will be just the start of the competition’s desire to grow the game to all corners of the globe.

Nathan Cleary and Cameron Munster heap praise on Kangaroos teammate Reece Walsh following his stunning Test debut against England at Wembley.

Reece Walsh didn’t need to strip down to his budgie smugglers to settle this argument.

Kevin Walters and his Kangaroos stars have labelled their Wembley performance as “scrappy” — warning they will take their game to a new level ahead of the second Ashes Test.

England coach Shaun Wane admitted watching his team’s performance in the Ashes series opener was “torture” while the UK press have delivered their side with some sobering truths.