Rugby League

The opening round of the 2025 NRL finals series was one for the ages, featuring four seesawing thrillers that culminated in a golden point epic already being branded as one of the greatest post-season matches of all time.   Check out the highs and lows from a phenomenal rugby league weekend.   UP NEXT: SEMI-FINALS 😤 pic.twitter.com/LO2jWeQD8p— NRL (@NRL) September 14, 2025 Walsh lives by the sword  Reece Walsh’s rollercoaster season appeared to have taken a diabolical turn in the 52nd minute of Sunday’s qualifying final, sin-binned for a rush-of-blood headbutt on Canberra firebrand Hudson Young with Brisbane down 18-12.   By the…

Alongside three razor’s edge blockbusters on the opening weekend of the 2025 NRL finals series, the Warriors are rank outsiders in their elimination final against four-time defending champs Penrith Panthers.   But boilovers are a frequent occurrence once the home-and-away rounds are out of the way and the post-season pressure cooker cranks up.   Relive the biggest week one finals upsets of the NRL era.   2000 Qualifying Final – Eels 32 defeated Roosters 8 at Sydney Football Stadium   New-look Parramatta qualified for the 2000 finals in seventh and lined up against Brad Fittler’s star-studded, second-placed Sydney Roosters with three teenagers and two…

Former Wallaby Mark Nawaqanitawase has taken the NRL by storm in 2025, scoring 23 tries in 22 appearances for the Roosters. Few players have compiled a highlights reel as impressive as the winger/centre this season, prompting calls for Nawaqanitawase to go away on the Kangaroo Tour at the end of the year.   Some of the most celebrated and successful rugby union converts of all time took several years to adjust to the 13-a-side game. Nawaqanitawase joins this illustrious list of code-hoppers who adapted straightaway.   Michael Cleary   Flying winger Cleary played six Tests for the Wallabies before being lured to South…

A host of dead-rubber encounters made for a strange finish to the 2025 NRL regular season, with four of the last five matches producing points totals of 60-plus – and Sunday’s two fixtures witnessing a whopping 29 tries.   But the Broncos clinched a top-four berth with a statement performance, the Roosters held their nerve to convincingly grab the last spot in the finals and the Titans provided a silver lining to a tough season by avoiding the spoon.   Welcome to the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership Finals Series 🏆 Time to get to business. pic.twitter.com/cwbCPYABRd— NRL (@NRL) September 7, 2025 Hughes…

The penultimate round of the 2025 NRL regular season delivered the customary thrills and spills, with a pair of Friday night upsets shaking up the finals picture. Several other teams held their nerve to keep Top 4 and Top 8 hopes alive as points flowed – six games went over the total line, with the last four matches of the weekend producing tallies of 56-plus – while a historic minor premiership was sealed. Mark, get set, go If the 2025 NRL season is to be remembered primarily for one player, surely it’s destined to be Sydney Roosters’ code-hopping sensation Mark…

Following on from our rundown of the NRL’s most unbreakable individual records, we’re profiling the team achievements (and lack thereof) destined to stand the test of time.   Biggest winning margin: St George – 85 points (defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 91-6 in 1935)  Canterbury-Bankstown endured the most torrid of premiership introductions in 1935, suffering an all-time record 91-6 loss to St George in just its fifth outing.   The Berries conceded 19 tries, which were only worth three points each at the time – in modern scoring the fulltime damage would have been 110-6.   Just a week later, they were destroyed 87-7 by Eastern…