The Pre-Season Challenge has arrived as the 2025 NRL season swings into view. A host of big-name stars will be racing the clock to be fit in time for the opening weeks of the new campaign ...

Mitch Woods will join the NRL squad with the highly rated playmaker ... Kitione Kautoga has been granted a release in order to link up with the Eels. The Bulldogs have landed a major recruit ...

Kalyn Ponga set up both tries as Newcastle snuck into the NRL's top eight and ended the Dolphins' dream of playing finals.