Alicia Newton

The race for a top-four finish in the NRL Telstra Women’s Premiership will come down to the final match of the season with the Titans, Raiders and Broncos vying for two spots on the ladder.

Mitch Barnett and Jacob Saifiti have both vowed to put their close friendship aside, which includes commitments for an upcoming wedding, ahead of Saturday's semi-final in Auckland.

It’s a summer’s evening in February last year and Elsie Albert is training on her own in Sydney’s west when she can’t push herself any further.

Storm fullback Nick Meaney talks about the impact of Ryan Papenhuyzen's injury and what it means for his own game ahead of Friday's clash against the Roosters.

Panthers teammates are confident Jarome Luai will be ready to go for Friday night's preliminary final against the Storm as the star five-eighth looks to return from a shoulder injury.

Sunia Turuva was spotted at training this week defusing cross-field kicks ahead of a showdown with Will Warbrick in Friday night's preliminary final at Accor Stadium.

The only things left in rugby league for Isabelle Kelly to achieve can be counted on one hand – a hand she hopes will have another Premiership ring added to it in 2023.

Ivan Cleary wasn't thinking 12 months in advance in September last season but the experience of starting in big games at hooker now looks like genius preparation for Panthers hooker Mitch Kenny.

Panthers five-eighth Jarome Luai believes his mindset has played the biggest part in his remarkable return from a shoulder injury ahead of preparing for the club's fourth-straight grand final.

Luke Garner has only ever experienced grand final day once in his career and it didn’t end well for the edge forward ahead of creating potential history with the Panthers on Sunday.