Customize ESPN
The night I turned the footy off after five minutes
TOP HEADLINES
ROUND 10
NRL
FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Isaako stars as Dolphins heap more pain on Dogs
Canterbury's spluttering attack showed signs of life before a Jamayne Isaako hat-trick fired the Dolphins to a dominant NRL win in Brisbane.
Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
NRL
NRL Rookie of the Year race: Round 10
With the season settling into rhythm, the narratives around the games brightest young stars have become less about projection and more about action.
Getty Images / ESPN
'Back to normal': Cowboys enforcer firms for Queensland Origin call-up
North Queensland Cowboys forward Heilum Luki has declared he is finally feeling "back to normal" physically as the in-form edge forward pushes his case for a maiden Queensland State of Origin debut.
ROUND 10
PREVIEW
Roosters to smash Titans, Broncos in coin toss game
Round 9 saw plenty of points scored and some really close contests, Round 10 once again throws up some tricky tipping prospects.
Getty Images / ESPM
Mail: Young puts stamp on Dragons as Holmes acknowledges poor form
The 2026 NRL season rolls on to Round 10, and the crucial Blues fullback role remains in the spotlight. Meanwhile, a disenchanted Dragon appears to have had a change of heart.
Round 9: Roosters are crowing, 'soft' Tigers tumble
ROUND 9
SUNDAY'S ACTION
Top Headlines
- Furious coach tells NRL Sharks to 'harden up'
- More Broncos carnage with front-rower sidelined
- Manly's win soured by blow to prop Taukeiaho
- Johnston treble helps Souths sink sloppy Sharks
- Knights make it unlucky 13 for winless Dragons
- Big QLD blow as Tom Dearden out of Origin
- Why NRL rules allowed for Eels' three-point win
- Holy Moses, Eels star strikes gold in nail-biter
- Tedesco stars as Roosters make it six straight
- Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
ESPN's way-too-early NRL predictions
ESPN's NRL experts have turned their attention to 2026 for their way-too-early predictions.
- ESPN
Subscribe to the ESPN Australia Newsletter
Keep up to date with the latest news from across the sporting world. Be it at home or abroad, we've got it covered in our weekly newsletters.
- Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
Must-see games of the first four rounds of the 2026 season
The 2026 NRL draw has been released. So, to whet your appetite for the upcoming season, we've picked out the must-watch games from the opening four rounds.
- Koki Nagahama/Getty Images
Rugby's rebel league explained: Everything you need to know about R360
R360's start date has officially been kicked down the road to 2028. Perhaps now we will start to see some of the detail it currently lacks. So what exactly do, and don't we know about, it?
- Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
State of Origin: The all-time records and statistics
The State of Origin series started in 1980 and since that very first encounter we have witnessed 129 games and seen plenty of amazing rugby league.
