Nathan Cleary steered Penrith to a gripping 8-6 defeat of Parramatta in Mackay to set up a shot at avenging the heartbreak of last year’s grand final loss to Melbourne.
A rare off night from Tom Trbojevic gave the scribes something to scribble about for the past week, but his and Manly's 64-point turnaround as the maroon and whites marched to a preliminary showdown with South Sydney.
The Raiders are waiting in Canberra to face South Sydney after the Rabbitohs finally put the lid on a never-say-die Manly with a 34-26 win at ANZ Stadium.
Raiders five-eighth Jack Wighton buried last year’s grand final demons by leading Canberra to a gripping 22-18 defeat of Sydney Roosters that ended the bid by the premiers' hopes of a three-peat.
Paradise one week. Eye of the Storm the next.
Still nursing a suspect shoulder from a week ago, Adam Reynolds kicked three field goals against the Dragons at ANZ Stadium on Saturday to boot the South Sydney Rabbitohs into the NRL preliminary finals where their arch rivals the Roosters are waitin...
The devils Penrith know best have destroyed their grand plans for the game's greatest nursery, with one-time club favourites Matt Moylan and Luke Lewis spearheading a 21-20 Sharks triumph that ends the Panthers season.
The Cronulla Sharks have advanced to their first preliminary final since 2008 following a thrilling 16-14 win over the Raiders courtesy of a 76th-minute penalty goal to five-eighth James Maloney.
Mitchell Moses will lead Parramatta in their march through a 35-year finals desert for at least another week thanks to a gripping, last-gasp 28-20 triumph over Newcastle.
Fill-in fullback Blake Taaffe had the final say to set up a decisive try and help the Rabbitohs advance to their fourth consecutive preliminary final with a 16-10 upset win over Penrith in Townsville on Saturday night.
After watching Sam Walker kick a match-winning field and make a last-gasp try-saving tackle in a nine-minute finals cameo at QCB Stadium on Saturday night, Roosters coach Trent Robinson admitted the teen star was unlikely to have played unless their ...
Justin Olam put in a dominant performance at left centre for the Melbourne Storm as they cruised past the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in Week 1 of the 2021 NRL Telstra Premiership Finals.