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Casey McLean helped promote the NRL’s Multicultural Round at Wentworthville on Tuesday.

It’s only round three. But it’s time to talk about this Penrith teen for Origin honours

The season is less than three weeks old, but Casey McLean is already laying down a serious NSW centre challenge to the likes of Latrell Mitchell and Stephen Crichton.

  • Christian Nicolussi

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Addin Fonua-Blake: the missing puzzle piece for Cronulla?

Logan? That’s in NSW: Fonua-Blake eyes Blues berth after Origin eligibility change

He was born in Brisbane and played junior football with Logan Brothers, but Addin Fonua-Blake is desperate to be unleashed with Payne Haas for NSW.

  • Christian Nicolussi
Reece Walsh’s Kangaroos beat England 3-0 to claim the Ashes.

Kangaroo cull: Why new Origin international eligibility rules spell trouble for Australia

The NRL’s shake-up will weaken the Kangaroos while strengthening their competitors. That might be good news for international league, but does it risk undermining its strongest market?

  • Christian Nicolussi
Kalyn Ponga, Kaeo Weekes and Addin Fonua-Blake would benefit from the potential change to eligibility rules.

NRL to make landmark change to State of Origin eligibility rules

Kalyn Ponga, Kaeo Weekes and the New Zealand Rugby League will all benefit from one of the most significant changes in Origin’s 45-year history.

  • Dan Walsh
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Clubs rush to spend extra NRL funding as fears grow about PNG team

Tens of millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money has already been handed out to NRL clubs, but will there ever be a team in PNG?

  • Danny Weidler
Nathan Cleary is still processing the Origin III loss.

‘I had to understand why I failed’: How Nathan Cleary processed Origin shocker

Nathan Cleary has had a big week - from the shock Origin loss, playing off the bench, being rested and seeing his photo in a dodgy pamphlet. But it’s all part of the league rollercoaster for the Penrith star.

  • Adrian Proszenko
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Origin players inhaling from buckets before the match.

The pungent potion that’s become a pre-match ritual in the NRL

Queensland team doctor Matthew Hislop has revealed the concoction inhaled by NRL players before they take to the field.

  • Frances Howe
Cameron Munster

Cam Munster had just lost his father. Somehow, he found the strength to crack a joke

Queensland icon Wally Lewis visited Maroons training to pay his respects, and was soon on the end of a gag from the Queensland No.6. It was the moment that said it all about the Maroons skipper.

  • Danny Weidler
Things got heated between Latrell Mitchell and Valentine Holmes

The moment Latrell Mitchell’s Origin frustrations finally boiled over

Queensland did an excellent job shutting down NSW danger man Latrell Mitchell throughout the Origin series – and emotions finally got the better of him.

  • Christian Nicolussi
The NSW plays and errors that cost them the Origin series.

The seven deadly sins that cost NSW series they never should have lost

The Blues came with more talent, more experience and the better side on paper, only for Queensland to once again school them in the art of Origin.

  • Dan Walsh