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Tonga forward Eliesa Katoa receives treatment before leaving the field.

Tongan star hospitalised as concussion drama overshadows Kiwis’ win

Melbourne back-rower Eliesa Katoa played in Tonga’s Test loss to New Zealand despite suffering a head knock in the warm-up.

  • Robert Dillon

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Tonga’s Jason Taumalolo and Samoa’s Junior Paulo.

Do Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand have a better pack than the Kangaroos?

If you’re a halfback, which international forward pack would you want to play behind? The days of the Kangaroos having all the best big boppers are long gone.

  • Adrian Proszenko
Victor Radley on the charge for England against Tonga.

Radley is ready for the Ashes. But a late-season Roosters surge comes first

The aggressive back-rower might have some company from his club side in the England camp.

  • Robert Dillon
League great Brad Fittler.

‘Important story to tell’: Fittler discusses Kangaroos ambition as Johns offered selector role

Brad Fittler was just 18 years old when he was called up to replace an injured Wally Lewis for his first Kangaroos tour. Now he wants to oversee the next one.

  • Adrian Proszenko
The Kangaroos celebrate victory in the Pacific Championships.

Ashes rugby league tours revived after 22-year hiatus

The Kangaroos will play three Tests against England later this year, reigniting one of the most storied rivalries in Australian sport.

  • Adrian Proszenko, Michael Chammas, Dan Walsh, Billie Eder and Christian Nicolussi
James Tedesco and Mitchell Moses.

Rugby League World Cup as it happened: Addo-Carr leads Australia to 48-4 victory over Lebanon

More than a few familiar NRL faces will line up against the Kangaroos in a crunch quarter-final clash in Huddersfield. The action kicks off at 6.30am (AEDT).

  • Billie Eder
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James Tedesco and Nathan Brown.

Rugby League World Cup as it happened: Australia finish group stage in style against Italy

Mal Meninga’s men earned a comfortable night in St Helens to wrap up Group B before the knockout rounds begin.

  • Caden Helmers
Chanel Harris-Tavita training with Samoa at New Era Stadium in Cabramatta this week.

‘Good way for me to finish’: Harris-Tavita eyeing Samoan swansong

When Chanel Harris-Tavita plays his last game of the year, potentially the last of his rugby league career, he wants it to be for Samoa.

  • Adrian Proszenko
Jason Taumalolo has helped Tonga become an international rugby league force.

Is this the end of Australia’s dominance of international rugby league?

The rise and rise of the Pacific nations is changing the international landscape. And this year’s Rugby League World Cup could be their crowning achievement.

  • Adrian Proszenko
Andrew and Matthew Johns won’t coach Samoa.

Samoa rules out Andrew and Matthew Johns coaching roles

They offered to coach Samoa for free, but Andrew and Matthew Johns won’t be part of the nation’s brains trust for the upcoming mid-year Test or World Cup.

  • Adrian Proszenko