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St George Illawarra’s 2010 premiership-winning captain Ben Hornby and grand final teammates Ben Creagh and Jason Nightingale have been inducted into St George Districts "Legends Walk" at Kogarah, along with members of the inaugural St George Dragons team of 1921. Hornby, Creagh and Nightingale were chosen to join the 18 legends already inducted and the 1921 St George team in the walk outside Netstrata Jubilee Stadium as part of St George Districts centenary celebrations at Sundays match again...

Calls growing for Kiwi Marshall as next NRL ‘Immortal’ Newshub 1/05/2021 © Photo - Getty; Video - Newshub Benji Marshall Calls are growing for Kiwi rugby league great Benji Marshall to be the NRLs 14th immortal.   After turning back the clock with his performance for South Sydney Rabbitohs in the 2021 NRL season, some of the rugby leagues greats have called for him to receive the competitions highest honour. At 36, the leagues oldest active player has started his 19th season on fire,...

So, here we are, some 136 days after Cameron Smith hoisted the Telstra Premiership trophy skywards on seemingly the perfect stage on which to say goodbye, the Melbourne maestro has announced his retirement. Just as he controlled the tempo of his 430 NRL games in Storm colours, Smith did so for his big announcement. He’d never been rushed or flustered on the field so why would he let anyone dictate terms to him now? "I still felt like my form was good enough to play in the NRL but once I spent...

Remembering those who departed in 2020 A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size 2020 was both a year to remember and a year we all want to forget. Before it’s too far gone, let’s take some time to remember some of the rugby league players who left us for good in 2020. 1. Paul Fisher A Souths-Sunnybank junior and a very accomplished and highly regarded player in the Brisbane competition, Paul Fisher was equall...

NRL 2020: The major news stories of May Author Timestamp Share on social media May  May 1: Queensland Premier Anastasia Palaszczuk gives the go-ahead for the Broncos, Cowboys and Titans to travel in and out of the state once the premiership relaunches on May 28. Palaszczuk also demands a State of Origin game be played in the Sunshine State in 2020 and calls for the NRL grand final to be played at Suncorp Stadium if the Sydney Cricket Ground is unavailable. May 2: The Warriors are finally grant...

Brian James 1943-January 10, 2020 A high-quality winger for South Sydney who represented Australia at the 1968 World Cup before retiring at the age of 26. The son of former Cootamundra Maher Cup prop Jack "Swifty" James, he came to rugby league via rugby union after attending Newington College and playing a season of first grade with the St George rugby club. He switched to rugby league with St George in 1961 where he played centre and wing but top-grade opportunities were scarce in the Dragons...