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Hudson Young's 2021 goals include nailing down a starting edge forward spot, extending his stay at the Raiders to repay their faith in him and of course – to win a premiership. He's sorted out the contract already with Canberra announcing on Thursday he has agreed to a new deal until the end of 2024. The 22-year-old had a serious breakout season in 2020, proving a revelation through the middle after shifting in from an edge but with the club's middle forward stocks replenished after an injury wave last year, Young wants to take over John Bateman's old spot in the pack. "With John leaving la...

Mike Colman runs his expert eye over all 16 teams ahead of the new season Will premiers Melbourne Storm struggle without legend Cameron Smith? Can veteran coach Wayne Bennett snag his 8th career premiership at Souths? How will the new rules affect the players and the speed of the game? Find out where your team will finish BEFORE you put your Round 1 tips in

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart was scratching around for middle forwards by the end of last season but his squad is jam-packed heading into 2021. He had a different kind of headache this week, forced to leave out some high-calibre big boppers. Stuart had already said he would not select Corey Horsburgh and Corey Harawira-Naera for their drink-driving offences before they were officially banned. Even so, it was tough to settle on his forward rotation for Sunday's home game against the Wests Tigers, in stark contrast to the end of last year when the likes of Sia Soliola, Horsburgh, Emre Guler, hook...

Close to 60 farmers could be impacted by the rail line if it gets the green light. Some holdings will be cut in half by the proposed railway, while other farmers stand to lose a significant proportion of their farmyards - and even the family home in some instances. The extent of the disruption is illustrated by the case of dairy farmer, Kieran Lillis, from Meanus. The proposed route for the new rail line ploughs straight through his farmyard. It could take out two dwelling houses, cubicle sheds for almost 200 cows, slurry pits, calf pens, calving sheds and calving area, as well as his milking...

NRL pre-season power rankings: Top eight A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Following Part 1 about the bottom eight teams, my pre-season power rankings move on to the top eight sides. 1. Roosters When you look through their list of star power, it’s hard to believe that the Roosters won’t challenge for top spot this year. Rattle off the names: James Tedesco, Angus Crichton, Boyd Cordner, Luke Keary, Victor Radley and Jake Friend. The big test for them will be in the halves and who they pair with Keary....