
Matthew Elliott: Crisis provides NRL a chance to serve the community
With the coronavirus pandemic causing chaos everywhere, the NRL’s New Zealand Warriors are a unique situation sitting in a hotel at Kingscliff,...

Matthew Elliott’s 2020 predictions: ‘A week’s a long time in the NRL’
As we dive into part two of my NRL team predictions for 2020, the recent injuries and player movement in the past...

Matthew Elliott: The new decade of NRL to start with a photo finish
Trial matches are a poor indicator of who is going to finish in the top eight, but there are some early indicators...

Matthew Elliott: How NRL can make the game even greater in 2020
Maybe in my lifetime the NRL season will close with a pinnacle moment and we’ll all be able to tie a ribbon...

Matthew Elliott: Peak practice to reap rewards in NRL grand final
To be at your best on grand final day requires extremely decisive planning around style of play and physical development of your...

Matthew Elliott: Turns out the NRL has a wildcard round after all
As we reach the penultimate week of the NRL season, early in the year there were discussions around having a “wildcard round”...

Matthew Elliott: Protect the eyes with bigger bans for ‘grubby’ acts
It is time the NRL Match Review Committee sent a stronger signal it intends to rub intentional contact with the eyes out...

Matthew Elliott: The anxious NRL coaches wondering if the axe will fall
As the push to the finals intensifies some NRL clubs are coming to grips with the fact that they will not be...

State of Origin: Maturity offers redemption for recalled Norman and Pearce
On Wednesday, Game III of an epic State of Origin series will see two established NRL players seek redemption on the biggest...

Stand by for an enthralling Origin II arm-wrestle
With so much focus on who hasn’t been picked for State of Origin II many commentators seem to have missed the incoming...