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Tricolours coup: Roosters to win Brandon Smith race with premiership promises

The Bondi war chest has won out again with the Roosters now firmly in the driver's seat to win Brandon Smith's signature for the 2023 season, as the tricolours beat out several NRL rivals thanks to...

Eels lowball costs them Reed Mahoney as star hooker picks NRL rivals

Reed Mahoney has agreed to join the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs, taking up a lucrative $24 million deal to run over four years, after the Eels lowballed their premium representative hooker with a...

Gutherson to hit big 10 with Eels after finally signing on the dotted line

Clinton Gutherson will hit the "big 10" with the Parramatta Eels, racking up a decade of service in the blue and gold, after agreeing to a bumper new $760,000-a-year deal that will run until the end...

One-club Munster to see out his career in Storm purple with big Melbourne extension

Cameron Munster will stay a southern star well into the 20s, revealing his desire to be a "one-club player" with the Melbourne Storm over a rich Queensland return with Wayne Bennett and the cashed-up...

Playmaker Ponga a go: Knights looking inward to replace Pearce in the halves

Word coming out of Newcastle is the Knights have found their Mitchell Pearce replacement, with Adam O'Brien set to follow Nathan Brown's lead and shift star fullback Kalyn Ponga into the halves in...

Bulldogs make big-bucks Reed Mahoney play, Eels unlikely to match offer

The Bulldogs have emerged as frontrunners for Reed Mahoney's signature -- not least of all thanks to a lovely Chinese meal -- and sources are reporting the Eels have no plans to match their big-bucks...

Ball in his court: Clint Gutherson tossing up $1.6m offer as Eels talks begin again

The ball is now firmly in Clinton Gutherson's court as the Eels captain's contract saga rolls on, with Parramatta tabling their skipper a $16 million deal that would see him play on at Bankwest...