COOPER Cronk declared after Melbourne’s incredible 34-6 grand final win over the Cowboys that “there are no fairytales” in rugby league. But there was plenty of evidence to the contrary after the methodical Storm blew the gutsy Cowboys away to take the 2017 NRL premiership. Playing his last game in Melbourne colours, and possibly his

QUEENSLAND will be delivered another rugby league fairytale regardless of the result in the historic NRL grand final between the Melbourne Storm and North Queensland Cowboys. While the two clubs are over 2000km apart, the game essentially boils down to another all-Queensland derby showdown, with a host of Maroons that played in this year’s State

THE Maroons' juggernaut has received a boost with coach Kevin Walters confident inspirational skipper Cam “Ironman” Smith will continue his Origin career next season. The most dominant outfit in Origin's 37-year history is facing generational change, with champion five-eighth Johnathan Thurston having drawn the curtain on his Queensland career after shoulder surgery cruelly rubbed him

GOLD Coast legend Scott Sattler says the Titans should have a big, red recruitment target on the head of Queensland coach Kevin Walters after the club sacked Neil Henry. The Titans finally dropped the axe on Henry after another disappointing season that started with so much promised but culminated in a series of late-season floggings,

Mesh&Knots ASSI ATSI Women's Group of Mackay and the men's group Common Thread have created the idea of the inaugural Kanaka Proud Cup to play a curtain raiser at the Mackay Cutters 10th anniversary game against Central Queensland Capras. The game will coincide with the Mackay Cutters' 10th anniversary in the Intrust Super Cup, as

FORMER Queensland centre Adrian Vowles fears the Broncos will regret letting Ben Hunt walk out of the club, after the halfback officially agreed to join the Dragons on a five-year mega deal worth a reported $6 million dollars. Hunt’s decision to quit the Broncos to join St George Illawarra took many by surprise, but no

WAYNE Bennett’s gamble with Benji Marshall will prove a masterstroke, and the Titans will stun everyone by storming home to finish in the top four. These are just a couple of the prophecies predicted by Former Origin Great and rugby league analyst Scott Sattler as he turned his crystal ball to the 2017 NRL season

FORMER Queensland captain Gorden Tallis says rugby league needs to keep building on a terrific year for the game to maintain its foothold in Queensland in the war against rival codes. Rugby league enjoyed a stellar year, particularly in Queensland, where – for the first time – all three NRL clubs qualified for the finals

AUSTRALIAN coach Mal Meninga has warned Newcastle they must “get it right” with the development of their rookie marquee signing Kalyn Ponga. Ponga created a sensation in the post-season when he agreed to quit North Queensland and join the Knights on a four-year deal from 2018 worth around $3 million – the richest deal for

EXILED Queensland Emerging Origin squad member Valentine Holmes has earned his ultimate personal redemption by playing a part in Cronulla’s historic 14-12 NRL grand final win over Melbourne at ANZ Stadium. The Sharks, for so long the butt of premiership jokes, finally broke through for their maiden NRL title in a gripping grand final against