Your weekly guide to the NRL season, including the entire Final Series, the souvenir Grand Final program and our bumper Season Review. Every week Big League will feature stories on the big names, preview the big games and continue our popular Little League section for the young rugby league fans. With official team-lists, extensive statistics and up-to-date news, Big League provides everything you need to follow the NRL.
Slippery Eels eyeing top four
KICKING OFF
Storm primed to intensify
Next chapter begins for NRLW
Harvey Norman TALE OF THE TAPE
Depth test for finals hopefuls
Fighting for a spot
Round 21 ROUND-UP
NUMBERS GAME
Nat Butcher • SYDNEY ROOSTERS
Big League Weekly Edition
HOT SHOT
Top 8 Try-scoring streaks • Throughout the game’s long and colourful history, there’s been no better way to enter folklore than to cross the line as frequently as these icons.
Coping with the hits
Home away from home • Birthplace and residency are always joked about at Origin time, but a century ago it was no laughing matter, and almost cost one man his fledgling career.
LOCKER ROOM
TWEET OF THE WEEK
BIG LEAGUE Round 22 TOP TIPS
Harvey Norman TALE OF THE TAPE
Country girls get the win
UPCOMING ROUNDS
All that glitters • With a big population in a rugby league heartland, the Titans’ recent struggles continue a long history of mystifying challenges for aspiring clubs on the Gold Coast.
Taking charge • It was a slow start to Shaun Johnson’s time in the Shire, but now he’s found his groove and is primed to take his new club to the NRL finals.
Women in league • With their heroics on the field, in the media and behind-the-scenes, the women in our game are accomplishing more than ever before.
Time rolls on • In rugby league, five years can be a lifetime, as looking back on the 2014 Grand Final can attest. Where are the key players from that famous night now?
Attention span • The battle for the focus of sports fans is always changing, but down in Melbourne, the Storm are going to great lengths to capture the public’s imagination.
CLUB NEWS
LITTLE LEAGUE
JAKE TRBOJEVIC
0 FIRST-HALF POINTS BY PENRITH v BRONCOS IN PAST THREE GAMES
The finals countdown • We’re officially at the business end of the Fantasy season, but there’s still plenty for aspiring coaches to play for in the final weeks.
Sea Eagles ready to resume winning form • Lottoland Thursday 7.50pm
Titans in for shock and awe from electric Eels • Cbus Super Stadium Friday 6pm
Panthers pursue rare win on Broncos’ soil • Suncorp Stadium Friday 7.55pm
Confidence-starved teams scrap for leftovers • McDonald Jones Stadium Saturday 3pm
Raiders confront toughest test of their season • AAMI Park Saturday 5.30pm
Wounded Rabbits clinging to place in top four • ANZ Stadium Saturday 7.35pm
Roosters running hot at SCG • Sydney Cricket Ground Sunday 2pm
Sharks circle rare double derby success • PointsBet Stadium Sunday 4.05pm
CANTERBURY CUP NSW
Review: Jets upset helps Rabbitohs break away
JERSEY FLEGG
Review: Leaders inseparable as finals race heats up
INTRUST SUPER CUP
Review: Dolphins put top teams on notice with another win
HASTINGS DEERING COLTS
Preview: Draw dilemma shakes up top four
RON MASSEY CUP
STAT ATTACK
Harvey Norman TALE OF THE TAPE
NRL DRAW