Former Australian rugby league player Jason Smith to appear in court charged with trafficking cocaine.

Former Warriors prop Russell Packer was yesterday released from an Australian jail after serving 12 months of a maximum two-year sentence for assault.

Australia's fallen Kangaroos are running scared of the Kiwis all the way back to Brisbane, but this time they have gone way too far.

The Anzac spirit appears lacking in league after the revelation Australia has stolen away hosting rights for April's test against New Zealand.

Sports fans know about the phenomenal exploits of Brendon McCullum, Lydia Ko and the All Blacks this year. Michael Burgess looks back at 10 other feel-good sports stories that captured the imagination in 2014.

The small but perfectly formed NFL season is a classic example of how to turn less into more. Much more. It's a lesson some of our major sports codes would do well to imitate.

Blake Ferguson will be required to attend monthly welfare meetings with the NRL and Roosters officials next season to ensure his career never spirals out of control again.

Golden Boot winner Shaun Johnson describes winning the prestigious award as a "massive honour" but predicts the best is yet to come in his league career.

Auckland City's public spaces will be transformed into 'fanzones' to allow the public to fully engage with a bumper summer of international events.

Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has reportedly trained with the Detroit Lions for the second time, increasing speculation he's set to be offered a deal by the NFL club.

The Warriors hope Kieran Foran will want to move across the Tasman because the club, as flamboyant co-owner Eric Watson says, is about to embark on a period of excellence.

The Warriors' ability to win on the road will be put under thorough inspection next year with the club facing successive away games at the start and end of next year's campaign.

The Warriors will play the Gold Coast Titans in a historic Anzac Day clash at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland, as part of the NRL's tribute to the 100th anniversary.

Feeling better than he has in years, veteran Melbourne Storm fullback Billy Slater says his injury-enforced lay-off has been a blessing.

The NRL is looking at a radical overhaul of the game - with the idea to change to four quarters and extending to 100 minutes of game time.

While most NRL players were planning their off-season trips to exotic destinations, new Warriors signing Jonathan Wright was wondering if his professional football career had come to an end.

The 2015 NRL season launch will be on this side of the Tasman for the first time in the game's history.

ACC releases new guidelines for suspected concussions following high numbers of head injuries in sport.