League star Willie Mason was banned from making a media appearance at Sonny Bill Williams' debut ITM Cup match for Counties Manukau in Pukekohe last night.

Selection dramas with the Kiwis seem to occur about every six months. Yesterday was no different, with the late withdrawals of Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves from the Kiwis' Four Nations squad.

It might be time for a radical step to resuscitate international league.

When the Rabbitohs won Sunday's NRL grand final, they ended a 43-year long title drought, but that's small potatoes compared to some of the great sporting losing streaks.

Canterbury are set to be slapped with a fine of up to AU$50,000 for their late arrival at Sunday's NRL grand final against South Sydney.

A $25 million upgrade of Mt Smart Stadium for the Warriors was considered in 2012, but was never actively pursued.

The NYC championship winning Junior Warriors has produced another crop of youngsters ready to make the transition into the NRL in 2015.

Suspended Rabbitohs hooker Issac Luke has an NRL premiership ring, after coach Michael Maguire handed the Kiwi his title-winning memento.

South Sydney hero Sam Burgess will undergo surgery on Monday morning to repair his shattered right cheekbone after helping his side win the NRL grand final.

The Hollywood story of the season came to a heart-warming conclusion as Russell Crowe's Rabbitohs ended their 43-year title drought.

Five straight weeks of sudden death football and trans-Tasman travel proved no obstacle for the Junior Warriors with a nail-biting grand final win over the Brisbane Broncos.

Exclusive: The Warriors are caught up in an investigation into a Maori tourism qualification involving alleged overpayments of $6 million of taxpayers' money.

There is support on Auckland Council for a plan to relocate the Warriors from Mt Smart to Albany's QBE Stadium as part of a sweeping reform of Auckland's sporting facilities.

Out of the blue, the council's main facilities body has ditched Eden Park, owned and operated by an independent trust, and brought North Harbour into play as the home for the Warriors after 2018.

Jailed former Warriors prop Russell Packer looks set to resume his NRL career but uncertainty looms over which club he will join once he becomes a free man in January.

Grand finalist's Canterbury and South Sydney are facing nervous waits to learn whether their respective hookers will be able to take part in Sunday's NRL decider.

Jesse Bromwich might be the best prop in the NRL but there's no danger of any hype going to his head.

The proposal to relocate the Warriors to North Harbour Stadium is likely to cause a conflict at council level, with one councillor saying it would be a "bridge too far".

Warriors prop Ben Matulino is a doubtful starter in the Kiwis' Four Nations campaign because of a knee injury that affected the second half of his NRL season.

Trent Robinson offered no excuses but also struggled to reconcile just why the Roosters' NRL title defence ended in disappointment and despair.