Roger Tuivasa-Sheck appears the prime contender for the highly-contested Kiwis fullback spot for the Four Nations tournament.

The Rabbitohs will be distracted by the events of grand final week and it could impact on the result next Sunday.

The Junior Warriors' improbable run in the NYC playoffs took another incredible turn tonight as they reached their fourth grand final in five years.

South Sydney ended the Sydney Roosters' NRL title defence to surge into their first grand final in 43 years with a stirring comeback win over their century-old rivals late last night.

They can relocate to the North Shore when their lease expires in 2018 - a decision that has sparked a defiant reaction from the club's chairman.

League immortal Andrew Johns says the Warriors are "perennial under-achievers" and says it is up to halfback Shaun Johnson to find consistency and take the team to the next level.

South Sydney's all-time leading try-scorer Nathan Merritt has announced his retirement after 13 seasons and 236 games.

Des Hasler has broken ranks from the majority of the league community and given the NRL and its referees a pat on the back leading into Canterbury's preliminary final against Penrith on Saturday.

Police aren't taking any more action after Sir Owen Glenn complained that Warriors' co-owner Eric Watson threatened and intimidated him in the Mt Smart stadium boardroom.

The Warriors are interested in signing Brisbane Broncos and Kiwis international Josh Hoffman but not as a fullback.

The All Blacks don’t always have a blanket curfew time when players go out - or rules that they should stay in certain numbers.

League immortal Andrew Johns believes the NRL Auckland Nines has the potential to grow the game here and in the Pacific Islands.

As it is throughout the 26 regular-season rounds, the hopes of the final four sides left in the NRL premiership race rest largely on the shoulders of their diminutive halfbacks.

Police will patrol mosques across Sydney under an operation established to head off any reprisals from Thursday's anti-terror raids, but they insist it's for community protection and confidence.

Warriors centre Konrad Hurrell is out of the Kiwis' Four Nations campaign thanks to a fracture recently discovered on his right wrist.

Sonny Bill Williams isn't used to emptiness, but that's how his NRL career almost ended on Friday night.

When Sam McKendry says he's taking things one game at a time, it's more than a tired clich.

It's often said in sport you should never go back but Tony Iro has done just that, electing to return to the Warriors as assistant coach.