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You would have to be an idiot to try and predict how a season will go for a team before a ball is even kicked. Luckily we have those in abundance here at kiwileaguecentral.com. Here is our bold, and probably completely wrong, guess at how season 2016 will go for the Penrith Panthers.
The under...
Some of the NRL’s most prolific try scorers and bruising forwards make their way into the top 20 on our list of the 50 best Kiwi players in the world right now. Tomorrow we count down the top 10, culminating with the naming of the best New Zealand player around.
20. Adam Blair – Looked...
After the 2016 NRL season got underway with the Broncos downing the Eels 17-4, kiwileaguecentral.com’s Christopher Reive shares what he learned from the Round 1 clash.
Even the professionals get nervous
There were a lot of big signings debuting for their new clubs in this game – Michael...
You would have to be an idiot to try and predict how a season will go for a team before a ball is even kicked. Luckily we have those in abundance here at kiwileaguecentral.com. Here is our bold, and probably completely wrong, guess at how season 2016 will go for the Parramatta Eels.
Parramatta...
You would have to be an idiot to try and predict how a season will go for a team before a ball is even kicked. Luckily we have those in abundance here at kiwileaguecentral.com. Here is our bold, and probably completely wrong, guess at how season 2016 will go for the Canterbury-Bankstown...
A bunch of New Zealand’s brightest young talents make the top 20, as kiwileaguecentral.com work towards naming the top Kiwi player in the world right now.
30. Kodi Nikorima – For most of the year he had limited minutes on the field, usually coming on late in games to relieve Andrew McCullough...
It’s almost go time – off-season moves made, ink dried on new contracts and pre-season trials done and dusted for another year. In any given season some players face higher expectations than others. Christopher Reive highlights five Kiwis around the NRL who have the heat on them and are worth...
A couple of current Kiwi internationals and some veteran chargers feature on Part 2 of our top 50 list. Check out players 40-31.
40. Frank Paul Nuuausala – Had a couple of standout performances for the Raiders last year, delivering plenty of impact with his ferocious carries of the ball. His...
New Zealand players featured prominently among the major NRL ins and outs ahead of season 2016. Take a look as kiwileaguecentral.com ranks the five biggest off-season transfers involving Kiwi players.
5 Peta Hiku (Manly Sea Eagles to Penrith Panthers)
He turned down big money from the Warriors...
Struggling to find the building blocks for your NRL Fantasy squad? Here are five New Zealand players you need to have in your team.
Simon Mannering
Not just the best Kiwi NRL Fantasy player last year, but the best in the entire competition, with his 1,436 total points edging out Cameron Smith...
In 2016 New Zealand players account for a large proportion of the world’s best rugby league players, and with every year more and more Kiwis come through to star in both the NRL and Super League.
Before the start of the 2016 season kiwileaguecentral.com is counting down the 50 best New Zealand...
If you want to play for the Kiwis before your 19th birthday you better have a special toughness about your personality. Kurt Sorensen had plenty of it, and these days along with brother Dane is credited for paving the way for other Kiwis to make a living out of playing rugby league in Australia...
It’s a Wednesday afternoon in February inside the gym at Mt Smart Stadium and Ali Lauitiiti is having one of those days where he can’t avoid knowing he’s a 36-year-old professional rugby league player.
His left hamstring is giving him trouble and has been for most of the pre-season since he...
It’s sometimes easy to forget about players when they head off to the Super League. Names you once enjoyed watching every week can disappear off the radar and end up plying away in Europe for a number of years before you even realise they are still around.
With that in mind...
How they stand: Flying high until last Sunday when the Roosters shut them out 24-0, the Warriors sit in seventh place with a favourable run home. After an inconsistent start to the year they have recovered to win six of their last nine, and heading into Round 20 they rank equal third for the...