The narrative surrounding the Roosters is more about who is not there than who is. Smith and Walker won’t be back on deck for ...

With the NRL pre-season matches to begin on Friday evening, with established and new coaches and players trying to get into ...

And with that justification for the article out of the way let’s take a look at the contenders to take shots at goal for every team – with a little SuperCoach analysis chucked in for good measure.

Kyle Flanagan will serve as back-up kicker ... League Man of Steel can’t force his way back into calculations. Nathan Cleary boasts an impressive 84 per cent conversion rate in his career ...

Nathan Cleary 8. Moses Leota 9 ... Moses Suli 5. Tyrell Sloan 6. Kyle Flanagan 7. Lachlan Ilias 8. Blake Lawrie 9. Damien Cook 10. Jack de Belin 11. Luciano Leilua 12. Jaydn Su’A 13.

NRL season rapidly approaching, we take a thorough look at each of the teams battling it out for the premiership title.

The new halves combination of Lachlan Ilias and Kyle Flanagan will be an interesting ... than simply being a foil to star halfback Nathan Cleary. He turned chief playmaker and game manager when ...

A host of big-name stars will be racing the clock to be fit in time for the opening weeks of the new campaign, including Nathan Cleary ... deck for the trials. Kyle Flanagan will be available ...

The battle of the McLean brothers is going down to the wire after Penrith coach Ivan Cleary revealed his team ... Tyrell Sloan 6. Kyle Flanagan 7. Lachlan Ilias 8. Hame Sele 9.