For a fifth-straight season the Warriors have fallen short of the NRL finals following a disastrous loss to Wests Tigers at Mt Smart Stadium today.

Poor defence costly yet again as the Tigers beat the Warriors 36-24 and shut the NZ franchise out of the top eight for yet another year.

Cronulla have re-ignited hopes of a maiden NRL premiership with a resounding 37-12 home win over the Sydney Roosters. Down 12-0

Joey Leilua and Jordan Rapana have kept Canberra in the hunt for a top-two NRL finals spot by leading a Blake Austin-less Raiders

The Warriors are still alive in 2016 - just.

According to a member of the competition committee, the NRL's golden-point system is set to be reviewed.

The Broncos sent shockwaves through the NRL after producing their best performance of the season to rock Melbourne's minor premiership

The Broncos sent shockwaves through the NRL after producing their best performance of the season.

North Queensland have leapfrogged Canterbury into the NRL's top four, with Jason Taumalolo and Johnathan Thurston leading them to

Broncos forward Matt Gillett told Australian media he "might be making the transition across the ditch" to the Warriors.

The Warriors are putting all their focus into beating Wests Tigers on Sunday but will be cheering for Penrith in Saturday night's

Coaches seem to hate it but clearly NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg is a fan of the game's golden-point system.

Tui Lolohea has earned an NRL recall and Solomone Kata returns from injury as the Warriors fight to keep their playoff hopes alive.

Benji Marshall has revealed coach Paul McGregor has offered him a farewell in the final game of the NRL season.

Kenny-Dowall told Kiwis coach Stephen Kearney his Sydney Roosters teammate should be the first player picked.

The 34-year-old will fall six matches shy of joining the exclusive 300-game club.

With news that Kiwi rugby league legend Benji Marshall may be finished in the NRL, we take a look his five best career moments.

Cronulla's late-season slump has continued with a 12-6 loss to a Cody Walker-inspired South Sydney at ANZ Stadium. Walker starred

The Sydney Roosters have recorded their biggest win over St George Illawarra and ended the Dragons' NRL finals hopes with a 42-6 thumping

In the wake of the Warriors' dismantling at the hands of the North Queensland Cowboys last night, the Auckland-based franchise have

The Warriors' finals hopes took an Olympic-sized dive against North Queensland.

A historic four-try haul to rookie Suliasi Vunivalu has fired Melbourne to a testy 38-18 victory over Manly.

George Burgess has hit out at the Australian-born players considering pledging their allegiance to England.

The Titans have shown they are not going to become a one-man team.

NZ Herald rugby league experts David Skipwith and Dale Budge take a look at three key questions ahead of tonight's NRL clash.

Penrith have all but secured a place in this year's NRL finals series, and ended the Wests Tigers' late-season charge, with a 40-10

Just when the NRL top-four race looked done, Brisbane re-ignited the contest with a 20-10 win over Canterbury on Thursday night at

The Warriors are wary of Cowboys captain Johnathan Thurston's short kicking game and are intent on improving their defence after being

Gold Coast forward Ryan James has been found guilty of a high tackle on Wests Tigers fullback James Tedesco, but has escaped suspension

Brisbane centre James Roberts' NRL career could be in jeopardy.