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	Promising rugby league player to be deported to NZ for dealing cocaine Stuff.co.nz - 18 Jul (Stuff.co.nz) Grant Taulafo was contracted to play professional rugby league from the age of 15. At 26 he’s about to deported back to New Zealand. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz Sport



	Rugby league: Nine players banned, officials suspended after on-field chaos in PNG RadioNZ - 16 Jul (RadioNZ) The Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League says the incident on Sunday was `disappointing` and should not be repeated. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ Sport



	League star eyeing shock switch to rugby Stuff.co.nz - 15 Jul (Stuff.co.nz) The Knights’ playmaker has reportedly engaged the services of a New Zealand rugby union agent. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz Sport



	Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 15 July RadioNZ - 15 Jul (RadioNZ) A round-up of sports news from around the region, including rugby league, rugby, soccer, cricket. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ Sport



	Rebel league eyeing off Papenhuzyen Sydney Morning Herald - 15 Jul (Sydney Morning Herald) Ryan Papenhuyzen is reportedly a target of Mike Tindall`s rebel rugby union competition. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Sydney Morning Herald Sport



	Rugby league star Kalyn Ponga considering leaving Newcastle Knights - reports NZ Herald - 14 Jul (NZ Herald) Kalyn Ponga is reportedly exploring other options. Read... Newslink ©2025 to NZ Herald Sport



	'Learning all the time': Michaela Brake in the deep end at Warriors Stuff.co.nz - 12 Jul (Stuff.co.nz) Rugby union players are used to being beaten and bruised but rugby league is a whole new game. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz Sport



	I was there for Daley’s first strategy meeting. Slater was already stalking the Blues Sydney Morning Herald - 10 Jul (Sydney Morning Herald) The Queensland coach proved a rugby league revolutionary, making a string of bold selection calls that paid off spectacularly. Laurie Daley stood still … and perished. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Sydney Morning Herald Sport



	Origin story: How did an Australian state rugby league competition come to have such a grip on New Zealand? RadioNZ - 9 Jul (RadioNZ) It is Australian sport`s fiercest rivalry, but for more than 40 years, State of Origin has also stirred deep passions among Kiwis. Why? Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ Sport



	AFL shouldn’t be spooked by NRL’s Origin behemoth as it weighs up mid-year competition Sydney Morning Herald - 7 Jul (Sydney Morning Herald) It is right for the AFL to discuss a mid-year tournament, but nothing new will rival the jewel in the rugby league crown. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Sydney Morning Herald Sport