Classy centre Justin Hodges returned to his dangerous best with a hat-trick of tries as Brisbane smashed Cronulla 46-16.

A former cult figure at the New Zealand Warriors has been responsible for developing a potential future Kiwis' representative.

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Warriors five-eighth James Maloney believes his side's stable of Kiwi internationals compares with the Storms' Test superstars.

A last-minute try to Josh Dugan extended St George Illawarra's Canberra hoodoo for yet another year, as the Raiders stunned the NRL premiers with a 24-19 upset last nigh

Pita Godinet tossed and turned when visualising his NRL debut but in reality it was the stuff dreams are made of.

The Warriors are streaking again - this time in the right direction thanks to yesterday's impressive demolition of the Rabbitohs in Sydney.

Manly maintained the pressure on NRL ladder leaders Melbourne with an ugly 12-8 win.

The NZ Warriors steamrolled the South Sydney Rabbitohs 48-16 at ANZ Stadium to cement sixth postion on the NRL ladder after 20 rounds.

Newcastle arm-wrestled with Cronulla for the best part of an hour in their NRL match, before eventually pulling away to win 18-0.

Wests Tigers consolidated their top-eight spot on the NRL ladder with a hard fought 19-12 win over Sydney Roosters.

North Queensland regained fourth position on the NRL ladder with a gripping 28-20 victory over a luckless Gold Coast.

Club hasn't signed him for next season and the position remains unfilled, so he could be retained.

Melbourne turned back the clock to notch their eighth successive NRL win, a hard-fought 26-6 victory over Brisbane at AAMI Park.