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Dad forces son, 9, to punch player

An enraged father dragged his son across a rugby league field at an under-9s game and forced him to punch another boy in the face, despite his cries of protest.

Richie Barnett: Warriors need to get out of funk

Self-doubt is crippling the Warriors from what I observed in the round one game against Parramatta.

League: Transtasman bid for league World Cup

New Zealand and Australia will bid to co-host the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, raising the possibility of the game's biggest tournament being held in this country for the first time in nearly 30 years.

Richie Barnett: Fit, fired up and tough... it's looking good for a fresh start

The players have clearly been put through a difficult pre-season, and that's encouraging because there is no substitute for hard work.

League: Auckland's bone rattling centre hopes to impress his No 1 fan

Professional sportsmen each have different motivations and for Konrad Hurrell it's 1996km away.

League: Training regime putting 'war' back into Warriors

In the bowels of the Warriors' training base at Mt Smart Stadium, they have created what they call the War Room.

NRL: Set of six

The NRL have lined up yet another combustible first-round clash. The Broncos are desperate to start their season on a winning note, as talk echoes around Queensland about their long premiership "drought".

League: Chance for stand in half to create winning beat

He's a part-time DJ, a prolific user of social media and could be the surprise key man for the Warriors.

Malcolm Boyle: Barba black sheep on and off the field

Call me cynical, but I reckon if there's ever a bloke who's given a good tattoo a bad name, it's the Canterbury Bulldogs' wunderkid Ben "Bennie" Barba - stood down indefinitely from the club's playing roster this week.