Follow all the action and reaction from the opening round of the 2025 NRL Pre-Season Challenge in our live blog on NRL.com ...

The Penrith Panthers and Canberra Raiders face off in Week 1 of the 2025 Witzer Pre-season Challenge ...

Canberra's NRL future-proofing looks set to bear fruit in 2025 after the Raiders clinched a 22-16 trial win over Penrith.

Picture: NRL Imagery While the Raiders spine clicked at important times, the same can’t be said for the Panthers who were missing big guns like Nathan Cleary and Dylan Edwards but still had a ...

The NRL pre-season is less than two weeks away with the annual All Stars match in Parramatta and the second sojourn to Las Vegas also part of a busy period in the lead-up to Round 1. For the ...

Yet again they will have to deal with some key departures due to their sustained success, although with Nathan Cleary in full flow the Panthers will be confident of re-writing history in the NRL ...

Picture: NRL Imagery There was nothing flashy from Isaiah Papali’i on the left edge, but he did more than enough to suggest he’ll be a key signing for the Panthers. The former Eel had seven ...