WESTS Tigers' Benji Marshall is back playing semi-finals football - and opposing captains are starting to fret.

EVERYONE makes a mistake and everyone deserves a second chance. Just ask Todd Carney, Greg Bird and Brett Seymour.

EELS skipper Nathan Cayless has good reason for wanting to score a try in his Parramatta swan song.

THE team lists for the final round of the NRL have been released. Check out the injuries and full ins and outs here.

WITH only two rounds left in the regular season, the battle for finals spots is hotting up. See the full team details for round 25.

IT was the horror injury that had many of the NRL's toughest hombres recoiling in disgust. First pics of Michael Luck's gruesome gash

ROOKIE halfback Trent Hodkinson kept Manly's pursuit of home final alive with a crucial field goal lifting them to victory over the New Zealand Warriors.

THE old adage is that you need a halfback to win a premiership. We rate the NRL's playmakers.

BROOKVALE Oval will transform into Jurassic Park this Saturday night with a prehistoric showdown between The Beast and T-Rex.

THE Newcastle Knights' season is all but over after three-try hero Manu Vatuvei led the Warriors to a 22-10 NRL victory.

WITH the business end of the year fast approaching, check out the full team details for round 22.

THE New Zealand Warriors and Cold Coast Titans are all square at half-time in their Round 21 match.

IT'S taken more than half a year, but the QRL finally appears satisfied to join rugby league's declaration of independence.

WITH the NRL reaching the business end of the season, check out the full team lists for round 20.

TEAMS for NRL round 19, starting with Rabbitohs v Dragons and Titans v Broncos on Friday night.

THEY are the NRL's faceless men - but  Warriors skipper Simon Mannering wouldn't have it any other way.

THE New Zealand Warriors have finished their regular season with a 26-12 win over the Parramatta Eels.

THE Dragons are in the enviable position of coming into the finals without any major injury woes.

SPORTS Editor-at-large Phil Rothfield has named his team of the year - but there's only space for one Dragon. See team, have your say

GIANT winger Manu Vatuvei is set to become just the second 10-year Warrior with the Kiwi international agreeing to a two-year extension.

NEW Zealand Warriors lock Micheal Luck last night suffered one of the most gruesome injuries seen in the NRL.

NEW ZEALAND veteran Brent Tate says the Warriors expect a finals intensity in tonight's clash with Manly.

PENRITH will get top four. Dragons will win. But Souths are GONE. Our experts predict the NRL outcome.

WITH the race for finals spots really hotting up, check out the full team details for round 24 of the National Rugby League.

WITH a number of crunch matches to take place this weekend as the NRL finals loom, check out the full teams for round 23.

THE Warriors have pulled out of trying to sign centre Steve Matai from fellow NRL club Manly.

THE power and brute strength of Israel Folau proved the difference in the tense match between the Broncos and the Dragons.

EXTERNAL pressure on rugby league's co-owners to form an independent commission will increase dramatically.

THE New Zealand Warriors will be without halfback Isaac John for the remainder of the NRL season.

HE WAS the first coach tipped to bite the bullet in 2010, steering the side many tipped for the wooden spoon.