Nick Campton joined the ABC in 2021 after a stint with Sydney's The Daily Telegraph.
When he isn't writing about rugby league, MMA and boxing, he enjoys talking about the Canberra Raiders in a slightly too loud voice.
He hails from Camden and is based in Sydney.
Heamasi Makasini will become one of select group of players to debut in the NRL while still at high school, but what's it actually like when a boyhood rugby league fantasy comes to life?
Canterbury have already changed up their attack with the addition of Lachlan Galvin and the benching of Reed Mahoney and now the Bulldogs are undergoing another tweak on the eve of the finals involving captain Stephen Crichton.
The Dolphins have kept their finals hopes alive and Cronulla can still make the top four as a dramatic finish to the NRL season beckons.
Resting its entire team against Canterbury was Penrith's first step on its quest to win the premiership from outside the top four, and another Bulldogs side could have the blueprint for them to follow.
The Rabbitohs have cantered to a thumping 40-0 victory over the Dragons with Alex Johnston scoring the 210th try of his career to move one step closer to breaking the all-time record.
Ben Murdoch-Masila made his NRL debut in one of the greatest finals games ever played and went on to have a remarkable footballing life. Now, at 34 and with his career near its end, the Dragons are turning to him one last time.
At 21 and on the back of a breakout season, Ethan Strange has the ball on a string, Canberra's finals fate in his hands and the rugby league world at his feet.
After a performance coach Anthony Seibold labelled as the club's "worst in a long time" Manly captain Daly Cherry-Evans has come to grips with his time at the club beginning to approach it's end.
Marion Seve sported protective goggles in his return to the NRL on Thursday after a "traumatic" eye injury in June almost blinded him.
When Kaeo Weekes faced his former club for the first time in 2025 he had one of the toughest nights of his career. He finished the rematch as one of Canberra and the NRL's newest and most dazzling stars.
The Dolphins and Roosters have traded blows as the Tricolours smashed the competition's youngest team to open up the finals race in one of the fieriest clashes of the year.
The Dolphins and Roosters will put their finals hopes on the line when they meet at Lang Park on Saturday night, in a match that should double as a Dally M face-off for Isaiya Katoa and James Tedesco.
As the spectacle and panache of the Lions tour fades out for the last time, Australia's victory in the third Test is a dead-rubber victory that could mean more than most.
The NRLW's first-ever Magic Round is underway in Newcastle, but the opening day has been marred by torrential downpours that have delayed matches.
Through four rounds of the NRLW, the Roosters and Broncos have seemed a class above the rest, but at the competition's first ever Magic Round, the Sharks will be looking to prove the end to this season is far from inevitable.
Melbourne will be without Jahrome Hughes for a six-week gauntlet run where they'll face some of the best sides in the NRL. Here's how the Storm plan to survive without the reigning Dally M medallist.
Robert Whittaker has a clear plan for his last shot at a UFC title and he wants it to start and finish in the most difficult way possible.
Canterbury has snapped a two-match losing run to defeat North Queensland in Townsville, without high-profile recruit Lachlan Galvin.
Both Blaize Talagi and Penrith have been on a slow burn in 2025 but on the back of four straight wins, the star recruit and the four-time defending premiers are poised to ignite.
State of Origin is about rising to the occasion, but Tom Dearden's performance in the decider proved that rising above it is what makes Queensland heroes.
After what they did together last year, this New South Wales team was supposed to be different. But in the aftermath of Origin III, it's the same old story for the battered Blues.
After the Tigers ended their six-match losing streak, coach Benji Marshall slammed rumours of any ill-feeling at the club following their tumultuous season.
Josh Papalii is far from the first State of Origin star to return from retirement for one last crack in the game's toughest arena. Here's how every Origin comeback over the years has fared, plus a couple of near misses that could have changed the course of history.
After putting the journey into journeyman, Gehamat Shibasaki will become one of Queensland's most unlikely Origin debutants and his long road to the decider has taken him right back to where he started.
With two new teams joining the league, the NRLW has doubled in size in just over three years. Can the bigger competition be better?